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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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(December 04, 2024) Around 25 members of the CTA, private sector and government were trained on the implementation of biodiversity offsets in Mozambique (Ministerial Diploma no 55/2022 of 19 May). The event, promoted by 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), took place on 27th November 2024 in Maputo National Park (PNAM). Training participa...

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(December 04, 2024) The National Coordination Group (NCG) for Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and Red Lists of species and ecosystems held its second ordinary meeting on November 25, 2024 at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) offices in Maputo City. A total of 30 members took part in the meeting, 11 of whom attended in person and 19 virtually via the Teams platform, including representatives from the government, NGOs, the private sector, academia and independent members. Part of the members of National C...

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(November 26, 2024) On November 20, 2024, the COMBO+ Program—a collaborative initiative between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), and the Ministry of Land and Environment (represented by the National Directorate of Environment (DINAB))— hosted a virtual workshop to develop ecological metrics for seagrass ecosystems in Mozambique. As these ecosystems are increasingly threatened by rapid industrial growth, assessing and monitoring them is e...

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(November 06, 2024) The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Diversity (CBD) - known as CoP 16 - was held in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1. It brought together around 15,000 representatives from almost 200 countries to discuss global targets for biodiversity conservation by 2030. At the event, the Mozambican government was awarded third place in the CDB Clearing House Mechanism Awards. Mozambique was the only country from the Southern African region winning the award...

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(October 29, 2024) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) participated in the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress held between 13 and 18 October in Cape Town, South Africa – its first time in Africa. This event joined 800 delegates from 72 countries who gave over 600 presentations. The team at WCS was truly diverse. There were thirteen participants (nine males and four females) from across the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region, representing Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar, and coll...

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