Rakotomalala Elvis in Ankoatsifaka.

October 2014: Elvis Rakotomalala, Ph.D. student in the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Antananarivo, began his dissertation research on the nocturnal lemur communities in and around the Kirindy Mitea National Park, including at Ankoatsifaka.

Researchers Rebecca Lewis, Katherine Bannaer-Martin, and Felana Rakotondranaivo publish their research on how Cyclone Fanele impacted the Kirindy Mitea National Park.

August 2012: The local communities worked with Madagascar National Parks and the Ankoatsifaka team to help fight a forest fire that was difficult to control due to the unusually high amounts of dead wood in the area after Cyclone Fanele.

Forest fire.

People from Antsira and Mahavonjy who helped fight the forest fire taking a much needed break.

Post-fire devastation.

Cyclone Fanele passes over Kirindy Mitea National Park.