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    <title> Mozambique discusses an innovative model to advance conservation and accelerate the implementation of biodiversity offsets</title> 
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During the second week of March 2026, Mozambique assessed the potential of mitigation banks as a complementary mechanism to accelerate and strengthen the implementation of biodiversity offsets in the country. The topic was discussed during a workshop held in Maputo, organised by the COMBO+ Programme &amp;mdash; a partnership between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (MAAP), through the National Directorate for Environment and Climate Change (DINAMC).

The meeting brought together more than 35 participants, including representatives from Government, the private sector &amp;mdash; with particular emphasis on large extractive companies required to implement biodiversity offsets &amp;mdash; academia, civil society, and conservation partners.

Mitigation banks enable private companies to invest in conservation actions in advance, such as restoration and protection of ecosystems. These actions generate credits, which may subsequently be used by projects that need to offset their impacts on biodiversity. In practice, this model seeks to ensure that impacts are compensated in a planned and measurable manner, and may even result in net gains of biodiversity. According to international experience, this mechanism can reduce project licensing time by up to 50%, making it particularly relevant for countries facing significant pressure on ecosystems, such as Mozambique.

The Colombian company Terrasos, a pioneer in the implementation of mitigation banks in Latin America, shared its national experience, highlighting the effectiveness of the mechanism and the importance of appropriate legislation, as well as transparent and robust systems for registration and monitoring.

Discussions during the workshop indicated that this model is promising for Mozambique, as it may accelerate the implementation of biodiversity offsets and strengthen sustainable financing for conservation, thereby contributing to the achievement of restoration and protection targets for conservation areas and key biodiversity areas in the country.

The workshop also made it possible to identify opportunities, challenges, and next steps to assess the feasibility of this model in Mozambique, including its analysis within a pilot area under the Blue Future project in Memba&amp;ndash;Mossuril. The study further examines the possibility of combining different financing mechanisms &amp;mdash; such as biodiversity offsets, blue carbon, and voluntary credits &amp;mdash; with the aim of developing an integrated model suited to the Mozambican context.
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Mo&#231;ambique avaliou, na segunda semana de Mar&#231;o de 2026, o potencial dos bancos de mitiga&#231;&#227;o como mecanismo complementar para acelerar e refor&#231;ar a implementa&#231;&#227;o dos contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade no pa&#237;s. O tema foi debatido durante um workshop realizado em Maputo, organizado pelo Programa COMBO+ &amp;mdash; uma parceria entre a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a Funda&#231;&#227;o para a Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Biodiversidade (BIOFUND) e o Minist&#233;rio da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAAP), atrav&#233;s da Direc&#231;&#227;o Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas (DINAMC).

O encontro reuniu mais de 35 participantes, incluindo representantes do Governo, sector privado &amp;mdash; com destaque para grandes empresas extractivas com obriga&#231;&#245;es de implementar contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade &amp;mdash; da academia, da sociedade civil e de parceiros de conserva&#231;&#227;o.

Os bancos de mitiga&#231;&#227;o permitem que empresas privadas invistam antecipadamente em ac&#231;&#245;es de conserva&#231;&#227;o, como a restaura&#231;&#227;o e protec&#231;&#227;o de ecossistemas. Estas ac&#231;&#245;es geram cr&#233;ditos, que depois podem ser usados por projectos que precisam de contrabalan&#231;ar os seus impactos sobre a biodiversidade. Na pr&#225;ctica, trata-se de um modelo que procura garantir que os danos causados sejam compensados de forma planeada e mensur&#225;vel, podendo mesmo gerar ganhos de biodiversidade. Segundo experi&#234;ncias internacionais, este mecanismo pode reduzir em at&#233; 50% o tempo necess&#225;rio para o licenciamento de projectos, sendo por isso especialmente relevante para pa&#237;ses com forte press&#227;o sobre ecossistemas, como Mo&#231;ambique.

A empresa colombiana Terrasos, pioneira na implementa&#231;&#227;o de bancos de mitiga&#231;&#227;o na Am&#233;rica Latina, partilhou a experi&#234;ncia do seu pa&#237;s, sublinhando a efic&#225;cia do mecanismo e a import&#226;ncia de legisla&#231;&#227;o adequada, bem como de sistemas transparentes e s&#243;lidos de registo e monitoria.

As discuss&#245;es do workshop indicaram que este modelo &#233; promissor para Mo&#231;ambique, pois pode acelerar a implementa&#231;&#227;o dos contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade e refor&#231;ar o financiamento sustent&#225;vel da conserva&#231;&#227;o, contribuindo para cumprir metas de restaura&#231;&#227;o e protec&#231;&#227;o das &#225;reas de conserva&#231;&#227;o e &#225;reas-chave para a biodiversidade existentes em Mo&#231;ambique.

O workshop permitiu ainda identificar oportunidades, desafios e pr&#243;ximos passos para avaliar a viabilidade deste modelo no pa&#237;s, incluindo a an&#225;lise numa &#225;rea piloto do projecto Futuro Azul em Memba&amp;ndash;Mossuril. O estudo tamb&#233;m analisa a possibilidade de combinar diferentes mecanismos de financiamento, como contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade, carbono azul, cr&#233;ditos volunt&#225;rios, visando desenvolver um modelo integrado adequado ao contexto mo&#231;ambicano.
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Figure 1. Group photo from the training session on the IUCN Red List criteria and the assessment of extinction risk for plants, invertebrates and freshwater fish species

A training session on the IUCN Red List Criteria and the Assessment of Extinction Risk for Plant, Invertebrate, and Freshwater Fish Species was held in Macaneta from March 23 to 27, 2026. The event brought together 33 national and international experts from government institutions, civil society, and academia with the aim of strengthening the capacity of the national technical team responsible for species conservation assessments.

The training was organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, and Fisheries (MAPP), through the National Directorate for Environment and Climate Change (DINAMC), as part of the Spatial Biodiversity Assessment, Prioritization, and Planning (SBAPP) Project, funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Fund for the Global Environment (FFEM).

At the opening ceremony, held on March 23rd, Her Excellency S&#243;nia Muando, the National Director for the Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, highlighted the importance of this workshop framing it in a global context marked by the rapid decline of biodiversity. It was emphasized that &amp;ldquo;the dramatic loss of biodiversity threatens ecosystems that are essential for climate change mitigation, poverty reduction, and human well-being,&amp;rdquo; highlighting that the IUCN Red List methodology serves as &amp;ldquo;a critical barometer of the state of biodiversity and an essential tool for guiding public policy-making.&amp;rdquo;



Figure 2. Opening of the event by S&#243;nia Muando, National Director of Environment and Climate Change 

The training was led by experts from WCS and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), building on previous training sessions. In the past, WCS, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, trained more than 50 national technicians. As part of the SBAPP, this new cycle focuses on training and the assessment of plant, invertebrate, and freshwater fish species&amp;mdash;groups that are fundamental to the integrity of the country&amp;rsquo;s ecosystems. In addition to practical assessment sessions and identification of priority species, participants also received a refresher on the criteria and categories of the IUCN Red List.



Figure 3. Workshop facilitators: on the left, Dewidine Van Der Colff from SANBI, and on the right, Hermenegildo Matimele from WCS

This workshop was conducted in the context of celebrating two international dates important to biodiversity and the environment:&amp;nbsp;

March 21 &amp;ndash; International Day of Forests, under the theme &amp;ldquo;Forests and Economies&amp;rdquo;;

March 22 &amp;ndash; World Water Day, dedicated to &amp;ldquo;Water and Gender&amp;rdquo;.

In this context, during the opening remarks, it was emphasized that &amp;ldquo;the IUCN Red List assessments provide a scientific basis for understanding how species loss affects agricultural productivity, water regulation, health, and the economic stability of communities.&amp;rdquo; It was also noted that fragile ecosystems exacerbate the disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups, particularly women and girls. The SBAPP Project, &amp;ldquo;Building Biodiversity Knowledge for Action in Southern Africa,&amp;rdquo; is being implemented by Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, and Namibia, promoting the development of tools and systems that enable these countries to monitor the threat status of ecosystems and species.

It is hoped that the outcomes of this workshop will contribute to strengthening the national database and to informed decision-making regarding biodiversity conservation.
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Figura 1. Foto de Fam&#237;lia do Treinamento em Crit&#233;rios Lista Vermelha da IUCN e Avalia&#231;&#227;o do Risco de Extin&#231;&#227;o de Esp&#233;cies de Plantas, Invertebrados e Peixes de &#193;gua Doce

Decorreu em Macaneta, de 23 a 27 de Mar&#231;o de 2026, umtreinamento sobre Crit&#233;rios da Lista Vermelha da IUCN e Avalia&#231;&#227;o do Risco de Extin&#231;&#227;o de Esp&#233;cies de Plantas, Invertebrados e Peixes de &#193;gua Doce,. O evento reuniu 33 especialistas nacionais e internaconais provenientes de institui&#231;&#245;es governamentais, sociedade civil, e academia, com o objectivo de fortalecer o quadro t&#233;cnico nacional respons&#225;vel pelas avalia&#231;&#245;es de conserva&#231;&#227;o de esp&#233;cies.

A forma&#231;&#227;o foi promovida pela Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) e pelo Minist&#233;rio da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAPP), atrav&#233;s da Direc&#231;&#227;o Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas (DINAMC), no &#226;mbito do Projecto Spatial Biodiversity Assessments, Prioritization, and Planning (SBAPP), financiado pela Ag&#234;ncia francesa de Desenvolvimento&amp;nbsp; (AFD) e o Fundo Franc&#234;s para o Ambiente Mundial (FFEM).

Na cerim&#243;nia de abertura, realizada no dia 23, por Sua Excel&#234;ncia S&#243;nia Muando Directora Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas, foi destacada a relev&#226;ncia deste encontro num contexto global marcado pela degrada&#231;&#227;o acelerada da biodiversidade. Foi sublinhado que &amp;ldquo;a perda dram&#225;tica de biodiversidade amea&#231;a ecossistemas essenciais para a mitiga&#231;&#227;o das mudan&#231;as clim&#225;ticas, a redu&#231;&#227;o da pobreza e o bem estar humano&amp;rdquo;, refor&#231;ando que a metodologia da Lista Vermelha da IUCN constitui &amp;ldquo;um indicador cr&#237;tico do estado da biodiversidade e uma ferramenta essencial para orientar pol&#237;ticas p&#250;blicas&amp;rdquo;.



Figura 2. Momento de abertura do evento pela S&#243;nia Muando Directora Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas

O treinamento foi facilitado por especialistas da WCS e do South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), dando continuidade a ciclos anteriores de capacita&#231;&#227;o. No passado, WCS em colabora&#231;&#227;o com o Minist&#233;rio de tutela do ambiente, capacitou mais de &amp;nbsp;50 t&#233;cnicos nacionais.

No quadro do SBAPP, este novo ciclo de treinamento, foca-se, &amp;nbsp;na avalia&#231;&#227;o de esp&#233;cies de &amp;nbsp;plantas, invertebrados e peixes de &#225;gua doce, grupos fundamentais para a integridade dos ecossistemas do pa&#237;s. Durante o semin&#225;rio, os participantes tiveram inicialmente uma actualiza&#231;&#227;o da aplica&#231;&#227;o dos crit&#233;rios e categorias da Lista Vermelha da IUCN , incluindo sess&#245;es pr&#225;ticas de avalia&#231;&#227;o, e defini&#231;&#227;o de esp&#233;cies priorit&#225;rias.



Figura 3. Facilitadores do workshop, a esquerda Dewidine Van Der Colff em representa&#231;&#227;o do SANBI e a direita Hermenegildo Matimele em representa&#231;&#227;o da WCS

&amp;nbsp;O in&#237;cio do semin&#225;rio enquadra-se no contexto deas celebra&#231;&#245;es de duas datas internacionais muito importantes para a biodiversidade e ambiente:


 21 de Mar&#231;o &amp;ndash; Dia Internacional das Florestas, sob o lema &amp;ldquo;Florestas e Economias&amp;rdquo;;
 22 de Mar&#231;o &amp;ndash; Dia Mundial da &#193;gua, dedicado a &amp;ldquo;&#193;gua e G&#233;nero&amp;rdquo;.


Neste contexto, durante o discurso de abertura, foi destacado que &amp;ldquo;as avalia&#231;&#245;es da Lista Vermelha da IUCN fornecem bases cient&#237;ficas para compreender como a perda de esp&#233;cies afecta a produtividade agr&#237;cola, a regula&#231;&#227;o da &#225;gua, a sa&#250;de e a estabilidade econ&#243;mica das comunidades&amp;rdquo;. Foi ainda mencionado que ecossistemas fr&#225;geis aumentam o impacto diferenciado sobre grupos vulner&#225;veis em particular mulheres e meninas.

O Projecto SBAPP &amp;ldquo;Construindo o Conhecimento sobre Biodiversidade para Ac&#231;&#227;o na &#193;frica Austral&amp;rdquo;, abrange Mo&#231;ambique, &#193;frica do Sul, Malawi e Nam&#237;bia, promovendo o desenvolvimento de ferramentas e sistemas que permitem aos pa&#237;ses monitorar o estado de amea&#231;a de ecossistemas e esp&#233;cies.

Espera-se que, os resultados deste semin&#225;rio contribuam para o fortalecimento da base de dados nacional e para a tomada de decis&#245;es informadas sobre a conserva&#231;&#227;o da biodiversidade.
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Figura 1. Foto de Fam&#237;lia do Treinamento em Crit&#233;rios Lista Vermelha da IUCN e Avalia&#231;&#227;o do Risco de Extin&#231;&#227;o de Esp&#233;cies de Plantas, Invertebrados e Peixes de &#193;gua Doce

Decorreu em Macaneta, de 23 a 27 de Mar&#231;o de 2026, umtreinamento sobre Crit&#233;rios da Lista Vermelha da IUCN e Avalia&#231;&#227;o do Risco de Extin&#231;&#227;o de Esp&#233;cies de Plantas, Invertebrados e Peixes de &#193;gua Doce,. O evento reuniu 33 especialistas nacionais e internaconais provenientes de institui&#231;&#245;es governamentais, sociedade civil, e academia, com o objectivo de fortalecer o quadro t&#233;cnico nacional respons&#225;vel pelas avalia&#231;&#245;es de conserva&#231;&#227;o de esp&#233;cies.

A forma&#231;&#227;o foi promovida pela Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) e pelo Minist&#233;rio da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAPP), atrav&#233;s da Direc&#231;&#227;o Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas (DINAMC), no &#226;mbito do Projecto Spatial Biodiversity Assessments, Prioritization, and Planning (SBAPP), financiado pela Ag&#234;ncia francesa de Desenvolvimento&amp;nbsp; (AFD) e o Fundo Franc&#234;s para o Ambiente Mundial (FFEM).

Na cerim&#243;nia de abertura, realizada no dia 23, por Sua Excel&#234;ncia S&#243;nia Muando Directora Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas, foi destacada a relev&#226;ncia deste encontro num contexto global marcado pela degrada&#231;&#227;o acelerada da biodiversidade. Foi sublinhado que &amp;ldquo;a perda dram&#225;tica de biodiversidade amea&#231;a ecossistemas essenciais para a mitiga&#231;&#227;o das mudan&#231;as clim&#225;ticas, a redu&#231;&#227;o da pobreza e o bem estar humano&amp;rdquo;, refor&#231;ando que a metodologia da Lista Vermelha da IUCN constitui &amp;ldquo;um indicador cr&#237;tico do estado da biodiversidade e uma ferramenta essencial para orientar pol&#237;ticas p&#250;blicas&amp;rdquo;.



Figura 2. Momento de abertura do evento pela S&#243;nia Muando Directora Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas

O treinamento foi facilitado por especialistas da WCS e do South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), dando continuidade a ciclos anteriores de capacita&#231;&#227;o. No passado, WCS em colabora&#231;&#227;o com o Minist&#233;rio de tutela do ambiente, capacitou mais de &amp;nbsp;50 t&#233;cnicos nacionais.

No quadro do SBAPP, este novo ciclo de treinamento, foca-se, &amp;nbsp;na avalia&#231;&#227;o de esp&#233;cies de &amp;nbsp;plantas, invertebrados e peixes de &#225;gua doce, grupos fundamentais para a integridade dos ecossistemas do pa&#237;s. Durante o semin&#225;rio, os participantes tiveram inicialmente uma actualiza&#231;&#227;o da aplica&#231;&#227;o dos crit&#233;rios e categorias da Lista Vermelha da IUCN , incluindo sess&#245;es pr&#225;ticas de avalia&#231;&#227;o, e defini&#231;&#227;o de esp&#233;cies priorit&#225;rias.



Figura 3. Facilitadores do workshop, a esquerda Dewidine Van Der Colff em representa&#231;&#227;o do SANBI e a direita Hermenegildo Matimele em representa&#231;&#227;o da WCS

&amp;nbsp;O in&#237;cio do semin&#225;rio enquadra-se no contexto deas celebra&#231;&#245;es de duas datas internacionais muito importantes para a biodiversidade e ambiente:


 21 de Mar&#231;o &amp;ndash; Dia Internacional das Florestas, sob o lema &amp;ldquo;Florestas e Economias&amp;rdquo;;
 22 de Mar&#231;o &amp;ndash; Dia Mundial da &#193;gua, dedicado a &amp;ldquo;&#193;gua e G&#233;nero&amp;rdquo;.


Neste contexto, durante o discurso de abertura, foi destacado que &amp;ldquo;as avalia&#231;&#245;es da Lista Vermelha da IUCN fornecem bases cient&#237;ficas para compreender como a perda de esp&#233;cies afecta a produtividade agr&#237;cola, a regula&#231;&#227;o da &#225;gua, a sa&#250;de e a estabilidade econ&#243;mica das comunidades&amp;rdquo;. Foi ainda mencionado que ecossistemas fr&#225;geis aumentam o impacto diferenciado sobre grupos vulner&#225;veis em particular mulheres e meninas.

O Projecto SBAPP &amp;ldquo;Construindo o Conhecimento sobre Biodiversidade para Ac&#231;&#227;o na &#193;frica Austral&amp;rdquo;, abrange Mo&#231;ambique, &#193;frica do Sul, Malawi e Nam&#237;bia, promovendo o desenvolvimento de ferramentas e sistemas que permitem aos pa&#237;ses monitorar o estado de amea&#231;a de ecossistemas e esp&#233;cies.

Espera-se que, os resultados deste semin&#225;rio contribuam para o fortalecimento da base de dados nacional e para a tomada de decis&#245;es informadas sobre a conserva&#231;&#227;o da biodiversidade.
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    <title>   Critical Shark and Ray Habitats in the Western Indian Ocean Face Protection Gaps</title> 
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A new&amp;nbsp;scientific assessment&amp;nbsp;reveals that only 1.2% of Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Western Indian&amp;nbsp;Ocean (WIO)&amp;nbsp;are within areas of total protection from fishing.&amp;nbsp;

This finding comes from research&amp;nbsp;analyzing&amp;nbsp;the network of Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs), a scientific process coordinated by the&amp;nbsp;International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN)&amp;nbsp;Shark Specialist Group to&amp;nbsp;identify&amp;nbsp;critical habitats for these species. Between 2022 and 2023, 125 ISRAs were&amp;nbsp;identified&amp;nbsp;in the Western Indian Ocean, covering more than&amp;nbsp;2.8 million square&amp;nbsp;kilometres, equivalent to about 10% of the region&amp;#39;s surface waters.&amp;nbsp;

These areas were defined based on multiple sources of information, including visual surveys,&amp;nbsp;monitoring&amp;nbsp;of fish markets, citizen science contributions, and&amp;nbsp;additional&amp;nbsp;scientific data. These ISRAs are home to 104 species of sharks,&amp;nbsp;rays&amp;nbsp;and chimaeras (39% of the total recorded in the&amp;nbsp;WIO), with an impressive 76% classified as threatened with extinction by the&amp;nbsp;IUCN&amp;nbsp;Red List.&amp;nbsp;

Despite their ecological importance, only 7.1% of ISRAs overlap with Marine Protected Areas and around 1.2% are&amp;nbsp;located&amp;nbsp;within no-take zones where fishing is prohibited. The most robust protections are concentrated in places such as the Seychelles, the Chagos&amp;nbsp;Archipelago&amp;nbsp;and parts of the Mozambique coast, while most of these areas&amp;nbsp;remain&amp;nbsp;exposed to human pressure.&amp;nbsp;

Mozambique stands out as an important country in the regional ISRA network, with seven areas&amp;nbsp;identified&amp;nbsp;along its coastline after decades of research and monitoring. Some of these zones overlap with important marine conservation areas, including the&amp;nbsp;Bazaruto&amp;nbsp;Archipelago National Park, Maputo National&amp;nbsp;Park&amp;nbsp;and the Northern Quirimbas Environmental Protection Area.&amp;nbsp;

According to experts such as Stela Fernando&amp;nbsp;from Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique&amp;nbsp;(InOM), Rhett Bennett&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;Wildlife Conservation&amp;nbsp;Society&amp;nbsp;(WCS)&amp;nbsp;and Jesse Cochran&amp;nbsp;IUCN&amp;nbsp;Shark Specialist Group, the Mozambican coast is essential for the reproduction and nurseries of sharks and rays, but pressure from fishing and other human activities requires effective management measures that reconcile conservation and the livelihoods of coastal communities.&amp;nbsp;

For&amp;nbsp;organizations&amp;nbsp;such as the&amp;nbsp;WCS, the study highlights both a challenge and an opportunity to protect critical habitats for sharks and rays, while supporting the livelihoods of coastal communities that depend on fishing. The ISRA network&amp;nbsp;provides&amp;nbsp;scientific guidance for governments and partners to expand marine conservation, strengthen ecological monitoring, and meet international biodiversity commitments. Even with limited protection, these areas provide a clear basis for guiding management decisions and ensuring that sharks and rays continue to play their role in marine ecosystems.
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    <title>Habitats Cr&#237;ticos de Tubar&#245;es e Raias no Oceano &#205;ndico Ocidental Enfrentam Lacunas de Prote&#231;&#227;o</title> 
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Uma nova&amp;nbsp;avalia&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica&amp;nbsp;publicada, revela que apenas 1,2% das &#193;reas Importantes para Tubar&#245;es e Raias&amp;nbsp;(Important&amp;nbsp;Shark&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Ray&amp;nbsp;Areas&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;ISRAs)&amp;nbsp;no Oceano &#205;ndico Ocidental&amp;nbsp;(WIO)&amp;nbsp;se encontram dentro de&amp;nbsp;&#225;reas&amp;nbsp;de&amp;nbsp;protec&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;total contra a pesca.&amp;nbsp;

Por meio deste&amp;nbsp;processo de&amp;nbsp;investiga&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;que&amp;nbsp;analisou a rede de&amp;nbsp;ISRAS,&amp;nbsp;um processo cient&#237;fico coordenado pelo&amp;nbsp;grupo de tubar&#245;es da Uni&#227;o&amp;nbsp;Internacional para a Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Natureza (IUCN)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;para&amp;nbsp;identificar habitats cr&#237;ticos para estas esp&#233;cies.&amp;nbsp;Entre 2022 e 2023 foram identificadas 125&amp;nbsp;ISRAs&amp;nbsp;no Oceano &#205;ndico Ocidental, cobrindo mais de 2,8 milh&#245;es de quil&#243;metros quadrados, o equivalente a cerca de 10% das &#225;guas superficiais da regi&#227;o.&amp;nbsp;

Estas &#225;reas foram definidas com base em m&#250;ltiplas fontes de informa&#231;&#227;o, incluindo levantamentos visuais, monitoria em mercados de peixe, contributos de ci&#234;ncia cidad&#227; e dados cient&#237;ficos adicionais.&amp;nbsp;Essas&amp;nbsp;ISRAs&amp;nbsp;abrigam 104 esp&#233;cies de tubar&#245;es, raias e quimeras (39% do total registado no WIO), com uns impressionantes 76% classificados como amea&#231;ados de extin&#231;&#227;o pela Lista Vermelha da IUCN.&amp;nbsp;

Apesar da sua relev&#226;ncia ecol&#243;gica, apenas 7,1% das&amp;nbsp;ISRAs&amp;nbsp;apresentam alguma sobreposi&#231;&#227;o com &#193;reas Marinhas Protegidas e cerca de 1,2% encontram-se dentro de zonas de&amp;nbsp;protec&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;total onde a pesca &#233; proibida. As&amp;nbsp;protec&#231;&#245;es&amp;nbsp;mais robustas concentram-se em locais como as Seychelles, o Arquip&#233;lago de&amp;nbsp;Chagos&amp;nbsp;e partes da costa de Mo&#231;ambique, enquanto a maioria destas &#225;reas permanece exposta &#224; press&#227;o humana.&amp;nbsp;

Mo&#231;ambique destaca-se como um pa&#237;s relevante na rede regional de&amp;nbsp;ISRAs, com sete &#225;reas identificadas ao longo da sua costa ap&#243;s d&#233;cadas de investiga&#231;&#227;o e monitoria. Algumas destas zonas sobrep&#245;em-se a importantes &#225;reas de conserva&#231;&#227;o marinha, incluindo o Parque Nacional do Arquip&#233;lago do Bazaruto, o Parque Nacional de Maputo e a &#193;rea de Prote&#231;&#227;o Ambiental das&amp;nbsp;Quirimbas&amp;nbsp;do Norte.&amp;nbsp;

Segundo especialistas como a Stela Fernando&amp;nbsp;do Instituto&amp;nbsp;Oceanogr&#225;fico&amp;nbsp;de Mo&#231;ambique&amp;nbsp;(InOM), o&amp;nbsp;Rhett&amp;nbsp;Bennett&amp;nbsp;da&amp;nbsp;Wildlife&amp;nbsp;Conservation&amp;nbsp;Society&amp;nbsp;(WCS) e Jesse&amp;nbsp;Cochran&amp;nbsp;do grupo de especialistas de tubar&#245;es da IUCN, &amp;quot;a costa mo&#231;ambicana &#233; essencial para a reprodu&#231;&#227;o e ber&#231;&#225;rios de tubar&#245;es e raias, mas a press&#227;o da pesca e de outras atividades humanas exige medidas de gest&#227;o eficazes que conciliem conserva&#231;&#227;o e meios de subsist&#234;ncia das comunidades costeiras&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

Para&amp;nbsp;as organiza&#231;&#245;es como a&amp;nbsp;WCS,&amp;nbsp;o estudo evidencia um desafio e uma oportunidade de proteger os habitats cr&#237;ticos para tubar&#245;es e raias,&amp;nbsp;ao mesmo tempo que&amp;nbsp;se apoia a subsist&#234;ncia das comunidades costeiras que dependem da pesca. A rede de&amp;nbsp;ISRAs&amp;nbsp;oferece um guia cient&#237;fico para governos e parceiros expandirem a conserva&#231;&#227;o marinha, refor&#231;arem a monitoria ecol&#243;gica e cumprirem compromissos internacionais de biodiversidade. Mesmo com prote&#231;&#227;o limitada, estas &#225;reas fornecem uma base clara para orientar decis&#245;es de gest&#227;o e garantir que os tubar&#245;es e raias continuem a desempenhar o seu papel nos ecossistemas marinhos.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>   Second Cycle of Training in Community Inspection and Governance for Community Fisheries Councils Held as Part of the Blue Future Project </title> 
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As part of the Blue Future Project, an initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Mozambique for the sustainable conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems on the northern coast of Mozambique, the second cycle of technical and institutional training was held on February&amp;nbsp;28,&amp;nbsp;2026 for eight Community Fisheries Councils (CCPs) from the districts of&amp;nbsp;Memba,&amp;nbsp;Mossuril&amp;nbsp;and Nacala-&#224;-Velha.&amp;nbsp;

In partnership with government institutions, WCS provided simultaneous training in&amp;nbsp;Chicoma&amp;nbsp;(Mossuril&amp;nbsp;district) and Geba (Mamba district), covering essential topics such as: Fisheries&amp;nbsp;Legislation, Management&amp;nbsp;of Community-Managed Fishing Areas&amp;nbsp;(APGCs), Maritime Safety, Local Governance and Conflict Resolution.&amp;nbsp;

The event was attended by 66 representatives from the CCPs of&amp;nbsp;Muanangome,&amp;nbsp;Lapuela,&amp;nbsp;Crusse,&amp;nbsp;Munhohola,&amp;nbsp;Chicoma, Geba,&amp;nbsp;Pangane&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Napila, as well as government entities such as the National Fisheries Administration (ADNAP), Maritime Administration (ADMAR), District Economic Activities Services (SDAE), the&amp;nbsp;Coastal, Lacustrine and River Police&amp;nbsp;(PCLF) and implementation partners, including the Association for the Environment (ama).&amp;nbsp;

This training reinforced the fundamental role of CCPs as agents of community awareness and enforcement, promoting collaboration with local authorities in the prevention,&amp;nbsp;detection,&amp;nbsp;and reporting of illegal practices. In this way, it contributes directly to the sustainable management of coastal and marine fishery resources, in line with the&amp;nbsp;objectives&amp;nbsp;of the&amp;nbsp;Blue Future&amp;nbsp;Project to&amp;nbsp;establish&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;sustainable&amp;nbsp;use Marine Conservation Area&amp;nbsp;between&amp;nbsp;Memba-Mossuril&amp;nbsp;region.&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>Realizado o Segundo Ciclo de Treinamento em Fiscaliza&#231;&#227;o Comunit&#225;ria e Governan&#231;a para Conselhos Comunit&#225;rios de Pesca no &#194;mbito do Projecto Futuro Azul </title> 
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No &#226;mbito do&amp;nbsp;Projecto&amp;nbsp;Futuro Azul,&amp;nbsp;uma iniciativa da&amp;nbsp;Wildlife&amp;nbsp;Conservation&amp;nbsp;Society&amp;nbsp;(WCS) Mo&#231;ambique para a conserva&#231;&#227;o sustent&#225;vel dos ecossistemas marinhos e costeiros na costa norte de&amp;nbsp;Mo&#231;ambique, foi&amp;nbsp;realizado, no dia 28 de&amp;nbsp;Fevereiro de 2026, o segundo ciclo de treinamento t&#233;cnico e institucional direcionado a oito Conselhos Comunit&#225;rios de Pesca (CCPs) dos distritos de Memba, Mossuril e Nacala-&#224;-Velha.&amp;nbsp;

Em parceria com institui&#231;&#245;es governamentais, a WCS ministrou forma&#231;&#245;es simult&#226;neas&amp;nbsp;nas comunidades de&amp;nbsp;Chicoma&amp;nbsp;(distrito de Mossuril) e Geba (distrito de Memba), abrangendo temas essenciais como: Legisla&#231;&#227;o Pesqueira, Gest&#227;o Comunit&#225;ria das &#193;reas de Pesca&amp;nbsp;e Gest&#227;o Comunit&#225;ria (APGCs), Seguran&#231;a Mar&#237;tima, Governa&#231;&#227;o Local e Resolu&#231;&#227;o de Conflitos.&amp;nbsp;O evento contou com a participa&#231;&#227;o de 66 representantes dos&amp;nbsp;CCPs&amp;nbsp;de&amp;nbsp;Muanangome,&amp;nbsp;Lapuela,&amp;nbsp;Crusse,&amp;nbsp;Munhohola,&amp;nbsp;Chicoma, Geba,&amp;nbsp;Pangane&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;Napila, al&#233;m de entidades governamentais como a Administra&#231;&#227;o Nacional das Pescas (ADNAP), Administra&#231;&#227;o Mar&#237;tima (ADMAR), Servi&#231;os Distritais de&amp;nbsp;Actividades&amp;nbsp;Econ&#243;micas (SDAE),&amp;nbsp;Pol&#237;cia Costeira Lacustre e Fluvial&amp;nbsp;(PCLF) e parceiros de implementa&#231;&#227;o, incluindo a Associa&#231;&#227;o para o Meio Ambiente (ama).&amp;nbsp;

Esta capacita&#231;&#227;o refor&#231;ou o papel fundamental dos&amp;nbsp;CCPs&amp;nbsp;como agentes de sensibiliza&#231;&#227;o e fiscaliza&#231;&#227;o comunit&#225;ria, promovendo a colabora&#231;&#227;o com as autoridades locais na preven&#231;&#227;o, dete&#231;&#227;o e den&#250;ncia de pr&#225;ticas ilegais. Dessa forma, contribui diretamente para uma gest&#227;o sustent&#225;vel dos recursos pesqueiros costeiros e marinhos, alinhada aos objetivos do&amp;nbsp;Projecto&amp;nbsp;Futuro Azul de estabelecer uma &#193;rea de Conserva&#231;&#227;o Marinha de Uso Sustent&#225;vel na regi&#227;o Memba-Mossuril.&amp;nbsp;

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    <title>WCS Mozambique strengthens capacities in Human Rights and Safeguards in Conservation </title> 
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From 23 to 27 February 2026, WCS Mozambique held a training workshop on Human Rights and Safeguards in Conservation at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Maputo, as part of the Futuro Azul project.&amp;nbsp;

The event brought together 28 participants from different&amp;nbsp;organisations, including WCS Mozambique, WCS Global, DAI/COAST,&amp;nbsp;Kampos&amp;nbsp;SA, Blue Forest, and ICEI. The training was&amp;nbsp;facilitated&amp;nbsp;by Heidi Kretser, Director of Rights + Communities and Chair of the Institutional Review Board&amp;nbsp;(IRB)&amp;nbsp;at WCS Global, with technical contributions from Diane&amp;nbsp;Detoeuf&amp;nbsp;(WCS Global) and Carlos&amp;nbsp;Meirinhos&amp;nbsp;(WCS Mozambique).&amp;nbsp;

The aim was to strengthen the capacity of teams to implement a human rights-based approach in conservation projects, ensuring compliance with social and environmental safeguards throughout the project cycle.&amp;nbsp;

Over five days, topics such as&amp;nbsp;identifying&amp;nbsp;rights holders and stakeholders,&amp;nbsp;gender&amp;nbsp;and inclusion, preventing gender-based violence, environmental safeguards, grievance mechanisms, mitigating access restrictions, and natural resource governance tools were addressed, among other topics. The event also included several practical activities&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;consolidate&amp;nbsp;the theoretical&amp;nbsp;component&amp;nbsp;and its application in our daily work.&amp;nbsp;

The training is part of the Futuro Azul project, supported by the COAST Facility, funded by the British Government, reinforcing the institutional commitment to integrate robust safeguards and responsible practices in the implementation of coastal conservation initiatives.&amp;nbsp;
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De 23 a 27 de Fevereiro de 2026, a WCS Mo&#231;ambique realizou, no&amp;nbsp;Radisson&amp;nbsp;Blu&amp;nbsp;Hotel, em Maputo, um workshop de capacita&#231;&#227;o sobre Direitos Humanos e Salvaguardas na Conserva&#231;&#227;o, no &#226;mbito do&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;Futuro Azul.&amp;nbsp;

O evento reuniu 28 participantes de diferentes organiza&#231;&#245;es, incluindo WCS Mo&#231;ambique, WCS Global, DAI/COAST,&amp;nbsp;Kampos&amp;nbsp;SA,&amp;nbsp;Blue&amp;nbsp;Forest&amp;nbsp;e ICEI. A forma&#231;&#227;o foi facilitada por&amp;nbsp;Heidi&amp;nbsp;Kretser,&amp;nbsp;Directora&amp;nbsp;de&amp;nbsp;Rights&amp;nbsp;+&amp;nbsp;Communities&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;Chair&amp;nbsp;do&amp;nbsp;Institutional&amp;nbsp;Review&amp;nbsp;Board&amp;nbsp;(IRB)&amp;nbsp;da WCS Global, com contributos t&#233;cnicos de Diane&amp;nbsp;Detoeuf&amp;nbsp;(WCS Global) e Carlos Meirinhos (WCS Mo&#231;ambique).&amp;nbsp;

O objectivo foi refor&#231;ar a capacidade das equipas para implementar uma abordagem baseada em direitos humanos nos&amp;nbsp;projectos&amp;nbsp;de conserva&#231;&#227;o, assegurando o cumprimento das salvaguardas sociais e ambientais ao longo de todo o ciclo dos&amp;nbsp;projectos.&amp;nbsp;

Durante cinco dias, foram abordados temas como identifica&#231;&#227;o de titulares de direitos e partes interessadas, g&#233;nero e inclus&#227;o, preven&#231;&#227;o de viol&#234;ncia baseada no g&#233;nero, salvaguardas ambientais, mecanismos de reclama&#231;&#227;o, mitiga&#231;&#227;o de restri&#231;&#245;es de acesso,&amp;nbsp;ferramentas de governa&#231;&#227;o de recursos naturais&amp;nbsp;entre outros t&#243;picos. O&amp;nbsp;evento&amp;nbsp;incluiu ainda&amp;nbsp;diversas&amp;nbsp;actividades&amp;nbsp;pr&#225;ticas&amp;nbsp;como forma de consolidar a componente&amp;nbsp;te&#243;rica e a aplica&#231;&#227;o dos mesmos nos nossos trabalhos di&#225;rios.&amp;nbsp;

O&amp;nbsp;treinamento&amp;nbsp;enquadra-se no&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;Futuro Azul, com apoio do COAST&amp;nbsp;Facility, financiado pelo Governo&amp;nbsp;Brit&#226;nico, refor&#231;ando o compromisso institucional de integrar salvaguardas robustas e pr&#225;ticas respons&#225;veis na implementa&#231;&#227;o de iniciativas de conserva&#231;&#227;o costeira.&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>New paper&#160;published: Assessment of ecosystem status in Mozambique and implications for environmental planning</title> 
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A newly published WCS&amp;nbsp;study&amp;nbsp;- led by WCS scientists in partnership with the government of Mozambique and several national institutions and specialists - assesses the status of Mozambique&amp;rsquo;s terrestrial ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems framework, finding that &amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;half of the country&amp;rsquo;s ecosystems are threatened (53%). Strikingly, there are&amp;nbsp;7 Critically Endangered ecosystems&amp;nbsp;which are entirely unprotected in the national protected area&amp;nbsp;network. Overall, the greatest impacts are found in&amp;nbsp;temperate subhumid grasslands and pyric tussock savannas, while other ecosystems are at risk due to restricted distributions and ongoing degradation.

These results were incorporated into national environmental policy and private-sector regulation and they will also be used to identify priority areas for&amp;nbsp;conservation to meet the Kunming&amp;ndash;Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework&amp;nbsp;targets. These findings demonstrate how ecosystem Red Listing can support robust spatial planning and offer a practical model for GBF implementation and reporting in other countries.

&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;paper&amp;nbsp;is the result of work carried out under the SPEED+ funded projects between 2019 and 2024. Led by Kendall Jones and coauthored by five additional WCS staff - Hugo&amp;nbsp;Costa, Hermenegildo Matimele, Eleut&#233;rio Duarte Gautam Surya and Vanessa Rathbone - alongside several partners, the publication represents a major milestone for ecosystem assessment in Mozambique.‑funded projects between 2019 and 2024. Led by Kendall Jones and co‑authored by three additional WCS staff - Hugo&amp;nbsp;Costa, Hermenegildo Matimele, and Eleut&#233;rio Duarte - alongside several partners, the publication represents a major milestone for ecosystem assessment in Mozambique.

&amp;nbsp;Said Kendall Jones: &amp;ldquo;These data give us a comprehensive understanding of the extent and integrity of ecosystems in Mozambique, providing essential data for reporting on headline indicators of the GBF, and for identifying priorities for conservation and restoration to achieve GBF targets.

&amp;nbsp;Hermenegildo Matimele noted: &amp;ldquo;This work was only possible thanks to the collaboration of many people and institutions, and to the remarkable technical contribution of spatial planner Mervyn Lotter, who led the development of the historical ecosystem map for Mozambique using machine‑learning techniques. The map identifies 162 ecosystems at a 1:1,000,000 scale, which is the most detailed ecosystem map ever produced for the country. Both the map and the RLE assessment are groundbreaking for Mozambique, and the methodology can serve as a model for other countries.&amp;rdquo;

&amp;nbsp;Hugo added: &amp;ldquo;This RLE marks the culmination of a long and challenging journey, but the most significant achievement is that both the vegetation map and the RLE were officially endorsed by the Government of Mozambique in June 2024 and integrated into national policy and legislation. Embedding these tools in national regulations is essential for reconciling economic development with biodiversity conservation. With these instruments, both the Government and companies investing in Mozambique now have the means to make meaningful contributions to the naturepositive agenda.&amp;rdquo;‑positive agenda.&amp;rdquo;

&amp;nbsp;Watch the ecosystem map and RLE video&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;(EN version) and&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;(PT version).&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>Mozambique beggins the development of a new biodiversity metric to measure development impacts on the African elephant</title> 
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Figure 1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;A family of elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking water.&amp;nbsp;&amp;copy; Erwan Sola&amp;nbsp;

On 29 January 2026, the COMBO+ Programme a partnership between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), BIOFUND, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (MAAP), through the National Directorate for Environment and Climate Change (DINAMC) held the first Validation Workshop for the African Elephant Biodiversity Metric in Mozambique. The event marked an important step in strengthening technical tools to assess biodiversity losses and gains associated with development projects in the country.



Figure 2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Group photo from the workshop on developing new biodiversity metrics to measure the impacts of development on African elephants

This initiative is part of national efforts to reconcile economic development with biodiversity conservation, in line with the mitigation hierarchy and Ministerial Diploma No. 55/2022 of 19 May, which regulates the implementation of biodiversity offsets in Mozambique. The workshop brought together around 45 participants, including academics, national and international elephant conservation specialists, members of the IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group, environmental consultants, development project proponents, and other stakeholders.

The main objective was to present and discuss the conceptual and methodological framework of the metric developed for the African elephant, a priority species for conservation in Mozambique, classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In the face of increasing development pressures, habitat loss and fragmentation, and human&amp;ndash;wildlife conflict, the metric aims to support impact assessment and the definition of more effective biodiversity offset measures.

This is the fifth biodiversity metric developed under the COMBO+ Programme, following metrics for coral reefs, miombo forests, mangroves, and seagrass, and it aims to ensure the effective application of the principles of No Net Loss or Net Gain of biodiversity. The process is led by Dr. Val&#233;rio Macandza, a specialist in wildlife ecology and conservation, who presented the scientific basis, methodology, and criteria for calculating biodiversity losses and gains.

Through this initiative, the Government of Mozambique and its partners reaffirm their commitment to innovative technical solutions that promote more balanced development and the conservation of one of the country&amp;rsquo;s most emblematic species.
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    <title>Mo&#231;ambique inicia o desenvolvimento de nova m&#233;trica de biodiversidade para medir os impactos do desenvolvimento no elefante africano</title> 
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Figura 1. Uma fam&#237;lia de&amp;nbsp;Elefantes&amp;nbsp;(Loxodonta africana) bebendo &#225;gua.&amp;nbsp;&amp;copy; Erwan Sola&amp;nbsp;

No dia 29 de Janeiro de 2026, o Programa COMBO+, uma parceria entre a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a Funda&#231;&#227;o para a Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Biodiversidade (BIOFUND) e o Minist&#233;rio da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAAP), atrav&#233;s da Direc&#231;&#227;o Nacional do Ambiente e Mudan&#231;as Clim&#225;ticas (DINAMC), realizou o primeiro Workshop de Valida&#231;&#227;o da M&#233;trica para o Elefante Africano em Mo&#231;ambique. O encontro marcou um passo importante no refor&#231;o dos instrumentos t&#233;cnicos para avaliar perdas e ganhos de biodiversidade associados a projectos de desenvolvimento no pa&#237;s.



Figura 2. Foto de fam&#237;lia do&amp;nbsp;workshop sobre o desenvolvimento da&amp;nbsp;nova m&#233;trica de biodiversidade para medir os impactos do desenvolvimento no elefante africano

Esta iniciativa enquadra-se nos esfor&#231;os nacionais para conciliar o desenvolvimento econ&#243;mico com a conserva&#231;&#227;o da biodiversidade, em alinhamento com a hierarquia de mitiga&#231;&#227;o e com o Diploma Ministerial n.&amp;ordm; 55/2022, de 19 de Maio, que regula a implementa&#231;&#227;o de contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade no pa&#237;s. O workshop reuniu cerca de 45 participantes, incluindo acad&#233;micos, especialistas nacionais e internacionais em conserva&#231;&#227;o de elefante, membros do Grupo de Especialistas em Elefantes Africanos da Uni&#227;o Internacional para a Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Natureza (IUCN), consultores ambientais, proponentes de projectos de desenvolvimento e outras partes interessadas.

O principal objectivo foi apresentar e discutir o quadro conceptual e metodol&#243;gico da m&#233;trica desenvolvida para o elefante africano, uma esp&#233;cie priorit&#225;ria para a conserva&#231;&#227;o em Mo&#231;ambique, classificada como &amp;ldquo;Em Perigo&amp;rdquo; pela Lista Vermelha da IUCN e protegida pela Conven&#231;&#227;o sobre o Com&#233;rcio Internacional das Esp&#233;cies da Fauna e da Flora Selvagens Amea&#231;adas de Extin&#231;&#227;o (CITES). Face &#224;s crescentes press&#245;es do desenvolvimento, &#224; perda e fragmenta&#231;&#227;o de habitats e aos conflitos homem-fauna bravia, a m&#233;trica pretende apoiar a avalia&#231;&#227;o de impactos e a defini&#231;&#227;o de medidas de contrabalan&#231;o mais eficazes.

Esta &#233; a quinta m&#233;trica de biodiversidade desenvolvida no &#226;mbito do COMBO+, ap&#243;s as m&#233;tricas para recifes de coral, florestas de miombo, mangais e ervas marinhas, e visa assegurar a aplica&#231;&#227;o dos princ&#237;pios de N&#227;o Perda L&#237;quida ou Ganho L&#237;quido de biodiversidade. O processo &#233; liderado pelo Dr. Val&#233;rio Macandza, especialista em ecologia e conserva&#231;&#227;o da vida selvagem, que apresentou os fundamentos cient&#237;ficos, a metodologia e os crit&#233;rios de c&#225;lculo da m&#233;trica.

Com esta iniciativa, o Governo de Mo&#231;ambique e os seus parceiros refor&#231;am o compromisso com a solu&#231;&#245;es t&#233;cnicas inovadoras que promovem um desenvolvimento mais equilibrado e a conserva&#231;&#227;o de uma das esp&#233;cies mais emblem&#225;ticas do pa&#237;s
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    <description>Between the 16th and 17th of December 2025, about 60 participants including representatives of the government, coastal communities, academia, civil society organizations, the private sector and international partners gathered in Nampula City, for the III Annual Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the project &amp;quot;Building a Blue Future for Ecosystems and People on the East African Coast &amp;ndash; Blue Future&amp;quot;,&amp;nbsp; an initiative that aims to strengthen marine conservation and improve the livelihoods of coastal communities in northern Mozambique.&amp;nbsp;



Figure1.&amp;nbsp;Occasion Photo of the meeting&amp;nbsp;

The Blue Future project is implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Mozambique, in coordination with the National Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique (InOM), National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), and has the participation of partners such as Development Aid from People to People (ADPP), Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Environment Association (ama), (Blue Economy Development Fund (ProAzul), Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), among other partners operating in the project&amp;#39;s intervention area.&amp;nbsp;

&amp;quot;The Blue Future is not just a conservation project; It is a platform for institutional alignment that puts communities at the&amp;nbsp;center&amp;nbsp;of the sustainable management of marine resources,&amp;quot; said the project director during the opening session.&amp;nbsp;

The meeting marked a key moment to assess the progress achieved in 2025 in the areas of coastal governance, applied science, community interventions, as well as&amp;nbsp;como&amp;nbsp;para&amp;nbsp;define strategic priorities for 2026, based on scientific evidence and the direct contribution of communities.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Moment of contribution of the Administrator of Nacala Porto &amp;ndash;&amp;nbsp;Morchido&amp;nbsp;Momade&amp;nbsp;

One of the highlights of CAFA 2025 was the active participation of the Community Fisheries Councils (CCPs) of&amp;nbsp;Pangane, Geba,&amp;nbsp;Napila,&amp;nbsp;Crusse,&amp;nbsp;Chicoma,&amp;nbsp;Munhoholas, Lunga and&amp;nbsp;Lapuela, which presented the results achieved in 2025 and their action plans for the first quarter of 2026. These community structures play&amp;nbsp;a central role&amp;nbsp;in the co-management of marine and coastal resources in the northern coastal area of Nampula, being the representatives of&amp;nbsp;fishermen&amp;nbsp;and bridging the gap with governments and partners towards effective and efficient management of marine and coastal resources.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 3. Presentation by Mariamo&amp;nbsp;Ibrahimo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; alongside Rachide&amp;nbsp;Cachimo&amp;nbsp;(in the translation from&amp;nbsp;Macua&amp;nbsp;to Portuguese) of the Community Fisheries Council of&amp;nbsp;Lapu&#233;la&amp;nbsp;

The agenda also included debates on structuring topics, such as the status and priorities of Community Management Fishing Areas (APGCs), the proposal of the&amp;nbsp;Memba-Mossuril&amp;nbsp;Marine Conservation Area, mangrove and seagrass restoration initiatives, and innovative mechanisms such as the results-based payment system.&amp;nbsp;

At the end of the meeting, clear and actionable strategic recommendations were produced, the identification of priority areas for intervention, the strengthening of inter-institutional coordination and the definition of a preliminary plan of actions for 2026, with defined responsibilities and deadlines.&amp;nbsp;

CAFA is a high-level advisory body that meets annually to guide, advise and promote synergies, without directly managing the project, but ensuring coherence between public policies, local&amp;nbsp;initiatives&amp;nbsp;and national and international biodiversity commitments.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 4. CAFA participants in plenary&amp;nbsp;

With this third meeting, WCS, within the scope of the blue future project, reinforces its commitment to an inclusive future, where the conservation of marine ecosystems goes hand in hand with sustainable development and the resilience of coastal communities.&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>Realizada 3&#170;&#160;Reni&#227;o&#160;do Comit&#234; de Aconselhamento do Futuro Azul&#160;(CAFA)&#160;</title> 
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    <description>Entre os dias 16 e 17 de Dezembro de 2025,&amp;nbsp;cerca de 60 participantes incluindo&amp;nbsp;representantes do&amp;nbsp;governo, comunidades costeiras, academia, organiza&#231;&#245;es da sociedade civil, sector privado e parceiros internacionais&amp;nbsp;reuniram-se&amp;nbsp;na Cidade de&amp;nbsp;Nampula, para a III Reuni&#227;o Anual do Comit&#233; de Aconselhamento do&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Construindo um Futuro Azul para Ecossistemas e Pessoas na Costa&amp;nbsp;Oriental&amp;nbsp;Africana &amp;ndash; Futuro Azul&amp;rdquo;, uma iniciativa que visa refor&#231;ar a conserva&#231;&#227;o marinha e&amp;nbsp;e melhorar os meios de vida das comunidades costeiras&amp;nbsp;no norte de&amp;nbsp;Mo&#231;ambique.



Figura 1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Foto de Ocasi&#227;o da reuni&#227;o&amp;nbsp;

O&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;Futuro Azul&amp;nbsp;&#233; implementado pela&amp;nbsp;Wildlife&amp;nbsp;Conservation&amp;nbsp;Society&amp;nbsp;(WCS) Mo&#231;ambique, em coordena&#231;&#227;o com o Instituto Nacional&amp;nbsp;Oceanogr&#225;fico&amp;nbsp;de Mo&#231;ambique (InOM),&amp;nbsp;Administra&#231;&#227;o Nacional das &#193;reas de Conserva&#231;&#227;o (ANAC),&amp;nbsp;e conta com a participa&#231;&#227;o de parceiros como a&amp;nbsp;Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo (ADPP), Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM),&amp;nbsp;Associa&#231;&#227;o do meio ambiente (ama),&amp;nbsp;(Fundo de Desenvolvimento da Economia Azul (ProAzul), Funda&#231;&#227;o para a Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Biodiversidade (BIOFUND), entre outros&amp;nbsp;parceiros que operam na &#225;rea de interven&#231;&#227;o do&amp;nbsp;projecto.&amp;nbsp;

&amp;ldquo;O Futuro Azul n&#227;o &#233; apenas um&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;de conserva&#231;&#227;o; &#233; uma plataforma de alinhamento institucional que coloca as comunidades no centro da gest&#227;o sustent&#225;vel dos recursos marinhos&amp;rdquo;, destacou o&amp;nbsp;director&amp;nbsp;do&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;durante a sess&#227;o de abertura.&amp;nbsp;

O encontro marcou&amp;nbsp;um momento-chave para avaliar os progressos alcan&#231;ados em 2025 nas &#225;reas de governa&#231;&#227;o costeira, ci&#234;ncia aplicada, interven&#231;&#245;es comunit&#225;rias,&amp;nbsp;bem como para definir prioridades estrat&#233;gicas para 2026, com base em evid&#234;ncias cient&#237;ficas e no contributo&amp;nbsp;directo&amp;nbsp;das comunidades.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 2.&amp;nbsp; Momento de contribui&#231;&#227;o do Administrador de Nacala Porto&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash;&amp;nbsp;Morchido&amp;nbsp;Momade&amp;nbsp;

Um dos pontos altos do CAFA 2025,&amp;nbsp;foi&amp;nbsp;a participa&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;activa&amp;nbsp;dos Conselhos Comunit&#225;rios de Pesca (CCPs) de&amp;nbsp;Pangane, Geba,&amp;nbsp;Napila,&amp;nbsp;Crusse,&amp;nbsp;Chicoma,&amp;nbsp;Munhoholas, Lunga e&amp;nbsp;Lapuela, que&amp;nbsp;apresentaram&amp;nbsp;os resultados alcan&#231;ados em 2025 e os seus planos de&amp;nbsp;ac&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;para o primeiro trimestre de 2026. Estas estruturas comunit&#225;rias desempenham um papel central na&amp;nbsp;co-gest&#227;o&amp;nbsp;dos recursos marinhos e costeiros na zona costeira do norte de Nampula&amp;nbsp;sendo os representantes dos pescadores e fazendo a ponte com os governos e parceiros rumo a uma gest&#227;o&amp;nbsp;efectiva&amp;nbsp;e eficiente dos recursos marinhos e costeiros.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 3. Apresenta&#231;&#227;o de&amp;nbsp;Mariamo&amp;nbsp;Ibrahimo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;ao lado&amp;nbsp;Rachide&amp;nbsp;Cachimo&amp;nbsp;(na tradu&#231;&#227;o de macua para portugu&#234;s)&amp;nbsp;do Conselho Comunit&#225;rio de Pesca de&amp;nbsp;Lapuela&amp;nbsp;

A agenda incluiu&amp;nbsp;ainda debates sobre temas estruturantes, como o estado e as prioridades das &#193;reas de Pesca de Gest&#227;o Comunit&#225;ria (APGCs), a proposta da &#193;rea de Conserva&#231;&#227;o Marinha Memba&amp;ndash;Mossuril, iniciativas de restaura&#231;&#227;o de mangais&amp;nbsp;e ervas marinhas,&amp;nbsp;e mecanismos inovadores como o&amp;nbsp;sistema de&amp;nbsp;pagamento por resultados.&amp;nbsp;

Ao final da reuni&#227;o,&amp;nbsp;foram produzidas&amp;nbsp;recomenda&#231;&#245;es estrat&#233;gicas claras e acion&#225;veis, a identifica&#231;&#227;o de &#225;reas priorit&#225;rias de interven&#231;&#227;o, o refor&#231;o da coordena&#231;&#227;o interinstitucional e a defini&#231;&#227;o de um plano preliminar de&amp;nbsp;ac&#231;&#245;es&amp;nbsp;para 2026, com responsabilidades e prazos definidos.&amp;nbsp;

O&amp;nbsp;CAFA &#233; um &#243;rg&#227;o consultivo de alto n&#237;vel que se re&#250;ne anualmente para orientar, aconselhar e promover sinergias, sem gerir&amp;nbsp;directamente&amp;nbsp;o&amp;nbsp;projecto, mas assegurando coer&#234;ncia entre pol&#237;ticas p&#250;blicas, iniciativas locais e compromissos nacionais e internacionais de biodiversidade.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 4.&amp;nbsp; Participantes do CAFA&amp;nbsp;em plen&#225;ria&amp;nbsp;

Com esta terceira reuni&#227;o,&amp;nbsp;a WCS no &#226;mbito do&amp;nbsp;projecto&amp;nbsp;futuro azul,&amp;nbsp;refor&#231;a o seu compromisso com um futuro inclusivo, onde a conserva&#231;&#227;o dos ecossistemas marinhos anda de m&#227;os dadas com o desenvolvimento sustent&#225;vel e a resili&#234;ncia das comunidades costeiras.&amp;nbsp;
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    <description>The Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique (InOM), in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), conducted the third monitoring campaign for sharks and rays using the Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) in the coastal districts of&amp;nbsp;Chidenguele&amp;nbsp;between 1 and 8 December 2025. The third shark and ray monitoring campaign using the Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) in the coastal districts of&amp;nbsp;Chidenguele&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Chizavane.&amp;nbsp;

This joint initiative aims to document the occurrence, distribution, density and diversity of shark,&amp;nbsp;ray&amp;nbsp;and other marine species, strengthening the scientific basis necessary for the region to be considered an Important Shark and Ray Area (ISRA).&amp;nbsp;

During the campaign, 75 hours of video were recorded. Some highlights include, for the second time, of images of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), the first record of this species being made in September 2023. One of the most relevant aspects of scientific work in the region has been the recognition of the southern coast of Mozambique, including&amp;nbsp;Chidenguele, as a critical region not only for large pelagic sharks, but also for rare and globally threatened species such as the shortfin nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma&amp;nbsp;brevicaudatum). This species, classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, has a restricted distribution in the Western Indian Ocean, and its wider distribution has been confirmed in Mozambican waters through underwater videos and other scientific observations that have significantly expanded its known range.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 1. Images captured of the short-tailed nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma&amp;nbsp;brevicaudatum), for the second time in this area.&amp;nbsp;

The data collected will contribute to understanding how fishing, among other impacts, affects shark and ray populations and their vulnerable ecosystems. The coast of Gaza province, and more broadly southern Mozambique, is recognised as a critical area for a variety of marine species, particularly sharks and rays - from large migratory species such as the great white shark to rare species such as the shortfin nurse shark.&amp;nbsp;

Since 2018,&amp;nbsp;InOM&amp;nbsp;and WCS have been conducting regular monitoring campaigns using BRUVs along the Mozambican coast,&amp;nbsp;consolidating&amp;nbsp;the country as a key player in marine biodiversity research and conservation, with a special focus on sharks and rays.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 2.&amp;nbsp;Image of the&amp;nbsp;black-spotted-stingray (Taeniurops&amp;nbsp;meyeni) recorded in&amp;nbsp;Chidenguele&amp;nbsp;
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    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>InOM&#160;e WCS refor&#231;am evid&#234;ncias cient&#237;ficas para&#160;protec&#231;&#227;o&#160;de tubar&#245;es e raias no sul de Mo&#231;ambique&#160;&#160;</title> 
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    <description>O Instituto Oceanogr&#225;fico de Mo&#231;ambique (InOM), em parceria com a&amp;nbsp;Wildlife&amp;nbsp;Conservation&amp;nbsp;Society&amp;nbsp;(WCS)&amp;nbsp;Mo&#231;ambique, realizou entre os dias 1 e 8 de&amp;nbsp;Dezembro&amp;nbsp;de 2025,&amp;nbsp;a terceira campanha de&amp;nbsp;monitoria de tubar&#245;es e raias&amp;nbsp;utilizando o sistema de v&#237;deo subaqu&#225;tico remoto com isco (Baited&amp;nbsp;Remote&amp;nbsp;Underwater&amp;nbsp;Video&amp;nbsp;Systems&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash; BRUVS)&amp;nbsp;nos distritos&amp;nbsp;costeiros&amp;nbsp;de&amp;nbsp;Chidenguele&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;Chizavane.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

Esta iniciativa conjunta tem como&amp;nbsp;objectivo&amp;nbsp;documentar a ocorr&#234;ncia, distribui&#231;&#227;o, densidade e diversidade de esp&#233;cies de&amp;nbsp;tubar&#245;es, raias e outras esp&#233;cies marinhas, refor&#231;ando a base cient&#237;fica necess&#225;ria para que a regi&#227;o seja considerada uma &#193;rea Importante para Tubar&#245;es e Raias (ISRA).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

Durante a campanha foram registados&amp;nbsp;75&amp;nbsp;horas de v&#237;deo. Alguns destaques incluem,&amp;nbsp;pela segunda vez,&amp;nbsp;imagens do tubar&#227;o-branco&amp;nbsp;(Carcharodon&amp;nbsp;carcharias), o primeiro registo desta esp&#233;cie foi feito em&amp;nbsp;Setembro&amp;nbsp;2023.&amp;nbsp;Um dos&amp;nbsp;aspectos&amp;nbsp;mais relevantes&amp;nbsp;do trabalho cient&#237;fico na regi&#227;o tem sido o reconhecimento da costa do sul de Mo&#231;ambique, incluindo&amp;nbsp;Chidenguele, como regi&#227;o cr&#237;tica n&#227;o apenas para grandes tubar&#245;es pel&#225;gicos, mas tamb&#233;m para esp&#233;cies raras e globalmente amea&#231;adas, como o tubar&#227;o-enfermeiro de cauda curta (Pseudoginglymostoma&amp;nbsp;brevicaudatum). Esta esp&#233;cie, classificada como Criticamente em Perigo (CR) na Lista Vermelha da Uni&#227;o Internacional para a Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Natureza (IUCN), tem uma distribui&#231;&#227;o restrita no Oceano &#205;ndico Ocidental e&amp;nbsp;sua distribui&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;alargada&amp;nbsp;foi confirmada em &#225;guas mo&#231;ambicanas atrav&#233;s de v&#237;deos subaqu&#225;ticos e outras observa&#231;&#245;es cient&#237;ficas que expandiram significativamente seu alcance conhecido.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 1. Imagens capturadas do&amp;nbsp;tubar&#227;o-enfermeiro de cauda curta (Pseudoginglymostoma&amp;nbsp;brevicaudatum),&amp;nbsp;pela&amp;nbsp;segunda&amp;nbsp;vez&amp;nbsp;nesta&amp;nbsp;&#225;rea

Os dados recolhidos ir&#227;o contribuir para compreender de que forma&amp;nbsp;a pesca, entre outros&amp;nbsp;impactos,&amp;nbsp;afectam&amp;nbsp;as popula&#231;&#245;es de tubar&#245;es e raias&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;seus&amp;nbsp;ecossistemas vulner&#225;veis. A costa da prov&#237;ncia de Gaza, e de forma mais ampla o sul de Mo&#231;ambique,&amp;nbsp;&#233; reconhecida como&amp;nbsp;uma &#225;rea cr&#237;tica para diversas esp&#233;cies marinhas, em especial tubar&#245;es e raias&amp;nbsp;- desde grandes esp&#233;cies migrat&#243;rias como o tubar&#227;o-branco, at&#233; esp&#233;cies raras como o&amp;nbsp;tubar&#227;o-enfermeiro de cauda curta.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

Desde 2018, o&amp;nbsp;InOM&amp;nbsp;e a WCS t&#234;m vindo a realizar campanhas regulares de monitoria com recurso aos&amp;nbsp;BRUVs&amp;nbsp;ao longo da costa mo&#231;ambicana, consolidando o pa&#237;s como um&amp;nbsp;actor-chave&amp;nbsp;na investiga&#231;&#227;o e conserva&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;da biodiversidade&amp;nbsp;marinha&amp;nbsp;com especial aten&#231;&#227;o aos tubar&#245;es e raias.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;



Figura&amp;nbsp;2.&amp;nbsp;Imagem&amp;nbsp;capturadas&amp;nbsp;da&amp;nbsp;raia-de-cauda-de-fita-redonda (Taeniurops&amp;nbsp;meyeni)&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>National Evaluation of COMBO+ Phase 2 Highlights Progress in Implementation in Mozambique</title> 
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    <description>From 1 to 5 December 2025, the national evaluation of the COMBO+ Program took place in Maputo, the exercise brought together representatives from Government, the private sector, civil society organizations, academia, and cooperation partners with the objective of analyzing the main progress achieved, challenges encountered, and lessons learned throughout the Program&amp;rsquo;s implementation in Mozambique.



Figure 1.&amp;nbsp;Visit to the pilot project on biodiversity offsets in Maputo National Park&amp;nbsp;

Throughout the week, several technical and bilateral meetings were held with the Program team &amp;mdash; WCS, BIOFUND and DINAMC &amp;mdash; as well as with other strategic institutions, including the National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC), Maputo National Park, the National Directorate of Geology and Mines (DNGM), Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Kenmare, Portucel-Mozambique and Funda&#231;&#227;o Likhulu. The process culminated in a final workshop, which provided a space for joint reflection on the results achieved and the next steps for the Program.

An interactive approach was adopted, allowing participants to share their perspectives on the level of progress across the different areas of intervention, the results obtained, and the aspects that still require further consolidation.

The evaluation focused on the four core components of the COMBO+ Program, namely:
(i) support for strengthening the national policy and legal framework;
(ii) development of technical tools and guidelines;
(iii) multisectoral capacity building; and
(iv) mechanisms for the implementation of Biodiversity Offsets.

Overall, Mozambique demonstrated notable progress compared to other COMBO+ implementing countries recently assessed &amp;mdash; namely Laos, Myanmar, Madagascar, Guinea, and Uganda &amp;mdash; particularly in strengthening its legal framework, advancing the development of biodiversity tools, enhancing institutional capacity, and mobilizing financing for biodiversity conservation.



Figure 2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;General review meeting on the evaluation of phase 2 of the COMBO+ Program

The discussion also highlighted the importance of continued technical support to public institutions. One key strategic reflection was the growing need to identify and strengthen &amp;ldquo;institutional champions&amp;rdquo; at both central and provincial levels &amp;mdash; individuals capable of increasingly leading processes autonomously, thus ensuring greater national ownership and long-term sustainability of activities.

Among the challenges identified, it was noted that the implementation of Biodiversity Offsets still requires an ongoing process of dialogue and awareness-raising with project proponents, as well as deeper alignment among different planning, conservation, and development instruments, to ensure greater predictability in identifying suitable offset-receiving areas.

The evaluation week reaffirmed the centrality of interinstitutional coordination as a fundamental pillar for the Program&amp;rsquo;s success, with notable progress already achieved in the collaboration between the environment, land-use planning, conservation, private sector, academia, and civil society sectors.

The strategic contribution of BIOFUND was also widely recognized, particularly its role in strengthening COMBO+ financing in Mozambique through the significant increase in resources mobilized for the implementation of the Program&amp;rsquo;s components, consolidating BIOFUND&amp;rsquo;s position as a key institution within the country&amp;rsquo;s biodiversity finance architecture.

&amp;ldquo;The COMBO+ programme has greatly supported us in the implementation of matters related to the Mitigation Hierarchy and Biodiversity Offsets. The Technical Assistant assigned to our institution supports us on technical issues, particularly those related to the geospatial aspects of projects, so that we can have more detailed information about the areas to be assessed.&amp;rdquo; states Josefa Jussar, Head of the Environmental Licensing Department at DINAMC

The evaluation concluded that the COMBO+ Program continues to play a strategic role in reinforcing the application of the mitigation hierarchy and the implementation of Biodiversity Offsets in Mozambique. It also confirmed the substantial progress made in recent years, as well as the remaining challenges that require coordinated, realistic and sustainable responses in a context of increasing pressure on natural resources and strengthened national and international conservation commitments.
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    <title>Avalia&#231;&#227;o nacional da fase 2 do Programa COMBO+ destaca progressos da implementa&#231;&#227;o em Mo&#231;ambique</title> 
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    <description>Entre os dias 1 e 5 de Dezembro de 2025, teve lugar em Maputo a avalia&#231;&#227;o nacional do Programa COMBO+, um exerc&#237;cio que reuniu representantes do Governo, sector privado, organiza&#231;&#245;es da sociedade civil, academia e parceiros de coopera&#231;&#227;o, com o objectivo de analisar os principais progressos, desafios e li&#231;&#245;es aprendidas no contexto da sua implementa&#231;&#227;o em Mo&#231;ambique.



Figura 1. Visita ao projecto de piloto de contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade no Parque Nacional de Maputo (&amp;copy; BIOFUND)

Ao longo da semana, decorreram diversas reuni&#245;es t&#233;cnicas e bilaterais com a equipa do Programa- WCS, BIOFUND e DINAMC &amp;ndash; e outras institui&#231;&#245;es estrat&#233;gicas, como a Administra&#231;&#227;o Nacional das &#193;reas de Conserva&#231;&#227;o (ANAC), Parque Nacional do Maputo, Direc&#231;&#227;o Nacional de Geologia e Minas (DNGM), Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Kenmare, Portucel-Mo&#231;ambique, Funda&#231;&#227;o Likhulu, culminando com um workshop final, que proporcionou um espa&#231;o de reflex&#227;o conjunta sobre os resultados alcan&#231;ados e os pr&#243;ximos passos do Programa.

Foi adoptada uma abordagem interactiva, permitindo aos participantes partilhar percep&#231;&#245;es sobre o grau de progresso das diferentes &#225;reas de interven&#231;&#227;o, os resultados alcan&#231;ados e os aspectos que ainda carecem de consolida&#231;&#227;o.

A avalia&#231;&#227;o incidiu sobre as quatro componentes estruturantes do Programa COMBO+, nomeadamente:

(i) o apoio ao fortalecimento do quadro pol&#237;tico-legal do pa&#237;s;

(ii) o desenvolvimento de ferramentas t&#233;cnicas e gui&#245;es;

(iii) a capacita&#231;&#227;o multissectorial; e

(iv) os mecanismos de implementa&#231;&#227;o de contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade.

No balan&#231;o geral, Mo&#231;ambique destacou-se positivamente em rela&#231;&#227;o aos demais pa&#237;ses de implementa&#231;&#227;o do Programa COMBO+ recentemente avaliados, nomeadamente Laos, Myanmar, Madag&#225;scar, Guin&#233; e Uganda, pelos avan&#231;os registados ao n&#237;vel do enquadramento legal, desenvolvimento de ferramentas de biodiversidade, fortalecimento institucional e mobiliza&#231;&#227;o de financiamento para a conserva&#231;&#227;o da biodiversidade.



Figura 2.&amp;nbsp; Reuni&#227;o&amp;nbsp;do balan&#231;o geral da avalia&#231;&#227;o da fase 2 do Programa COMBO+ (&amp;copy;WCS)

Foi igualmente debatida a relev&#226;ncia do apoio t&#233;cnico cont&#237;nuo &#224;s institui&#231;&#245;es p&#250;blicas, tendo emergido, como reflex&#227;o estrat&#233;gica, a import&#226;ncia de se investir cada vez mais na identifica&#231;&#227;o e fortalecimento de &amp;ldquo;campe&#245;es institucionais&amp;rdquo;, tanto a n&#237;vel central como provincial, capazes de liderar os processos de forma progressivamente mais aut&#243;noma, assegurando maior apropria&#231;&#227;o nacional e sustentabilidade das actividades a longo prazo.

Entre os desafios identificados, foi referido que a implementa&#231;&#227;o dos contrabalan&#231;os de biodiversidade continua a exigir um processo permanente de di&#225;logo e sensibiliza&#231;&#227;o junto dos proponentes de projectos, bem como um aprofundamento da articula&#231;&#227;o entre os diferentes instrumentos de ordenamento, conserva&#231;&#227;o e desenvolvimento, de modo a assegurar maior previsibilidade na identifica&#231;&#227;o das &#225;reas receptoras de contrabalan&#231;os.

A semana de avalia&#231;&#227;o reafirmou, de forma clara, a centralidade da coordena&#231;&#227;o interinstitucional como pilar fundamental para o sucesso do Programa, destacando-se os ganhos j&#225; alcan&#231;ados na articula&#231;&#227;o entre os sectores do ambiente, ordenamento do territ&#243;rio, conserva&#231;&#227;o, sector privado, academia e sociedade civil.

Foi ainda amplamente reconhecido o contributo estrat&#233;gico da BIOFUND no refor&#231;o do financiamento do Programa COMBO+ em Mo&#231;ambique, atrav&#233;s do aumento significativo dos recursos mobilizados para a implementa&#231;&#227;o das diferentes componentes, consolidando o seu papel como uma institui&#231;&#227;o-chave na arquitectura de financiamento da biodiversidade no pa&#237;s.

&amp;quot;O programa COMBO+&amp;nbsp;apoiou-nos muito na implementa&#231;&#227;o das mat&#233;rias sobre Hierarquia de Mitiga&#231;&#227;o e Contrabalan&#231;os de Biodiversidade. O Assistente T&#233;cnico destacado para a nossa institui&#231;&#227;o apoia-nos em quest&#245;es t&#233;cnicas, principalmente aquelas ligadas a aspectos geoespaciais dos projectos, de modo que possamos ter informa&#231;&#227;o mais detalhada sobre as &#225;reas por avaliar.&amp;quot; Afirma Josefa Jussar, chefe do departamento de licenciamento ambiental da DINAMC

A avalia&#231;&#227;o concluiu que o Programa COMBO+ continua a desempenhar um papel estrat&#233;gico no fortalecimento da aplica&#231;&#227;o da hierarquia de mitiga&#231;&#227;o e implementa&#231;&#227;o dos Contrabalan&#231;os de Biodiversidade em Mo&#231;ambique, estando claro os avan&#231;os alcan&#231;ados ao longo dos &#250;ltimos anos, bem como os desafios que exigem respostas coordenadas, realistas e sustent&#225;veis, num contexto de crescente press&#227;o sobre os recursos naturais e de refor&#231;o dos compromissos nacionais e internacionais de conserva&#231;&#227;o.
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    <description>Between 16 and 26 November 2025, the District of&amp;nbsp;Mecula, in the Niassa Special Reserve&amp;nbsp;(NSR), held the District Recreational Football Championship for Biodiversity Conservation, funded by the European Union, an initiative that brought together sport, social inclusion and environmental education.&amp;nbsp;In a strategic partnership with&amp;nbsp;the NSR, through&amp;nbsp;WCS&amp;nbsp;and partners, the District Government brought together 18 teams (12 men&amp;#39;s and 6 women&amp;#39;s) that had qualified in the local stages.



Figure 1. Final match between&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;Futebol&amp;nbsp;Clube and&amp;nbsp;Onze&amp;nbsp;Irm&#227;os&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy; WCS)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

The championship aimed to democratize access to sport, nurture local talent, and foster community integration, in line with the Government&amp;rsquo;s Five-Year&amp;nbsp;Programme&amp;nbsp;(2025&amp;ndash;2029) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4 and SDG 9). Beyond the competition, awareness-raising activities on biodiversity conservation were carried out, including cultural events, radio&amp;nbsp;programmes, and the distribution of educational materials.&amp;nbsp;

The final, played on 26 November, crowned&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;Football Club as champions after a 2&amp;ndash;1 victory over&amp;nbsp;Onze&amp;nbsp;Irm&#227;os. The winning team received a trophy,&amp;nbsp;football, and sports equipment. Second place went to&amp;nbsp;Onze&amp;nbsp;Irm&#227;os, while third place was secured by Mambas do Quinto&amp;nbsp;Congresso.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 2. Awards ceremony for the best players in the championship (&amp;copy; WCS)&amp;nbsp;

After the match, Ant&#243;nio Cigarro, coach of&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;Football Club,&amp;nbsp;stated:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

&amp;ldquo;To achieve this victory, it was essential to understand the weaknesses of the opposing team. It was an&amp;nbsp;honour&amp;nbsp;to win this title.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;

Castro Elias, coach of&amp;nbsp;Onze&amp;nbsp;Irm&#227;os, commented:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

&amp;ldquo;We did everything we could to win, but it&amp;nbsp;wasn&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;enough. The failure happened in the first half because we&amp;nbsp;hadn&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;studied our opponent well.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;

In the women&amp;#39;s competition, the teams that qualified were:&amp;nbsp;

&amp;nbsp;1st Place: Mercado FC&amp;nbsp;

&amp;nbsp;2nd Place: Saude FC&amp;nbsp;

&amp;nbsp;3rd Place:&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;



Figure 3. Mercado FC awards ceremony (&amp;copy; WCS)&amp;nbsp;

Beyond&amp;nbsp;the awards and recreation, the championship&amp;nbsp;reinforced&amp;nbsp;the importance of wildlife conservation and combating illegal trafficking, drawing attention to the impacts on the Niassa Special Reserve. The&amp;nbsp;initiative stood out for promoting gender equality, with the active participation of girls,&amp;nbsp;and for strengthening the link between sport and environmental conservation,&amp;nbsp;demonstrating&amp;nbsp;that it is possible to combine leisure, community&amp;nbsp;unity&amp;nbsp;and protection of natural&amp;nbsp;heritage.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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    <description>Entre os dias 16 e 26 de&amp;nbsp;Novembro&amp;nbsp;de 2025, o Distrito de&amp;nbsp;Mecula, na Reserva Especial do Niassa&amp;nbsp;(REN),&amp;nbsp;realizou o Campeonato Distrital de Futebol Recreativo pela Conserva&#231;&#227;o da Biodiversidade,&amp;nbsp;financiado pela Uni&#227;o Europeia,&amp;nbsp;uma iniciativa que uniu desporto, inclus&#227;o social e&amp;nbsp;Educa&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;Ambiental.&amp;nbsp;Numa parceria&amp;nbsp;estrat&#233;gica&amp;nbsp;com a&amp;nbsp;REN atrav&#233;s da&amp;nbsp;WCS&amp;nbsp;e parceiros,&amp;nbsp;o&amp;nbsp;Governo Distrital&amp;nbsp;reuniu 18 equipas (12 masculinas e 6 femininas) apuradas nas fases locais.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;



Figura 1. Final disputada entre&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;Futebol Club e Onze&amp;nbsp;Irm&#227;os&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy; WCS)&amp;nbsp;

O campeonato teve como&amp;nbsp;objectivo&amp;nbsp;democratizar o acesso ao desporto, fomentar talentos locais e promover a integra&#231;&#227;o comunit&#225;ria, alinhando-se ao Programa Quinquenal do Governo (2025&amp;ndash;2029) e aos&amp;nbsp;objectivos&amp;nbsp;de Desenvolvimento Sustent&#225;vel (ODS 4 e ODS 9). Al&#233;m da competi&#231;&#227;o, foram realizadas&amp;nbsp;ac&#231;&#245;es&amp;nbsp;de sensibiliza&#231;&#227;o sobre conserva&#231;&#227;o da biodiversidade, incluindo&amp;nbsp;actividades&amp;nbsp;culturais,&amp;nbsp;programas radiof&#243;nicos&amp;nbsp;e distribui&#231;&#227;o de materiais com mensagens educativas.&amp;nbsp;

A final, disputada no dia 26 de novembro, consagrou o&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;Futebol Clube como campe&#227;o, ap&#243;s vencer o Onze Irm&#227;os por 2&amp;ndash;1. Com esta vit&#243;ria, a equipa recebeu um trof&#233;u, uma bola,&amp;nbsp;equipamentos desportivos.&amp;nbsp;O segundo lugar foi conquistado pelo Onze Irm&#227;os e o terceiro pelo&amp;nbsp;Mambas&amp;nbsp;do Quinto Congresso.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 2. Premia&#231;&#227;o dos melhores jogadores do campeonato&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy; WCS)&amp;nbsp;

Ap&#243;s o jogo, Ant&#243;nio Cigarro, treinador do&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua&amp;nbsp;Futebol Clube, declarou:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

&amp;ldquo;Para alcan&#231;ar esta vit&#243;ria, foi essencial compreender os pontos fracos da equipa advers&#225;ria. Foi uma honra conquistar este t&#237;tulo.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;

J&#225; Castro Elias, treinador do Onze Irm&#227;os, comentou:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

&amp;ldquo;Fizemos o poss&#237;vel para vencer, mas n&#227;o conseguimos. A falha ocorreu logo no primeiro tempo por n&#227;o termos estudado bem o advers&#225;rio.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;

Na competi&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;feminina, as&amp;nbsp;equipas&amp;nbsp;classificadas foram:&amp;nbsp;

1&amp;ordm; Lugar: Mercado FC&amp;nbsp;

2&amp;ordm; Lugar:&amp;nbsp;Saude&amp;nbsp;FC&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;

3&amp;ordm; Lugar:&amp;nbsp;Ukupagua.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 3. Premia&#231;&#227;o do Mercado FC&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy; WCS)&amp;nbsp;

Al&#233;m da premia&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;e recrea&#231;&#227;o, o campeonato refor&#231;ou a import&#226;ncia da preserva&#231;&#227;o da fauna e do combate ao tr&#225;fico ilegal, alertando para os impactos na Reserva Especial do Niassa. A iniciativa destacou-se pela promo&#231;&#227;o da equidade de g&#233;nero, com participa&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;activa&amp;nbsp;de raparigas, e por fortalecer a liga&#231;&#227;o entre desporto e conserva&#231;&#227;o ambiental, demonstrando que &#233; poss&#237;vel aliar lazer, uni&#227;o comunit&#225;ria e&amp;nbsp;protec&#231;&#227;o&amp;nbsp;do patrim&#243;nio natural.&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>Experts Meet to Consolidate Data and Prepare Community Fisheries Management in the Memba-Mossuril Region </title> 
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    <description>From 8 to 10 December 2025, 15 representatives of various national and international institutions meet in&amp;nbsp;Macaneta, Maputo province, for a technical meeting that aims to&amp;nbsp;consolidate&amp;nbsp;essential information on the state of fisheries,&amp;nbsp;ecosystems&amp;nbsp;and socio-economic conditions in the region from&amp;nbsp;Memba&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;Mossuril. The event is a strategic milestone for the implementation of Community-Managed&amp;nbsp;Fishing Areas (APGCs), as provided for in Decree No. 89/202and regulated by Ministerial Diploma No. 83/2023.&amp;nbsp;



&amp;nbsp;Figure&amp;nbsp;1. APGCs Consolidation Workshop Participants&amp;nbsp;

The initiative comes in a context in which pressure on marine resources has increased, driven by the mobility of&amp;nbsp;fishermen, degradation of coastal habitats and the effects of climate change. The creation and management of APGCs&amp;nbsp;emerge&amp;nbsp;as a fundamental instrument to promote the sustainability of marine resources and reduce conflicts and economic losses in coastal communities.&amp;nbsp;

Over the past few years, initiatives conducted in the Island of Mozambique,&amp;nbsp;Memba,&amp;nbsp;Mossuril&amp;nbsp;and adjacent areas, have generated a significant set of data and technical knowledge, with relevant contributions from national institutions and international organizations. Part of this work resulted in the identification of five APGCs, to be created and structured in these areas.&amp;nbsp;



Figure&amp;nbsp;2.&amp;nbsp;Landscape between&amp;nbsp;Memba-Mossuril. &amp;copy;ThomasMello&amp;nbsp;

For three days, technicians from institutions&amp;nbsp;and organizations&amp;nbsp;such as&amp;nbsp;InOM&amp;nbsp;(Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique), ADNAP (National Fisheries Administration),&amp;nbsp;UEM (Eduardo Mondlane University),&amp;nbsp;RARE,&amp;nbsp;COAST Facility,&amp;nbsp;WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)&amp;nbsp;Mozambique&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;ama (Environment Association), participate in plenary sessions and thematic working groups, focused on the evaluation of existing information, the construction of gap matrices and the definition of&amp;nbsp;harmonised&amp;nbsp;methodologies. The event will culminate with the formulation of technical recommendations and a short-term work plan, which will serve as a basis for further actions around the initiative.&amp;nbsp;

The event is promoted by WCS Mozambique, under the&amp;nbsp;Blue Future project, with support from the COAST Facility, funded by the&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;Government. This collaboration involves several other partners at national and international level.&amp;nbsp;

This initiative is expected to strengthen the technical basis necessary for the sustainable management of artisanal fisheries and recovery of critical marine ecosystems on the northern coast of Mozambique.&amp;nbsp;



Figure&amp;nbsp;3. Moments of the sessions during the workshop&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>Especialistas re&#250;nem-se para Consolidar Dados e Preparar Gest&#227;o Comunit&#225;ria da Pesca na Regi&#227;o Memba-Mossuril </title> 
    <link>https://mozambique.wcs.org/About-Us/News/ID/25710/Especialistas-reunem-se-para-Consolidar-Dados-e-Preparar-Gestao-Comunitaria-da-Pesca-na-Regiao-Memba-Mossuril.aspx</link> 
    <description>De 8 a 10 de&amp;nbsp;Dezembro&amp;nbsp;de 2025, 15 representantes de diversas institui&#231;&#245;es nacionais e internacionais re&#250;nem-se em&amp;nbsp;Macaneta, prov&#237;ncia de Maputo, para um encontro t&#233;cnico que pretende consolidar informa&#231;&#227;o essencial sobre o estado das pescarias, ecossistemas e condi&#231;&#245;es socioecon&#243;micas existentes na regi&#227;o de Memba a Mossuril. O evento &#233; um marco estrat&#233;gico para a implementa&#231;&#227;o das &#193;reas de Pesca de Gest&#227;o Comunit&#225;ria (APGCs), conforme previsto no Decreto n&amp;ordm; 89/202 e regulamentado pelo Diploma Ministerial n&amp;ordm; 83/2023.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Participantes do workshop de consolida&#231;&#227;o das&amp;nbsp;APGCs&amp;nbsp;

A iniciativa surge num contexto em que a press&#227;o sobre os recursos marinhos tem aumentado, impulsionada pela mobilidade de pescadores, degrada&#231;&#227;o de habitats costeiros e pelos efeitos das mudan&#231;as clim&#225;ticas. A cria&#231;&#227;o e gest&#227;o das&amp;nbsp;APGCs, surgem como um instrumento fundamental para promover a sustentabilidade dos recursos marinhos e reduzir conflitos e perdas econ&#243;micas nas comunidades costeiras.&amp;nbsp;

Ao longo dos &#250;ltimos anos, iniciativas conduzidas na Ilha de Mo&#231;ambique, Memba, Mossuril e &#225;reas adjacentes, geraram um conjunto significativo de dados e conhecimento t&#233;cnico, com contribui&#231;&#245;es relevantes de institui&#231;&#245;es nacionais e organiza&#231;&#245;es internacionais. Parte desse trabalho resultou na identifica&#231;&#227;o de cinco&amp;nbsp;APGCs, a ser criadas e estruturadas nestas &#225;reas.&amp;nbsp;



&amp;nbsp;Figura 2.&amp;nbsp;Paisagem&amp;nbsp;entre&amp;nbsp;Memba-Mossuril.&amp;nbsp;&amp;copy;ThomasMello&amp;nbsp;

Durante tr&#234;s dias, t&#233;cnicos de institui&#231;&#245;es&amp;nbsp;e organiza&#231;&#245;es&amp;nbsp;como&amp;nbsp;InOM&amp;nbsp;(Instituto Oceanogr&#225;fico de Mo&#231;ambique), ADNAP (Administra&#231;&#227;o Nacional das Pescas),&amp;nbsp;UEM (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane),&amp;nbsp;RARE,&amp;nbsp;COAST&amp;nbsp;Facility,&amp;nbsp;WCS (Wildlife&amp;nbsp;Conservation&amp;nbsp;Society)&amp;nbsp;Mozambique&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;ama (Associa&#231;&#227;o do Meio Ambiente), participam em sess&#245;es plen&#225;rias e grupos de trabalho tem&#225;ticos, focados na avalia&#231;&#227;o da informa&#231;&#227;o existente, na constru&#231;&#227;o de matrizes de lacunas e na defini&#231;&#227;o de metodologias harmonizadas. O evento culminar&#225;&amp;nbsp;com a formula&#231;&#227;o de recomenda&#231;&#245;es t&#233;cnicas e um plano de trabalho de curto prazo, que servir&#225; de&amp;nbsp;base&amp;nbsp;para&amp;nbsp;pr&#243;ximas&amp;nbsp;acc&#231;&#245;es&amp;nbsp;em torno da iniciativa.&amp;nbsp;

O evento &#233; promovido pela WCS Mo&#231;ambique, no &#226;mbito do&amp;nbsp;projecto Futuro Azul, com&amp;nbsp;apoio&amp;nbsp;do COAST&amp;nbsp;Facility, financiado pelo Governo&amp;nbsp;Brit&#226;nico. Esta colabora&#231;&#227;o envolve v&#225;rios outros parceiros a n&#237;vel nacional e internacional.&amp;nbsp;

Espera-se com esta iniciativa, fortalecer a base t&#233;cnica necess&#225;ria para uma gest&#227;o sustent&#225;vel das pescarias artesanais e recupera&#231;&#227;o de ecossistemas marinhos cr&#237;ticos no litoral norte de Mo&#231;ambique.&amp;nbsp;



Figura 3. Momentos das sess&#245;es durante o workshop&amp;nbsp;
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    <title>Mozambique Celebrates Historic CITES Decisions on Shark and Ray&#160;Trade&#160;</title> 
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    <description>The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Mozambique&amp;nbsp;joins the global conservation community in celebrating historic decisions at the 20th&amp;nbsp;Conference of the Parties&amp;nbsp;(CoP20)&amp;nbsp;to CITES&amp;nbsp;(Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora),&amp;nbsp;which introduced sweeping protections for sharks, rays, and other threatened species. Over 70&amp;nbsp;shark and ray&amp;nbsp;species received new international trade safeguards, marking the&amp;nbsp;strongest&amp;nbsp;shark and ray listings in CITES history.

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Figure&amp;nbsp;1.&amp;nbsp;Shark and ray proposals adopted at CITES COP20&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy;Haley Williams)&amp;nbsp;

&amp;ldquo;These decisions give sharks and rays a real chance at recovery,&amp;rdquo; said Luke Warwick, WCS Director of Shark and Ray Conservation. &amp;ldquo;The world chose action over extinction, and now we must ensure these protections are implemented effectively.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;For&amp;nbsp;more information,&amp;nbsp;read&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;statement&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;watch the&amp;nbsp;video.



Figure&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;2. Luke Warwick,&amp;nbsp;Director for WCS Shark and Ray Conservation,&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;CITES COP20 in&amp;nbsp;Samarkand, Uzbekistan&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy;WCS)&amp;nbsp;

What These Decisions Mean for Mozambique&amp;nbsp;

Mozambique&amp;rsquo;s coastline supports important shark and ray populations and artisanal fisheries. While already compliant&amp;nbsp;in terms of&amp;nbsp;national protections for&amp;nbsp;species listed under&amp;nbsp;Appendix I&amp;nbsp;of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals&amp;nbsp;(through&amp;nbsp;Decree No. 89/2020, Regulation for Maritime Fisheries, Appendix XIII of protected species), the new CITES listings will require&amp;nbsp;additional, stricter&amp;nbsp;trade control&amp;nbsp;measures, including:&amp;nbsp;


 
 Stricter monitoring and control of shark and ray landings and exports, especially for&amp;nbsp;Appendix I&amp;nbsp;and zero-quota&amp;nbsp;species;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Improved species identification at landing sites&amp;nbsp;and points of export&amp;nbsp;to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated&amp;nbsp;trade;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Strengthened capacity to conduct&amp;nbsp;Non-Detriment Findings (NDF)&amp;nbsp;for Appendix II&amp;nbsp;species;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Mechanisms to evaluate the legality of&amp;nbsp;acquisition&amp;nbsp;of products to be traded;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Enhanced collaboration among enforcement authorities, including fisheries inspectors, customs, maritime police, and CITES Management&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Scientific Authorities.&amp;nbsp;
 


The decisions&amp;nbsp;taken at the COP&amp;nbsp;also highlight that gaps in compliance with shark and ray protections can have wider implications for Mozambique&amp;rsquo;s international wildlife trade. Strengthening enforcement and monitoring for terrestrial CITES species&amp;mdash;such as elephants, pangolins, big cats, reptiles, and timber&amp;nbsp;among others&amp;mdash;is critical, as non-compliance in one sector can affect the country&amp;rsquo;s credibility and ability to trade other internationally regulated species. Enhanced community-based conservation and rigorous oversight of trafficking routes are essential to safeguard all CITES-listed species and&amp;nbsp;maintain&amp;nbsp;Mozambique&amp;rsquo;s standing in global wildlife trade.&amp;nbsp;



Figure 3: The Wildlife Conservation Society delegation in attendance at the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES&amp;nbsp;(&amp;copy;WCS)&amp;nbsp;

Next Steps for Mozambique&amp;nbsp;

To&amp;nbsp;comply with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;CoP20&amp;nbsp;listing amendments&amp;nbsp;and effectively&amp;nbsp;manage the trade in&amp;nbsp;CITES-listed species, Mozambique will need to:&amp;nbsp;


 
 Update national regulations to align with new listings&amp;nbsp;like the&amp;nbsp;CITES&amp;nbsp;Appendix II and&amp;nbsp;zero-quota species.&amp;nbsp;
 
 
 Increase capacity&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;species identification and monitoring at ports, borders, and landing sites.&amp;nbsp;
 
 
 Strengthen&amp;nbsp;collaboration between relevant ministries.&amp;nbsp;
 


WCS Mozambique&amp;rsquo;s Ongoing Support&amp;nbsp;

WCS Mozambique continues to support the&amp;nbsp;Mozambique&amp;nbsp;government in improving CITES implementation, with a focus on sharks and rays&amp;nbsp;by:&amp;nbsp;


 
 Monitoring artisanal fisheries and improving catch&amp;nbsp;data;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Providing training&amp;nbsp;opportunities for&amp;nbsp;authorities&amp;nbsp;and other relevant parties&amp;nbsp;in species&amp;nbsp;identification;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Working with communities to develop sustainable, participatory conservation&amp;nbsp;strategies;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Supporting national&amp;nbsp;implementation&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;CITES&amp;nbsp;regulations;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Conducting NDFs for species proposed for export.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
 



 
 Engaging&amp;nbsp;coastal communities and fishers to raise awareness and support sustainable practices, as well as alternative livelihoods to fishing.&amp;nbsp;
 


These historic CoP20 decisions mark a milestone for marine&amp;nbsp;species conservation.&amp;nbsp;Effectively implementing these measures&amp;nbsp;in Mozambique&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;reinforce&amp;nbsp;the country&amp;rsquo;s role as a regional leader in protecting vulnerable wildlife,&amp;nbsp;and ensure&amp;nbsp;these protections translate into real conservation impact on the ground and at sea.&amp;nbsp;
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