(August 21, 2024) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) through the project ‘Building Biodiversity Knowledge for Action in Southern Africa: Biodiversity Assessment, Prioritisation and Spatial Planning in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Malawi’ (or the ‘SBAPP Regional Project’) funded by AFD/FFEM, held a webinar via Zoom, on 15th of August 2024, about the importance of citizen science and the use of iNaturalist. This event was attended by around 70 participants from research institution...

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(August 14, 2024) The President of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, visited the stand of the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), where the Niassa Special Reserve was inserted, in the event of the International Tourism Fair (FIKANI), on 11 August.  General Director of ANAC, Pejul Sebastião, explaining to the President of Mozambique the concept of the ANAC stand exhibition The General Director of ANAC, Pejul Sebastião, made the presentation of the stand, where he explained about th...

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(August 14, 2024) Portucel Mozambique recently received a visit from representatives of the company Kenmare Resources. This visit aimed to understand how Portucel Mozambique includes the theme biodiversity in the development of its project. Portucel has announced its activities to prevent potential negative impacts and ensure respect for the values of biodiversity. Communities are involved, to promote their knowledge and socio-economic development and thus contribute to a greater resilience of the environment ...

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(July 30, 2024) A technical workshop (in the form of a retreat) was held from 23 to 25 July 2024 in Ponta do Ouro, Maputo Province, with a view to drafting the new national biodiversity targets and the respective indicators, aligning them with the new Kumning-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in an inclusive and participatory approach with representation from different players, public, private, civil society and others. The workshop was organised by the National Directorate for the Environment (DINAB), ...

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(July 30, 2024) The WCS Project Assistant Jorge Sitoe, Naseeba Sidat and WCS Technical Advisor Brian Smith and InOM-Zambezia technician Dionisio Pires accompanied by the CCP representative, conducted an 18-day mission between June 10 and 28, 2024, in Zalala Beach and generating plans for implementing a support project to foster more sustainable fishing practices. The mission encompassed mapping fishing patterns along the Zalala Beach coastline, diagnostic studies to assess the current situation of the fishin...

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(July 23, 2024) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) the Mozambican Oceanographic Institute (InOM), and the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) collaborated to protect shark and ray populations in Zalala Beach. The project titled "Supporting fishing communities to safeguard their livelihoods and conserve shark and ray populations in Zalala Beach, Mozambique," implemented in 2023, involved fishing communities, local government, and academia in designing sustainable fishing practices. W...

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(July 16, 2024) On 11 July  Luthando Dziba, WCS Regional Director for East Africa, Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean, accompanied by Afonso Madope, WCS Mozambique Country Director, and John Guernier, Niassa Special Reserve Field Operation Manager, met with the Mozambican Government on the implementation of the Niassa Special Reserve Programme (NSR) and with the European Union delegation in Maputo (EEUU). During those meetings, the team discussed the WCS Programme in Mozambique, the US-funded project ...

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(July 11, 2024) WCS conducted training for 25 inspectors from the National Fish Inspection Institute (INIP) and a technician from the Natural History Museum. Participants from Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala, Nampula, Zambézia, and Cabo Delgado attended the intensive session in Maputo City on July 8-9, 2024. The training, titled "Identification of Export-Susceptible Species of Sharks and Rays (Including Species Listed in CITES, CMS, IOTC, and Protected at National Level under REPMAR)," was led by reno...

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(July 08, 2024) The Mozambique Oceanographic Institute (InOM), in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society, the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, and Maputo National Park, has been sampling using baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVs) in Maputo National Park, which is also an Important Shark and Ray Area (ISRA) since 2 July.  BRUV frame being picked up after filming   This sampling is part of an initiative called Global FinPrint, which brings together res...

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(July 03, 2024) The COMBO+ Program, a partnership between the Ministry of Land and Environment (MTA), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Mozambique) and the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), brought to Maputo Professor Martine Maron from the University of Queensland to train 47 technicians from the National Directorate of Environment (DINAB) Biodiversity Offset Assessment and Monitoring Office (RAACB), representatives from the Environmental Impact Assessment Technical Commission (CT...

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