Gorongosa News, Updates and Insights
Dondo and Nhamatanda districts create Community Conservation Areas.
The Sofala districts of Dondo and Nhamatanda are in the process of creating Community Conservation Areas. Both communities held public input meetings in August to hear reactions to the proposal from different groups. According to ANAC Director of Conservation Armindo...
Vaccination
Gorongosa employee vaccination rate nears 100%-Park is first conservation area to receive Mozambique's "Clean & Safe Seal." Gorongosa Park employees are doing their part to control and eradicate COVID-19. The Park’s health department and nursing team are...
Gorongosa National Park – First Natural Conservation Area to earn Mozambique’s Clean & Secure Seal
Fredson Bacar, Mozambican Vice-Minister of Culture and Tourism presents a Clean & Secure seal to Gorongosa Park Warden Pedro Maugura. Gorongosa National Park is being recognized for its safe and positive visitor experience with a Clean and Secure...
“Our dream is to become the best producers of cashew in Mozambique.”
Of the 3,800 farmers growing cashew, 34% are women. by Larissa Sousa The Gorongosa cashew project started in 2017. Our objectives are rainforest reforestation and increasing community incomes. The project started with 50 thousand seedlings distributed to around...
Organic Fertilizer
Water hyacinth Water hyacinth is a free-floating perennial aquatic plant. The leaves may rise above the surface of water as much as 1 meter in height. They are attractive when they bloom. That’s the good news. The not-so-good news is that they are not native to...
Ecological and behavioral mechanisms of density-dependent habitat expansion in a recovering African ungulate population
Waterbuck in a floodplain at Gorongosa National Park, MozambiqueArticle published by Justine Becker, Matt Hutchinson and other co-authors in Ecological Monographs. The spectacular abundance of waterbuck has become synonymous with Gorongosa National Park. More than...
Partnership to Exchange Experiences between Gorongosa National Park and Mozambique Island Tour Guides
The tourism sector of Gorongosa National Park received a visit from 5 tourism guides from Mozambique Island to interact with the guides of this conservation area and to understand how tourism activities have been developed. This is an initiative of Gorongosa National...
Tina Lüdecke, (Geochemist for the Paleo-Primate Project Gorongosa) wins a German Research Foundation grant.
Tina Lüdecke doing field work at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique Dr Tina Lüdecke is studying how the Gorongosa National Park fauna can help us understand when our human ancestors started to eat meat. For her research into the onset and evolution of meat...
Fire Fighting and Prevention Training
Eighteen employees from the Mapombué campus, in Vila da Gorongosa, were trained in firefighting and prevention by SENSAP (National Public Salvation Services). During the training, the employees had the opportunity to learn and develop knowledge skills that allow them...
Securing families across the Gorongosa landscape.
The Gorongosa Restoration Project is actively developing a diverse and resilient mix of livelihoods’ initiatives and job opportunities for the most vulnerable families living in the Greater Gorongosa Landscape. The Gorongosa Priority Families Initiative addresses...