Brief synthesisThe Andrefana Dry Forests serial property involves four national parks – Ankarafantsika, Mikea, Tsingy de Bemaraha and Tsimanampesotse – and two special reserves – Analamerana and Ankarana. The Andrefana Dry Forests are a complex product of this process. The Andrefana Dry Forests are distributed over all but one of the western endemic centres. The Andrefana Dry Forests serial property includes all the elements necessary for the inclusion of key aspects of the processes essential for the long-term conservation of the ecosystems and the biological diversity they contain. Fire is one of the major pressures facing the Andrefana Dry Forests.