| 词条 | Avenue of the Baobabs | ||||
| 释义 |
| name = Avenue of the Baobabs | photo = Adansonia_grandidieri_Pat_Hooper.jpg | photo_caption = View of the trees on the road | photo_width = 284 | iucn_category = | location = Menabe, Madagascar | nearest_city = Morondava | coordinates = {{coord|20|15|3|S|44|25|6|E|display=inline,title}} | area = | established = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = }} The Avenue of the Baobabs, or Alley of the Baobabs, is a prominent group of Grandidier's baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) lining the dirt road between Morondava and Belon'i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region of western Madagascar. Its striking landscape draws travelers from around the world, making it one of the most visited locations in the region. It has been a center of local conservation efforts, and was granted temporary protected status in July 2007 by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests—a step towards making it Madagascar's first natural monument.[1] DescriptionAlong a {{convert|260|m|ft|abbr=on}} stretch of the road is a grove of 20–25 Adansonia grandidieri baobabs. An additional 25 or so trees of this species are found growing over nearby rice paddies and meadows within {{convert|4|ha|acre|abbr=on|order=flip}} of land.[2] The trees, which are endemic to Madagascar, are about {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} in height.[3] The baobab trees, known locally as renala (Malagasy for "mother of the forest"), are up to 2,800 years old. They are a legacy of the dense tropical forests that once thrived on Madagascar. The trees did not originally tower in isolation over the sere landscape of scrub, but stood in dense forest. Over the years, as the country's population grew, the forests were cleared for agriculture, leaving only the baobab trees, which the locals preserved as much for their own sake as for their value as a food source and building material.[3] Baobab AmoureuxSome {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest are the Baobab Amoureux, which are two notable Adansonia za trees—also an endemic baobab species—that have become twisted to each other as they grew.[4] According to legend, these two baobabs came and grew together across the centuries. Baobabs found themselves after an impossible love between a young man and young woman of the nearby village. Both youths already had designated partners and had to marry separately in their respective villages. However, the impossible couple dreamed of a life and child together and asked the help of their god. Both baobabs were born and now live there for eternity as one as the couple always wished. Conservation statusThe area is a natural monument under conservation since July 2015, but the trees are still threatened by further deforestation, effluents from encroaching paddy fields , bushfires, and forest fires.[5] Despite its popularity as a tourist destination, the area has no visitor center or gate fees, and local residents receive little income from tourism. Fanamby, a Malagasy non-governmental organization, has launched an ecotourism project aimed at conservation of the area and economic improvement for the local community since 2014 and has inaugurated infrastructures to help them promote the area in 2018.[6] GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite news |author= |date=1 August 2007 |title=Allée des Baobabs: Un site classé aire protégée |trans-title=Alley of the Baobabs: A protected area site |url=http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Un-site-classe-aire-protegee,1372.html |language=French |work=Madagascar Tribune |access-date=22 March 2008}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/Af/Madagascar/Menabe/AvenueofBaobabs.htm |title=Avenue of the Baobabs |author= |date=1 July 2012 |website=Wondermondo |access-date=1 July 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite magazine |last=Scales |first=Helen |author-link=Helen Scales |date=March 2007 |title=The land of the giants |url=http://www.geographical.co.uk/Magazine/Baobabs_-_Mar_2007.html |dead-url=yes |magazine=Geographical |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927220036/http://www.geographical.co.uk/Magazine/Baobabs_-_Mar_2007.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |access-date=23 March 2008}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/Af/Madagascar/Menabe/BaobabAmoreux.htm |title=Baobab Amoureux - baobabs in love |author= |date=1 July 2012 |website=Wondermondo |access-date=1 July 2012}} 5. ^{{cite news |author= |date=14 August 2007 |title=Madagascar's baobab avenue gains monumental status |url=http://lifestyle.monstersandcritics.com/travel/news/article_1342760.php/Madagascars_baobab_avenue_gains_monumental_status |dead-url=yes |work=Deutsche Presse-Agentur |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226114304/http://lifestyle.monstersandcritics.com/travel/news/article_1342760.php/Madagascars_baobab_avenue_gains_monumental_status |archive-date=26 February 2008 |access-date=22 March 2008}} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Nicole |date=15 August 2007 |title=Baobab band-aid |url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=316545&area=/insight/monitor/ |dead-url=yes |work=Mail & Guardian Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095000/http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?area=%2Finsight%2Fmonitor%2F&articleId=316545 |archive-date=6 October 2007 |access-date=22 March 2008}} External links{{Commonscat|Avenue of the Baobabs}}
6 : Geography of Madagascar|Menabe|Protected areas of Madagascar|Forests of Madagascar|National parks of Madagascar|Individual baobab trees |
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