| 词条 | Arboretum d'Antsokay |
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The Arboretum is located just off the RN7, about 12km southeast of the city, and only 6km from Toliara airport. It is open 7.30-17.30 and closed during the month of February.[4][5] There is an interpretation centre, a small museum (with rocks, fossils and an Aepyornis egg), a display of musical instruments and local crafts, a shop, a restaurant, as well as accommodation for visitors at Auberge de la Table. Guided tours are available in English. Arboretum d'Antsokay collaborates on conservation projects with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the WWF, and the CEPF.[6] GeographyArboretum d'Antsokay is in the middle of an area of natural spiny forest, a desert habitat unique to Madagascar, and measures 400,000 square metres. The geology is limestone and red low-calcium sand. Antsokaha is the name of the region, and means 'chalk' in Malagasy.[7] It is 3km from the western shore of Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel and close to a small mountain called La Table. It is 2km north of the Tropic of Capricorn.[8] WildlifePlants include Commiphora, baobab, Didierea madagascariensis, Kalanchoe, Pachypodium and Alluaudia procera.[9] Mouse lemurs live in the Arboretum.[10] 34 species of birds and 25 species of reptile have also been sighted there. Birds include Coua ruficeps, Falco newtoni and Merops superciliosus.[11] The Arboretum has played a role in conservation efforts to preserve the radiated tortoise, a very endangered species in the southern deserts.[12]HistoryA Swiss botanist and conservationist, Hermann Petignat established the Arboretum in 1980.[13][14] According to Botanic Gardens Conservation International "On a surface of 40 hectares, surrounded by vegetal hedges, the project initiator exerted himself to have the most threatened plants species, reproduced and multiplied either by seeding,cutting or transplantation process in order to preserve most of them from constant deforestation, bush fire and looters."[15] References1. ^[https://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=2502 Botanical Gardens Conservation International] 2. ^[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/madagascar/attractions/arboretum-dantsokay/a/poi-sig/1316598/355357 Lonely Planet - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 3. ^[https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/africa/madagascar/southern-madagascar/tulear-and-around/arboretum-dantsokay/ Rough Guides - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 4. ^[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/madagascar/attractions/arboretum-dantsokay/a/poi-sig/1316598/355357 Lonely Planet - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 5. ^[https://www.madamagazine.com/en/arboretum-antsokay/ Mada Magazine - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 6. ^[https://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=2502 Botanical Gardens Conservation International] 7. ^Malagasy Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Madagascar 8. ^[https://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=2502 Botanical Gardens Conservation International] 9. ^[https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/africa/madagascar/southern-madagascar/tulear-and-around/arboretum-dantsokay/ Rough Guides - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 10. ^[https://tuleartourisme.com/en/the-destination/antsokay-arboretum/ Tulear Tourisme] 11. ^[https://www.madamagazine.com/en/arboretum-antsokay/ Mada Magazine - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 12. ^[https://www.madamagazine.com/en/gepanzert-und-doch-kaum-geschuetzt-die-strahlenschildkroete/ Mada Magazine - Clad in Armour, but Hardly Protected - The Radiated Tortoise] 13. ^[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/madagascar/attractions/arboretum-dantsokay/a/poi-sig/1316598/355357 Lonely Planet - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 14. ^[https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/africa/madagascar/southern-madagascar/tulear-and-around/arboretum-dantsokay/ Rough Guides - Arboretum d'Antsokay] 15. ^[https://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=2502 Botanical Gardens Conservation International] 1 : Botanical gardens in Madagascar |
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