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99 Trees from Famed Avenue of the Baobabs in Madagascar Burnt Down

· Written by Lova Rakotomalala

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Disaster, Environment, Photography, Travel
Avenue of the Baobabs, Morondava, Madagascar [1]

Avenue of the Baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar by Gavinevans on Wikipedia CC license-BY-2.0. 99 Baobabs are reported burnt down (see next photo)

Burnt baobab [2]

Photo of Burnt Baobabs by Njiva Tahiry via Twitter.

ONG Fanamby reports that 99 newly planted Baobab trees were burnt down [3][fr] last saturday by wild fires. The Avenue of the Baobabs [4] is one of Madagascar most visited site and classified as a national monument.