Gorongosa News, Updates and Insights
Cultivating the Youth Club leaders of tomorrow.
One of the biggest challenges for an organization is finding people with well-developed leadership skills. Understanding how to lead a team can make or break an organization. Being a leader means knowing how to solve problems, mediate conflicts and maintain an...
SKILLZ training: Empowering change agents of the future.
The Secondary School Youth Clubs of the districts of Cheringoma, Dondo, Gorongosa, Nhamatanda, Maringué and Muanza recently held their first SKILLZ session this year. SKILLZ is a customized package of youth training that addresses the specific sexual and...
A Nossa Gorongosa: A new brand of hope.
By Larissa Sousa We would like to present ‘A Nossa Gorongosa’ the new brand of hope that represents us a Park, community and as a country. We’re proud to be a brand in Mozambique dedicated to giving back to the many, not the few. Each time you choose our products, you...
Legendary conservationist Paul Dutton celebrates his 90th birthday in Gorongosa Park.
Happy Birthday to Paul Dutton, pilot, conservationist, story-teller, scientist and wildlife ranger. Paul's early days of the 1960s are captured by stories of his flights counting wildlife in what is now known as Gorongosa National Park. He is a founding member of...
Six-part PBS documentary on planet transformation features the predators of Gorongosa Park.
Gorongosa National Park will be featured as part of a new, six-part science documentary called Human Footprint, July 5 - August 9 on all Public Broadcasting System (PBS) platforms. Hosted by biologist and Princeton University professor Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D.,...
Canda combats plastic pollution, embraces sustainable solutions.
Top photo – the residents of Canda celebrated World Environment Day with song, dance, poetry and nourishment from the Model Mothers. The Canda Administrative Post hosted a special event In honor of World Environment Day, by showcasing the region's homegrown treasures,...
Gorongosa Rangers receive training in human rights, biodiversity and intelligence issues.
More than 25 Gorongosa Rangers received information and training on their rights, responsibilities and main functions in May. Topics included the right to use and carry firearms and other equipment as defined by law; assisting the Public Prosecutor's Office in the...
Gorongosa National Park focuses on environmental education, cleanup and the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Gorongosa National Park employees celebrated World Environment Day with activities and presentations that focused on environmental issues surrounding plastic waste and pollution. Activities and lectures in and around Gorongosa Park focused the principle of Three Rs...
Cheringoma Plateau becomes Community Conservation Area
Arcenia Chivale and Ana Gledis da Conceição exploring the deep, undisturbed old growth forest at the bottom of the Nhamarimba Gorge. Photo - Piotr Naskrecki -Exploration team discovers spectacular limestone forests- A team of Gorongosa scientists recently...
From tracks to trails: Olympic superstar Allyson Felix visits Gorongosa Park.
Top photo: Joaquim Ngomane (Gorongosa Health Manager) and Allyson Felix (RTP Ambassador) exercise their Right To Play with children in Madzimachena School in Gorongosa District. Allyson Felix, the most decorated female U.S. Track & Field Olympic athlete of all...