Gorongosa News, Updates and Insights
Gorongosa National Park’s elephants featured in landmark new project about elephant behavior.
“Rest-Head”: In Gorongosa an adolescent female in Iria’s family rests her head on a calf. Photo: ElephantVoices They say elephants never forget. And, for decades, scientists have shown us that elephants are also highly intelligent. They are “among the most socially...
Fellowship – Susana Carvalho
Susana Carvalho with Ranger Herculano Beca at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique Susana Carvalho, (Gorongosa´s Paleontology and Primatology Associate Director) wins a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship! Dr Susana Carvalho provides details below on her project,...
Girls Club Visit – International Workers Day
In celebration of the International Workers' Day, six girls from the clubs of Murombodzi (3) and Mapangapanga (3) visited the Park where they learned about professions related to Conservation of Biodiversity, in particular the role of a Bio-Education Officer and of...
Human Wildlife Coexistance – Collaborators
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the animal population in the Gorongosa National Park and also an increase in the human population in the Communities in the Sustainable Development Zone around the Park. This growth had led the Park to create...
Natural Resource Management Committee Trainings
According to the report of the National Forest Inventory, there are about 2,202,470 hectares of forests in Sofala province, which in recent years have suffered threats due to the practice of unsustainable activities. This places the province at position 3 at the...
Painted Wolves Relocation
African Wild Dog (also known as “Painted Wolves”) relocation: Painted Wolves go airborne in Mozambique, from Gorongosa National Park to Karingani Game Reserve
Friday, March 12th, 2021
World Wildlife Day – March 3rd, 2021
Gorongosa National Park is one of the places with the largest wildlife in Mozambique, populated by an impressive diversity of plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else in the world.To celebrate World Wildlife Day, the rangers and the other Park...
“Young Scientists of Gorongosa” – Feb 6 airdate
Film about young Scientists from Gorongosa National Park to broadcast on RTP Africa on February 6thFor the first time in the history of Mozambique, a group of 12 young people from different parts of the country attended the first master's degree in Conservation...
16 Days of Activism
During this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) which took place between the 25th November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to the 10th of December (International Human Rights Day), Gorongosa National Park...
APE Graduation
On December 15, 2020, the Health Sector of Gorongosa National Park (GNP), in partnership with the District Health, Women and Social Action Service (SDSMAS) of Gorongosa District, held the closing ceremony of the 5th training course for Community Health Workers,or as...