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* Eastern coastal forest: highly threatened due to its proximity to villages
* Reef: erosion and silting threaten the coast, seagrass beds and mangroves
Protected species are highly threatened by poaching within and outside the protected area:
* ''Varecia rubra'' - [[Red ruffed lemur]] (endemic to Masoala)
* ''Eretmochelys imbricata'' - [[Hawksbill sea turtle]]
* ''Chelonia mydas'' - [[Green sea turtle]]
* ''Lepidochelys olivacea'' - [[Olive ridley sea turtle]]
* ''Caretta caretta'' - [[Loggerhead sea turtle]]
* ''Dermochelys coriacea'' - [[Leatherback sea turtle]]
* ''Voanioala gerardii'' - forest coconut, very rare palm (endemic to Masoala)
* ''Nepenthes masoalensis'' - carnivorous plant (endemic to Masoala)
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