Region &
Elevation (meters) |
Climate |
Forest |
Accessibility |
Nearby Towns & Cities |
Forest Pressures |
Northwest
(300 - 700) |
Dry, warm |
Dry, continuous
North: Patchy |
Paths to many communities |
Mangoaka |
Logging, hunting, charcoal |
Northeast
(200 - 800) |
Dry, warm
(Low Elev.)
Humid, cool
(High Elev.) |
Dry & humid areas, continuous |
Roads to cities; Paths in forest |
Joffre-ville Sakaramy
Antongobato
|
Agriculture, horticulture, hunting |
Rousettes
(950 - 1050) |
Humid, cool |
Humid, continuous |
Road to cities; Paths to most regions |
Rousettes |
Tourism, garden plots, hunting, pine & eucalyptus |
East
(800 - 1100) |
Humid, cool |
Humid, continuous |
Paths to villages |
Ambahivabe Sadjoavato |
Agriculture, villages |
South
(500 - 1200) |
Dry, warm
(Low Elev.)
Humid, cool
(High Elev.) |
Dry & humid areas; Some patches;
Mostly continuous |
Paths to communities |
Anivorano-Nord |
Southern limit felled; Cyclone or humans |
Interior
(1000 - 1475) |
Humid, cool |
Humid, continuous |
No paths during 1984-91; few paths presently |
None |
Cattle |
West
(600 - 1100) |
Humid, cool |
Dry & humid areas; continuous |
Southwest: Easy access;
Few other paths |
Andr'vanjava
Bobakilandy |
Cattle
Southwest: Farming |
