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The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD), supported by its technical and financial partners which are USAID Mikajy and FAPBM, gathered the stakeholders of the Menabe Antimena protected area (APMA), to present the results of consultations on the objectives, the management strategies and the five-year Development and Management Plan (PAG) of the protected area on March 25th, 2022 in Morondava, before its validation at the local and regional levels. The workshop was also an opportunity to sign the FAPBM funding agreements in favor of the current managers of the protected area (Fanamby, Durrell and CNFEREF).   APMA is an exceptional biodiversity site with four endemic species that are found nowhere else, including the world smallest primate, Madam Berthe’s Microcebus. But these species and the other invaluable ecological values of the area such as water and climate regulation are highly threatened, as 44% of APMA forest has been lost …

According to the FAPBM prioritisation manual of protected areas, the New protected area of Menabe Antimena (APMA) has been selected to integrate the Foundation’s financing cycle as from 2022. A second meeting with the managers was therefore organised from 16 to 18 February in Morondava to discuss in detail the annual work plans of each. Ranto Randriantsoa (Grants officer) and Bodonirina Nathalie (Research officer) formed the FAPBM team. FAPBM future financing will focus on the parts of the protected area where Fanamby, Durrell and CNFEREF are active. Priority activities for conservation, management effectiveness, and financial sustainability of the protected area were discussed. More importantly, coordination of the activities conducted by the three stakeholders in the field was discussed. An initial due diligence mission has already been carried out by FAPBM to identify the problems and understand the complexity of the situation. Consultations with the various stakeholders have been carried out …