Partners and Donors
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The protection and conservation of Gorongosa National Park and its surrounding communities would not be possible without the support and generosity of our partners. We are grateful for their commitment to our mission and to the future success of Gorongosa National Park. Here is a list of many of these partners:
Government of Mozambique and The Gorongosa Restoration Project
The management and conservation of Gorongosa National Park is a joint effort between the Government of Mozambique and The Gorongosa Restoration Project, a US-based non-profit. They have signed a 20-year agreement to co-manage the Park: to protect the ecosystem, to assist local communities with their socio-economic development, and to create a sustainable tourism industry.
Gorongosa Restoration Project
Government of Mozambique
Our successes over the last several years have been accomplished with the generous support of a wide variety of organizations, institutions, and people. We are proud of our collaboration with these allies:
Governmental Agencies
Ministry of Earth, Environment and Rural Development
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Peace Secretariat, Mozambique
National Institute of Tourism (INATUR)
Government of the United States of America
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Agência Brasileira de Cooperação
Gorongosa Business Club
Universities/Museums
Catholic University of Beira, Mozambique
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
Instituto Superior de Agronomia – Universidade of Lisbon
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, USA
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA
Museum of Natural History, Mozambique
Donors
Tourism Industry
Tourism Industry
Communities
Buffer Zone Community Leaders
Our Mission
Our Mission
Advance an integrated multi-partner approach to conservation and to people-centred development. The Gorongosa Project protects the Park’s biodiversity and ecosystem services and unlocks its economic potential for the community inhabitants of the Gorongosa Buffer Zone, Sofala Province, Mozambique and further afield.
Our Vision
A thriving, biodiversity-rich, Greater Gorongosa conservation landscape, which supports Sofala Province as an engine for resilient and sustainable development enabling nature experiences and wellbeing for its people, enriching all of Mozambique and the world.
A Park for Peace
On 1 August, 2019 a historic ceremony was held in Gorongosa to celebrate the Cessation of Hostilities Accord between the leaders of the Government of Mozambique and the opposition Renamo Party. The accord established Gorongosa National Park (GNP) as a ‘Park for Peace’, delivering human development to the communities that share the greater landscape.
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The Gorongosa Project - Generating prosperity and protecting biodiversity across 3 million hectares of Africa’s Great Rift Valley
