Area (serial site): 4,796 km2
Inscribed: 2007
Criteria: (ix) ecological processes; (x) biodiversity
Values: The six national parks which make up this serial site (namely Marojejy, Masaola, Zahamena, Ranomafana, Andringitra and Andohahela) are located along the 1,600 kilometre length of eastern Madagascar and represent the remnants of rainforests that used to cover much of the eastern half of the country. They are critically important for maintaining the ecological processes which have resulted in Madagascar's unique biodiversity. Ninety seven percent of the species found in these moist forests occur only in Madagascar, and the site protects two-thirds of the island's mammals, including 25 species of lemur.
Slideshow of the Rainforests Of The Atsinanana world heritage site
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