Madagascar Landscape & Tourism

Triangle Palm (Three-Cornered Palm) (Dypsis decaryi) in its surviving native habitat in Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Triangle Palm (Three-Cornered Palm) (Dypsis decaryi) in its surviving native habitat in Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Triangle Palm (Three-Cornered Palm) (Dypsis decaryi) in its surviving native habitat in Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Madagascan Spiny Forest with Didiera spp, Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Madagascan Spiny Forest with Didiera spp and cacti, Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Madagascan Spiny Forest with Didiera spp and cacti, Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Roadside stall selling charcoal - a major threat to Madagascar's critically endangered remaining native forests

Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation and Zebu cattle - two more major threats to Madagascar's critically endangered remaining native forests

Berenty Reserve habitat, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Berenty Reserve habitat, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Berenty Reserve habitat, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Mandrare River, by Berenty Reserve, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Mandrare River, by Berenty Reserve, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Mandrare River, Anosy Region, Madagascar with a lot of human activity, including collecting drinking water, washing, washing clothes, washing bicycles, swimming, playing, splashing

Antandroy (Tandroy) village near Berenty, Anosy Region, Madagascar, with River Mandrare behind

Madagascan Spiny Forest, Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation at Berenty, Anosy Region, Madagascar (See the Description)

Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation at Berenty, Anosy Region, Madagascar (See the Description)

Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation at Berenty, Anosy Region, Madagascar (See the Description)

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing harvested leaves awaiting processing, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing a leaf-crushing machine, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing the fibres extracted from the leaves, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing the fibres extracted from the leaves, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing the extracted fibres being washed, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing bundles of washed sisal fibres draining, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Sisal factory at Berenty, showing the sisal fibres hanging out to dry in the sunshine, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Greek Orthodox Church with Fony Baobabs (Adansonia rubrostipa, Adansonia fony), near Toliara (Tulear), Madagascar

Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro, Tolanaro) shoreline, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro, Tolanaro) shoreline, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro, Tolanaro) shoreline, Anosy Region, Madagascar

Interior of Greek Orthodox Church near Toliara (Tulear), Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Adansonia digitata (known as Dead-Rat Tree, Monkey-Bread Tree, Upside-Down Tree and Cream of Tartar Tree), Andohahela National Park, Madagascar

Grandidier's Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) in late afternoon sun, Andanamitu, Madagascar

Grandidier's Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) in late afternoon sun, Andanamitu, Madagascar

Madagascan poverty: a sapphire-mining village just within Isalo National Park, Ranohira, Madagascar

Maky Canyon area of Isalo National Park, Ranohira, Madagascar

Maky Canyon area of Isalo National Park, with dry grassland and couple (plus baby) tending a herd of Zebu cattle, Ranohira, Madagascar

Maky Canyon area of Isalo National Park, Ranohira, Madagascar

Maky Canyon area of Isalo National Park, with rice fields in the foreground, Ranohira, Madagascar