Niassa Special Reserve (NSR) organized recently a training on "Wildlife Poisoning - Incident Assessment and Response" in Mbatamila - NSR's headquarters. A total of 33 technicians from various departments of the Reserve participated, with emphasis on the Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Communities, including 2 technicians from the District Services of Economic Activities of Mecula District (SDAE). The training was facilitated by Mr. André Botha, from EWT - Endengered Wildlife Trust.
This training aimed to equip the participants with techniques to investigate crime scenarios of wild animal poisoning as another way to improve the fight against poaching and protection of endangered animals and also to create a data collection network on wildlife poisoning in NSR.