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* Dense humid forest 0m - 800m: land clearing, illegal logging of precious timber
* Eastern coastal forest: highly threatened due to its proximity to villages
* Reef: erosion and silting threaten the coast, seagrass beds and mangroves<br><br>
Protected species are highly threatened by poaching within and outside the protected area:
* ''Dermochelys coriacea'' - [[Leatherback sea turtle]]
* ''Voanioala gerardii'' - forest coconut, very rare palm (endemic to Masoala)
* ''Nepenthes masoalensis'' - carnivorous plant (endemic to Masoala)<br><br>
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