Nosy Ve-Androka National Park

Nosy Ve-Androka National Park is a Protected Marine Area located in the southwestern part of

The park falls into three rural districts: Beheloke (Toliara II district), Itampolo and Androka (Ampanihy district). The local populations rely on the resources from the region's marine and coastal ecosystems, largely for subsistence fishing using outrigger canoes and foot fishing.^[1]

In July 2018, Tsimanampesotse – Nosy Ve Androka was established as Madagascar's 5th Biosphere Reserve. It belongs to the intertropical marine biogeographic system of the Southwest Indian Ocean and includes five large Malagasy ecoregions: the South Terrestrial Ecoregion, the Aquatic Ecoregion of the southern basins, the Aquatic Ecoregion of the West Basins, the Mozambique Mozambique Channel Marine Ecoregion and the South Marine Ecoregion.^[2] The core of the biosphere reserve is composed of the Tsimanampesotse National Park and the Nosy Ve - Androka Marine Park, managed by Madagascar National Parks; and Amoron'i Onilahy Category IV protected area, managed by local communities.^[3]

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