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Madagascar National Parks, formerly known as the Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP; lit.'National Association for the Management of Protected Areas'), was founded in 1990 and is charged with managing a network of 46 National Parks, Special Reserves and Integral Nature Reserves in Madagascar.[1][2] It is a private association that is legally recognised to have a public function since 4 December 1991, and it operates under the supervision of the ministry responsible for the environment, which, as of June 2008, is the Ministry of the Environment and Forests (MEF).

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The logo of Madagascar National Parks, showing the ring-tailed lemur
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The former logo used when the organization was known as ANGAP

The association's mission is "To establish, conserve and sustainably manage a national network of parks and reserves representative of the biological diversity and the natural heritage of Madagascar."

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