After two-years of slowdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Montagne d’Ambre (Northern Madagascar) and the rest of the national parks of the Madagascar National Parks (MNP) network are preparing for a return of the tourist influx thanks to the reopening of international flights to Madagascar. FAPBM, whose support to the MNP network focuses on operating costs, welcomes these new tourism measures that will improve the network’s cash flow. A monitoring and evaluation mission to the park noted the preparations underway to make it fully operational within the next two months.
As the safety of the circuits is a condition for the affluence, discussions were held on the update of the environmental and social safeguards management plan of the protected area (ESSMP). This document defines, among other things, the necessary measures to compensate for the negative impacts of MNP projects on stakeholders. That of the Montagne d’Ambre and the entire MNP network will soon be updated in parallel with their Development and Management Plans (PAG).
