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Active conservation projects in Mozambique

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Miombo woodland. Miombo plant communities are dominated by trees belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae, and characterized by Brachystegia and Julbernardia species. North Eastern Zambia.

Conserving the woodlands of central and southern Africa

Covering much of central and southern Africa, the Miombo ecoregion is an area of 3.6 million km2 ranging across parts of Angola, Botswana, the Democra...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Jan 2005

Establishment of Lake Niassa Reserve

The project seeks to establish a new protected area in and around Lake Niassa that will contribute to the conservation of the diversity, abundance, an...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Mar 2006

Aerial view of a fishing village, Bazaruto Island, Mozambique.

Community conservation in Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique

Bazaruto Archipelago, comprised of five islands off the southern coast of Mozambique, is a protected conservation area. The warm shallow waters betwee...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Mar 2006

Beach on Ibo Island, one of 27 small islands in Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique.

Managing marine resources in Quirimbas National Park

Ibo Island is one of the more popular islands to visit within Mozambique’s protected Quirimbas Archipelago. The national park is not only intended to ...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Aug 2005

Fishermen fishing off the coast of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique.

Marine protection in Mozambique

Mozambique’s 2,700km coastline is marked by a wide diversity of habitats that includes untouched mangrove forests and coral reefs. Five species of mar...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Jul 2005

Local fishermen drying fish, Island of the Doves, Quirimbas, Mozambique.

Quirimbas National Park, Mozambique

The Quirimbas National Park, stretching along the northeast coast of Mozambique, protects 750,639 hectares of coastal forest and mangroves, rich coral...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Dec 2004

African Elephant Programme, Southern Africa

This project represents the Southern African component of the WWF African Elephant Programme. Further details can be found under AEP Co-ordination and...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Jul 2002

African/Forest elephant hybrid (Loxodonta africana/a. cyclotis) on their trail, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Central African Republic.

Elephant conservation in Africa

African elephants are the world’s largest terrestrial mammals. Although elephant numbers have recovered from record lows in the 1980s – today there ar...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Jul 2000