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(May 04, 2023) Between 22 and 27 April 2023 Blue Action Fund and KfW visited Blue Future project area, in Nampula Province, Mozambique, to learn on how the project is being implemented and see the first results on the ground. The visit started with a kick-off meeting at ADPP (Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo) offices in Mossuril, which was attended by all partners of the consortium (ProAzul, BioFund and UEM), some of which remotely from Maputo. Starting from the Mozambican Island, passing thro...

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(April 20, 2023) The Niassa Special Reserve team is delighted to welcome three trainees through the Mozambique Conservation Leadership Programme. This is the fourth round of the programme which aims to strengthen the skills and professional experience of young conservationists.  These trainees have prior experience in Communications, Wildlife Based Tourism and Forestry and Wildlife Resources Management. We are grateful to the Biodiversity Conservation Fund (BIOFUND) for ...

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(April 17, 2023) It is crucial to understand community needs and the impact of conservation actions both before and during implementation. To this end, a socio-economic survey was recently carried out in the Marrupa-Mecula corridor area of Niassa Special Reserve (NSR). The work used Basic Needs Surveys (BNS) and Natural Resource Governance Tools (NRGT), to assess and monitor how conservation actions are affecting living conditions and liv...

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(April 12, 2023) As part of ongoing community-based conservation work in Niassa Special Reserve (NSR), a seminar was recently held in Mecula District covering rights and responsibilities in natural resource management. Conducted by the Administrator of Mecula District - António Joaquim Paulo, the seminar was attended by the NSR Administrator - Terêncio Tamele, NSR management staff, District Authorities, the Mecula Headquarters Natural Resources Management Co...

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(April 07, 2023) Mozambique celebrates today the Mozambican Women's Day. To celebrate this date we share here a success story of one of the employees of the Niassa Special Reserve, an area co-managed between the Government of Mozambique and WCS: My name is Marta Jose Mario, I am 30 years old and have three children. I live in Mecula district and have been working in Niassa Special Reserve (NSR) since 2012. I lost my father when I was young so I helped&nbs...

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(April 05, 2023) Eleutério Duarte, a WCS biologist and project assistant at WCS-Mozambique, with experience in conducting KBAs assessments, led a webinar entitled “Identifying and proposing KBAs / Relevance of the IUCN Red List on the KBA identification process: Mozambique example. Mozambique was one of the first countries worldwide to complete a comprehensive national KBA assessment, applying the 2016 Global Standard to a broad range of biodiversity. Taking into account the experience and the succe...

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(April 04, 2023) A new ‘Biodiversity Wall’ was inaugurated by the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, in Maputo City on 1st April. The President of the Maputo Municipal Council, Eneas Comiche also took part in the ceremony along with several national and international personalities.    In her speech, the Minister explained that the mural – which features paintings of Mozambican flora and fauna - aims t...

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(March 22, 2023) The illegal trafficking of wild animals, plants and their derivatives poses a significant threat to many species - especially those associated with high value such as elephant ivory. The CITES Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Programme is a site-based system designed to monitor trends in the illegal killing of elephants, build management capacity and provide information to help range states make appropriate management and enforcement decisions. It was initiated by ...

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(March 22, 2023)    Following the impact of Cyclone Freddy, WCS’s Niassa Special Reserve (NSR) Chief of Operations led an aerial damage assessment on 18th March from Mbatamila Reserve Headquarters. The team flew over Ndapata, Mussoma, Dilima, Nkuti and Mbamba communities as well as Lugenda and Mariri Camps on the banks of the Lugenda River.This is one of the biggest rivers that flows through NSR and Niassa Province. Its...

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(March 10, 2023) WCS has been working to support conservation of Mozambique’s Niassa Special Reserve (NSR) with a co-management agreement in place since 2020. NSR is the country’s largest conservation area and is home to important populations of several threatened species including savannah elephants, lions, and wild dogs. It also encompasses one of the most extensive tracts of intact miombo woodland remaining on the continent and sequesters globally important volumes of carb...

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