Parc Ivoloina is situated about 7 miles north of the city of Tamatave, on the east coast of Madagascar. The Parc has many attractions with a small zoo featuring Malagasy species, several free-ranging lemur groups, many wild birds and a beautiful Environmental Education Center. The land is protected as a forestry station and is also the site of agroforestry, tree nursery and reforestation activities to help teach local villagers about alternatives to destructive slash-and-burn rice cultivation. The station also includes a recently completed Training Center consisting of a large meeting room, a laboratory, a dormitory, and a dining hall.

Parc Ivoloina is now recognized as the region’s most important environmental education resource and spark-plug for biodiversity conservation. Multi-faceted education programs include special environmental classes for primary schoolchildren, teacher training workshops, adult outreach activities and training of Malagasy graduate students.

The Parc is open daily from 9 AM – 5 PM. Over 10,000 people visit annually, and 70% are Malagasy nationals. The new MFG Program Coordinator Dr. An Bollen and the Parc’s Malagasy staff are continuing to develop the Parc’s ecotourism potential to help support conservation programs into the future.