Mikea National Park, Category II
Madagascar National Parks (MNP)
184,630 ha
Province of Toliara; Région of Atsimo Andrefana; Districts of Morombe et Toliara II
Zero Extinction Alliance (ZEA) site, Important Bird Area (IBA), Key area for Biodiversity (KBA), Priority Area for Plant Conservation (PAPC)
Mikea National Park, including natural habitats that vary according to the substratum type belong to the Southern ecoregion. There, the dry dense forest semi-deciduous and the xerophytic thickets on sand and limestone are particularly distinguished. Biodiversity is a major richness there with many local, regional and national endemic species.
8 species
2 critically endangered (including Sifaka, Propithecus verreauxi) and 2 endangered (including Maki, Lemur catta) and 2 vulnerable
103 species
1 endangered and 5 vulnerable
58 species
1 turtle species critically endangered and 8 other reptiles species vulnerable
6 species
3 species
1 is classified as endangered and 1 vulnerable (fossa)
13 species
2 vulnerable (including the Madagascar flying fox)
9 species
2 local endemic, one is classified as endangered
114 species
94 (83%) of which 2 species (including the great baobab - Adansonia grandidieri) are classified as endangered and 3 other flora species classified as vulnerable
Dry deciduous forest, transition formation between dry deciduous forest and dry spiny thicket, dry spiny thicket, secondary grasslands. Particularity: The Mikea live there.
Selective cutting, clearing, fire, hunting.
Hydrological source supplying a part of the region's basins and protection of the hydrographic networks irrigating the Mikea peripheral area.
Like all the protected areas managed by MNP, the management of Mikea National Park is a collaborative co-management with the participation of local communities members in conservation and development activities. They are brought together in the CLP (Local Park Committee) and COSAP (Protected Areas Guidance and Support Committee).
FAPBM support for Mikea National Park started in 2019 for salary costs and some operating costs. The conservation status of the national park in general has improved despite the persistence of fires which is the main pressure on the park’s natural habitats.
