About Us

In the News

(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...

READ THE STORY

(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 ...

READ THE STORY

(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...

READ THE STORY

(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...

READ THE STORY

(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...

READ THE STORY

(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...

READ THE STORY

(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...

READ THE STORY

(February 15, 2024) The Wildlife Conservation Society was honored to be invited to participate in a high-level event today hosted by His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the President of the Republic of Mozambique, at Maputo National Park. The WCS team, which included John Calvelli, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs; Emma Stokes, Vice President of Global Field Conservation; Luthando Dziba, WCS Regional Director East Africa; and Afonso Madope, WCS Mozambique Country Director, had the opportunity to ...

READ THE STORY

(January 30, 2024) WCS Mozambique carried out a training on Ecosystem-based Adaptation and ecosystem services between 23 and 25 January 2024 in Nacala, in collaboration with Lutea Magaia, an EbA specialist consultant under the Futuro Azul Project, through co-funding from Bloomberg Philanthropries. The training aimed to increase the knowledge, experience and capacity of the project team, government, and other relevant partner entities, to effectively integrate Eba approaches on activity planning, implementation ...

READ THE STORY

(January 24, 2024) The biennial Southern African Shark & Ray Symposium was held in Durban, South Africa, from the 24th to 27th October and brought together around 140 participants from 8 countries. WCS was represented by three WCS staff members, including two from the Western Indian Ocean shark and ray conservation program and one from the WCS Mozambique Program, who contributed to the symposium with four oral presentations: Realities of shark and ray conservation in the Western Indian Ocean: challeng...

READ THE STORY