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(April 16, 2025) On April 9 April, 2025, the Technical-Scientific Unit to Support Biodiversity Offsets held its first regular annual meeting. Composed of representatives from government institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society organizations, this multisectoral body plays a strategic role in supporting the Environmental Impact Assessment Authority in the design, evaluation, and monitoring of Biodiversity Offset Management Plans (PGCBs). The session brought together 18 participants, includin...

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(April 10, 2025) As part of the project “Equipping Southwest Indian Ocean Countries to Combat Illegal Trade in Sharks and Rays”, a meeting was held to share results with various government partners, in Maputo, on the 31st of March of 2025. The aim of the meeting was to present the progress made over the three years (2022-2025) of the project's implementation, highlighting key initiatives such as: Training of 36 government technicians in the visual and molecular (genetic) identification o...

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(April 09, 2025) A seminar entitled "Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of National and International Measures for the Conservation of Sharks and Rays" took place on March 27 in Maputo. The objectives of the meeting were to improve understanding of national legislation, especially REPMAR and the CITES Regulation and other related instruments relating to the marketing of sharks and rays, as well as to raise awareness of the international measures and obligations to which the country is a signatory...

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(April 03, 2025) WCS, in coordination with the Mozambique Oceanographic Institute (InOM) and funding from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), organized three regional public consultations (south, center and north) on the Strategy and Action Plan for the Expansion of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) on 21, 24 and 26 March in the cities of Maputo, Beira and Nampula, respectively. Over 190 participants attended the three events, including represe...

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(March 14, 2025) The National Fisheries Administration (ADNAP), with the support of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP), held the Harmonization Workshop for the proposed National Action Plan for Shark and Ray Management (2025-2029) on 6 March 2025 in Maputo City. This workshop aimed to present and validate the Plan with the different stakeholders at national level. It focused on presenting the Plan and gathering input on the main problems and objectives, as we...

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(March 04, 2025) The COMBO+ Program—a partnership between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS),  Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND),  and the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (represented by the National Directorate for the Environment (DINAB)) — organized a workshop to validate the seagrass ecological condition metric in Mozambique. Family photo of the workshop participants Developed by the Mozambican government in collaboration with st...

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(February 27, 2025) On February 20, 2025, Wildlife Conservation Society, in collaboration with the Government through the National Directorate for Environment under the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, held a workshop at the Hotel Cardoso in Maputo city, with the aim of exploring and identifying the main pressures and threats affecting different ecosystems in order to assess the ecological condition of vegetation in Mozambique. The event was attended by 13 participants representing government ins...

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(February 27, 2025) At the invitation of the National Research Foundation - South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), OceanX and OceanQuest, Wildlife Conservation Society Mozambique (WCS), participated in a scientific expedition to the south of the Mozambique Channel from January 30 to February 25, 2024, represented by Jorge Sitoe, Project Assistant for the Marine Program. This expedition aimed to explore two seamounts in the Indian Ocean, namely Walters Shoal and Africana II Seamount, by mapp...

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(January 08, 2025) The Mozambique's COMBO+ (‘Conservation, Mitigation and Offsetting of Biodiversity’) Program Steering Committee Meeting took place on 19 December 2024. The event was attended by 16 online participants, representing the technical teams, the government and donors, as well as other relevant partners in the implementation of the program. COMBO+ has been running since 2016 and supports the Government of Mozambique in reconciling economic development with biodiversity conservatio...

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(December 04, 2024) The Technical-Scientific Unit (UTC) for Biodiversity Offset Support and the Biodiversity Offset Assessment and Monitoring Office (RAACB) trained in tools and platforms for identifying biodiversity to be avoided and/or targeted by Biodiversity Offsets in Mozambique, in accordance with the Directive on Biodiversity Offsets (Ministerial Diploma No. 55/2022, of 19 May). The event took place on 28 November 2024 in a hybrid format in Maputo, and was attended by 14 people. The training was promoted...

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