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BBOP Pilot Project Case Study – Ambatovy Project
5. Legal protection status:
a. The Project will pursue the finalisation of the Ministerial Protection Decree for Ankerana and creation
of a protection status for the mine area conservation zones forests; the status of other offset
programme components (Analamay-Mantadia Corridor, Ramsar site) will also be pursued in
collaboration with the Project’s partners (CI).
b. The Ankerana offset jurisdictional protection status is being finalised with Malagasy authorities with its
integration in the National Park network, in order to ensure the long-term protection status of the site
from a legal perspective.
6. Other activities:
a. The Project will be pursuing the implementation of its
MITIGATION HIERARCHY
strategy, namely through
the Biodiversity Action Plan and the taxa-specific management programmes for lemurs, Mantella, fish
and flora.
