There are many different land and sea animals in Madagascar. From the bat family there 22 genera and eight families present on Madagascar. The main species in Madagascar is lemurs, with 105 species in 2010. There are also 21 species and subspecies of Tenrec. Madagascar supports important marine species like endangered dugongs, sea turtles, and sharks. Madagascar is home to more than 300 species of reptiles.



Madagascar endorses rules for the prevention of pollution from ships MARPOL also known as marine pollution, which prevents oil pollution, garbage pollution, sewage pollution and noxious liquid pollution. Madagascar's main source of water pollution is from mines, which are watched over by the environmental charter. The people who drive cars in Madagascar are the major factor for air pollution. In the 1930’s a law passed to stop the hunt of endangered species and burning of forests. Even though many laws are made to protect the environment, they are not enforced because of the lack of funds. In 1962, President Tsiranana enforced a code, requiring all men to plant 100 seedlings a year as means of forest conservation, or suffer a heavy tax. It isn't really working because people are hiding as they mostly live in small villages.


They are many things affecting the land and terrain in Madagascar like deforestation and habitat destruction when they cut down the forests. This destroys the habitats of many animals, leading the animals towards the endangered category or extinct. Another thing is that there are fires set for land-clearing and pasture land spread into adjacent wildlands, causing damage to the island's unique ecosystems. The rivers are blood red due to erosion which is making it seem as the astronauts say, “Madagascar bleed to death.” This erosion decomposes the land so it stains the surrounding ocean possibly killing the fish, and ruining the land. There is this erosion because of the pollution eating the land, also the mining. Another thing is that the animals are over hunted also fish are overfished. This is bad because they are the main source of food and if they over do it, they won’t be able to reproduce and might be extinct. A final thing is that there was an introduction of alien species, and by alien I mean foreign.