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Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive 'tsingy' peaks and a 'forest' of limestone needles, the spectacular canyon of the Manambolo river, rolling hills and high peaks. The undisturbed forests, lakes and mangrove swamps are the habitat for rare and endangered lemurs and birds.

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Réserve naturelle intégrale du Tsingy de Bemaraha

Un paysage karstique et un massif calcaire fortement déchiqueté avec son impressionnant tsingy , ou « forêt » d’éperons calcaires, la gorge spectaculaire de la rivière Manambolo, des collines ondulantes et des pics élevés composent le relief de la réserve naturelle de Bemaraha, où des forêts intactes, des lacs et des mangroves servent d’habitat à des espèces d’oiseaux rares et menacées et des lémuriens.

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المحمية الطبيعية الكاملة في تسينجي في بيماراها

طبيعتها صلصالية وتتألّف من سلسلة مرتفعات من حجر الكلس مقسّمة مع تسينجي أو غابة المهماز الكلسية المدهشة. فالمحمية الطبيعية في بيماراها حيث توجد الغابات العذراء والبحيرات والمنغروف التي تأوي فصائل من العصافير النادرة والمهدَّدة والليموريات، تحتوي على مضيق مذهل لنهر مانمبولو في التلال المتموّجة ذات القمم العالية.

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黥基•德•贝马拉哈自然保护区

黥基·德·贝马拉哈自然保护区是由喀斯特地貌和石灰岩丘陵组成。这里有挺拔的青贝峰、尖岩林,壮丽的马南布卢河河谷,连绵起伏的群山和高耸的山峰。未遭到破坏的森林、湖泊、红树林沼泽里栖息着濒临灭绝的珍稀狐猴和鸟类。

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Природный резерват Цинги-де-Бемараха

Резерват включает известняковое плато, усеянное шпилями карстового происхождения, которые образуют настоящий «каменный лес», сюда же входит живописный каньон реки Манамболо. Нетронутые леса, озера и мангровые заросли дают прибежище редким и исчезающим видам птиц, а также лемурам.

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Reserva natural integral del Tsingy de Bemaraha

Formaciones cársticas, mesetas calizas erizadas de impresionantes “bosques de piedra” (tsingy) formados por agujas calcáreas, lomas ondulantes y altas cumbres montañosas componen, junto con la espectacular garganta del río Manambolo, el paisaje de esta reserva natural que alberga en sus bosques vírgenes, lagos y manglares especies raras de lémures y aves en peligro de extinción.

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チンギ・デ・ベマラ厳正自然保護区
アフリカ大陸の南東、世界第4のマダガスカル島の西側に広がるカルスト台地の景観。石灰岩の尖塔群が台地に林立し、広大な原生林が台地から渓谷を覆っている。ツィンギとは「動物の住めない土地」という意味であるが、多くの種類のキツネザルが生息し、過酷な自然条件の中で生き抜いている乾性植物など、未研究の植物の世界が残されている。また、人を寄せつけないとされたこの地から、最初の住民であるバジンバ人の集落も発見されている。

source: NFUAJ

Natuurreservaat Tsingy de Bemaraha

Het Tsingy de Bemaraha natuurreservaat bestaat uit karstlandschappen (kalkrotsgebied met grotten, putten en ondergrondse waterstromen) en kalksteen hooglanden. Het is een afwisseling van indrukwekkende ‘tsingy’ pieken en een ‘woud’ van kalksteen naalden, de spectaculaire kloof van de rivier de Manambolo, glooiende heuvels en hoge pieken. De ongestoorde bossen, meren en mangrovemoerassen zijn het leefgebied van zeldzame en bedreigde lemuren (aapachtige dieren uit Madagaskar die in bomen leven en ’s nachts actief zijn) en vogels. De vegetatie is karakteristiek voor de karstgebieden van West-Madagaskar, met dicht, droog, loofboomwoud en uitgestrekte door menselijke invloed ontstane savannes.

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Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (Madagascar) © Ko Hon Chiu Vincent
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis

The Tsingy de Bemaraha Integral Nature Reserve is located in the District of Antsalova and in the region of the central west part of Madagascar. It is part of the Melaky region, in the autonomous province of Mahajanga, and localized between 44°34’ to 44°57’ longitude east and 18°12’ to 19°09’ latitude south. Its total area is 152,000 ha.

The Reserve offers a wide variety of geomorphological structures. It is a veritable cathedral of limestone and offers one of the most spectacular natural landscapes of the Grand Island and even of the world. The western part of the plateau presents a very dissected or ‘lapiezée’ relief, most of which is covered by a dense, dry and deciduous forest. In its eastern part, the forest is interspersed by savannas.

The Tsingy of Bemaraha is considered a centre for endemism by its wealth in faunal and floral species. 

Criterion (vii): The Tsingy de Bemaraha Integral Nature Reserve represents rare or eminently remarkable geological phenomena and of exceptional beauty. It presents impressive geological elements including karstic scenery with a highly dissected limestone massif, crossed by a deep river gorge  which is the spectacular expression of a stage of evolution of the earth in the form of a « forest of sharp stones » with high limestone pinnacles rising up to 100 metres, forming veritable cathedrals, offering a grandiose, spectacular natural landscape. Further, « the Tsingy » of the limestone plateau forms an unusual feature of outstanding beauty, unique in the world, universally recognized by the effect created by the shades of forest green on metallic reflections of the grey karst “bristles”.

Criterion (x): The Tsingy de Bemaraha Integral Nature Reserve contains communities of rare and/or threatened animal species. In addition to a forestry cover of more than 85,000 ha and excellent examples of principal types of ecosystem from rainforest habitats to very dry ones, the property contains a very rich biological diversity on a world level, due to its faunal and floral species, their rarity and containment presenting spectacular adaption and insular characteristics, enabling the conservation in situ of endemism and biological diversity. The same applies to the habitats of very rare species all threatened with extinction, which are either endemic or subordinate: 11 species of Lemur; 6 bird species; 2 local endemic amphibian species; 17 endemic reptile species including the famous miniscule chameleon, Brookesia perarmata; as well as a species of rodent, Nesomys lambertoni, that only exists in the Reserve. Linked to the diversity of habitats, systematic research will without doubt shortly enable the addition of new species to this list. Furthermore, certain surrounding lakes, also dependent on the hydrological system of the property, have been listed as Ramsar sites.

Integrity

Since its national listing in 1927, the protection of the Reserve is partially assured due to the very difficult access formed by the karst barriers and vegetation formations still intact. Currently, the dense, dry forest covers an area of 80,000 ha, that is a little more than half of the Reserve. It still constitutes a suitable habitat for the conservation of animal and plant species. Another part of the property is composed of karst system (limestone), forming an exceptional landscape. The savanicole formation occupies nearly all the other half of the Reserve (47.6%). This entire zone, that contains botanical characteristic elements of the landscape, provides favourable natural conditions for livestock breeding. Consequently, each year, anthropogenic fires cover some areas of the savanna and affect a part of the borders and the forests. Human and cattle disruption to the integrity must be part of the elements to monitor in the Reserve.

Protection and management requirements

The Reserve has the status of « Integral Natural Reserve » representing the strongest protection at the national level, since 1927. Until 1990, apart from the presence of a Chief of the Reserve, staff from the Ministry of Water and Forests assures the protection in situ, the property has not had any organized management structure. However, the Government, UNESCO and WWF were willing to allocate funds to improve management and conservation. To this end, a document which is at the same time a strategic management plan for the Reserve, was prepared to constitute an overall planning reference. Presently, the Reserve has a management and conservation plan, including bush fire control, and the implementation of this plan was already undertaken during this decade.

Since 1991, an institution mandated by the Malagasy State assures the management and conservation of this site, the « National Association for the Management of Protected Areas », that has become the « Madagascar National Parks ». Moreover, a change in the status from the Integral Nature Reserve to National Park is envisaged to redefine physically and legally the boundaries as well as the eventual promotion of ecotourism, in permanent consultation with the neighbouring communities and the State.

In the border areas of the property, the management of wild fires in grazing lands with the communities remains one of the major management concerns especially in the northern part. At the same time, developing tourism impacts shall be monitored to use as a socio-economic integration tool which does not negatively affect the integrity of the property in the mid- or long-term, whist being a stimulant for local development. The financial income resulting from the development of ecotourism is beginning to have its positive impacts on conservation activities.