Kirindy is a professional forestry training center in Morondava. It consists of a dry deciduous forest, savannah trees Malagasy.
It is located in the west of Madagascar, in the Morondava region. This site is bounded to the North by the river Tsiribihina, to the South by the river Andranomena, to the West by the coast and to the East by the natural forest.
Its specificity is its ecosystem. With a dry forest, it is marked by remarkable species of Baobab such as Andansonia grandidieri, A. fony, A.za. It also contains xerophytic species such as Euphorbia spp., Pachypodium spp. Adenia spp., Suggesting a wide variety of adaptations of water storage in the stem. This adaptation is marked by photosynthesis in the stem combined with a long period without leaves.
The Kirindy forest has an astonishing number of species, sometimes endemic. It is frequented by the endemic tortoise Pyxis planicauda. The freshwater turtle, Erymnochelys madagascariensis is also found in the region. There are also boas of two different species which are normally not able to cohabit together, Acrantophis madagascariensis and A. dumerilii. Lemurs also characterize this area. Because it has 7 species of lemurs including Propithecus verreauxi vereauxi, Phaner furcifer and Cheirogaleus medius. This area contains an endemic rodent in Morondava that is Hypogeomys antimena.
It can be seen that Kirindy has a rich ecosystem, allowing adaptation, acclimatization to floral species and fauna. The site is highly protected as a site of biological interest.
3 Comments
Razanamanana, thank you for your report. Such a biologically rich forest should exist everywhere! I wish you could tell us a little bit more about what forestry training center is. Also does Kirindy face no environmental difficulties? If it does, please tell us about it.
Posted 20-08-2017 19:39
Hi Razanamanana! Thanks for sharing your report on Kirindy.
It is great that there are plenty of places that we can find beautiful nature in Madagascar.
Hope these places can be conserved for a long time, and it would be great if you could share any measures taken in your country to protect thoes places.
Posted 19-08-2017 16:27
Thank you for introducing Kirindy to us. I found it interesting so tried to read more about it on the internet. It seems famous for the giant jumping rat, is home to many endemic reptiles apart from the 7 lemur species (as you mentioned) and has equally unusual flora and is a place of extreme seasonal changes-this makes it attractive to many tourists who stay there for 1 day.
Thanks again for adding to our knowledge.
Posted 14-08-2017 18:08