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(April 18, 2024) The Miombo Initiative, launched during the Miombo Summit in DC today together with government, NGO partners, and the private sector, aims to protect and restore 1.9 million km2 of Miombo woodlands, which are essential for climate stability and community development. Miombo Forest in Niassa Special Reserve   Miombo woodlands are the world’s expansive dryland forest, spanning over 1.9 million km2 across more than eight countries within the greater Zambezi Basin. This extens...

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(April 11, 2024) Under the Future Blue Project, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), General Assemblies were recently held for the creation and revitalization of Community Fishing Councils (CCPs) in the Memba, Nacala-a-Velha, and Mossuril Districts in the Province of Nampula. The Environmental Association (AMA) led this activity in collaboration with the National Fisheries Administration (ADNAP) and WCS, aiming to establish governance and planning structures for the co-management of local fishery reso...

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(April 03, 2024) On March 27th and 28th 2024, Maputo City hosted a training session for technicians from the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) on the new Ministerial Diploma 55/2022, which approves the Directive on Biodiversity Offsets which consists of the measurable conservation results that come from actions designed to compensate for significant residual impacts on biodiversity resulting from development projects after appropriate measures have been taken to avoid and minimize the impacts ...

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(March 18, 2024) The partners of the COMBO+ program, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND) and the National Directorate for the Environment (DINAB), in partnership with the company KENMARE Resources plc, promoted a visit to exchange experiences involving government entities and civil society, with the aim of providing technicians from all the institutions involved with the opportunity to analyze and discuss practical aspects on the ground, in a dyn...

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(March 11, 2024) The national Historical Ecosystems/Vegetation Map was recently updated on the Geospatial Platform of the FNDS MRV Unit. The map was developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), with the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team. From 2019 to 2023, UMRV was part of a team of environmental and conservation experts having played an important role in mapping Mozambique’s ecosystems with an unprecedented level of detail. The result of this effort is a historical map that identifies ...

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(March 05, 2024) On March 1st, 2024, the Chicoma Community Savings and Credit Association took a significant step towards the economic and financial empowerment of the community. Under the Blue Future project, and with the guidance and moderation of AMA and ADPP technicians, the association participated in a comprehensive training session at the Matibane Administrative Post. During the training, the 27 participants, including 15 women and 7 men, were guided through the fundamental principles of establishing a...

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(March 04, 2024) The Niassa Special Reserve celebrated World Wildlife Day by holding a lecture for students at the Mecula Secondary School on 16 June (Mecula District Headquarters) where the main topic was the date’s motto for 2024 (Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation) having presented to this effect the importance of biodiversity and its threats arising from human action and having discussed with the young people the need to ensure people’s connectivit...

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(March 01, 2024) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Mozambique and Samantha Strindberg from the Conservation Technologies team organized a comprehensive training on “Quantitative Ecology for Conservation Research and Management” from February 19 to 23. The event, hosted at WCS's office in Maputo, saw the active participation of 22 individuals representing various organizations. The primary objective of the training was to equip participants with the skills to design effective ecologic...

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(February 19, 2024) Mozambique has a very important shark and ray area with more than 120 confirmed species, almost half of which are threatened with extinction (Critically Endangered - CR, Endangered - EN, and Vulnerable - VU) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Species (IUCN, 2020). Due to the increasing pressure on populations of these marine resources in Mozambique, it is crucial to adopt a national action plan to conserve sharks and rays. ADNAP and its conservation pa...

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(February 19, 2024) The WCS staff members, including Rhett Bennett and Dave van Beuningen, from the Western Indian Ocean shark and ray conservation program and Naseeba Sidat and Jorge Sitoe from the Mozambican Program, participated in a workshop on BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Video) in Grahamstown from 9 to 11 January. The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) hosted the event and brought together experts from various organizations to share knowledge and skills on this data collection methodo...

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