아치나나나 열대우림 (Rainforests of the Atsinanana)
* 아치나나나 열대우림은 마다가스카르섬의 동쪽 경사면과 북쪽에 있는 산림으로 이 지역 동식물들은 6억∼8억년 이상 다른 육지의 생태계와 떨어져 고립되어 생존.진화하였던 관계로 80∼90%가 이 섬에서만 볼 수 있는 희귀종이며 생물다양성과 동식물의 발전과 진화를 연구하는데 중요한 자료가 된다.
* The Rainforests of the Atsinanana comprise six national parks distributed along the eastern part of the island. These relict forests are critically important for maintaining ongoing ecological processes necessary for the survival of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity, which reflects the island’s geological history. Having completed its separation from all other land masses more than 60 million years ago, Madagascar’s plant and animal life evolved in isolation. The rainforests are inscribed for their importance to both ecological and biological processes as well as their biodiversity and the threatened species they support. Many species are rare and threatened especially primates and lemurs.
[글] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1257
[관련사이트] http://www.afrol.com/articles/25915
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