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Transformative impact on Mozambique’s protected areas in 2024
25 June 2025
Maputo, Mozambique – In southern Africa, where Mozambique’s wild landscapes connect with those of its neighbours, regional peace is fostered, communities benefit, and extraordinary natural spaces are protected. With a quarter of the country under conservation protection, the Government of Mozambique is working with dedicated partners to enhance the immense value of its natural heritage. As […]
READ MORERhino Protection Programme, Zinave National Park
Black rhino founder population returns to Mozambique
18 Jun 2025
This week, 10 additional critically endangered black rhinos were successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in Mozambique to secure the first founder population of black rhinos since becoming locally extinct...
Banhine National Park, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
Mapai workshop drives corridor vision forward: Why wildlife pathways matter
23 May 2025
A workshop in Mozambique’s Mapai District of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area marked an important step in putting a national plan into action: to connect Limpopo, Banhine and Zinave national parks through...
Banhine National Park, Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
A new chapter for Banhine National Park: Communities start sharing revenue benefits
08 May 2025
For the first time since its creation over 50 years ago, Banhine National Park in Mozambique is directly sharing revenue benefits with the surrounding communities. Local leaders recently received a cheque for 650,000...
Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
A funnel, helicopter and team of 6: The day that Zinave National Park turned a remarkable corner in recovery
20 Mar 2025
A bittersweet realisation dawned on Bernard van Lente, Peace Parks Foundation’s Head of Operations and Development at Zinave National Park, while patrolling the park at sunrise late in 2023. The rewilded animals in...
Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Mozambique, Partnerships, Wildlife Crime, Zinave National Park
The story of a lion rescue in Zinave National Park
28 Nov 2024
Rangers in Mozambique’s Zinave National Park were excited by signs of a new lion in the sanctuary. Their first sighting, however, of an extremely skinny young male, galvanised them into action. The lion...
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
Victory for nature: How Zinave National Park is winning the war against illegal logging
28 Oct 2024
In a significant triumph for conservation efforts in Mozambique, illegal logging has been halted in Zinave National Park due to co-ordinated action to disrupt these operations by confiscating equipment and imposing steep fines...
