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Community Development, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo Special Reserve
First Matchia Chillies Harvested
18 January 2013
Members of the Matchia community have harvested their first chillies, to the delight of all involved.
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Turtle monitoring season
27 Dec 2012
The 2012 turtle monitoring season in Mozambique started on 1 October and will continue until April 2013. Throughout the season, Reserve management and turtle monitors undertake vehicle and foot patrols of the turtle...
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Milibangalala the turtle finds a new home in the Dennegeur crèche
24 Dec 2012
More than 30 children between ages of three and six walked into the room and saw a 2-metre long leatherback turtle lying on the floor. They shouted “Skilpad!, turtle or tortoise in Afrikaans...
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Developing Maputo Special Reserve as a tourist destination
11 Sep 2012
A ceremony to celebrate the 2012 translocation of wildlife from game reserves in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province to Mozambique’s Maputo Special Reserve was held on 10 September 2012.
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Second translocation to Maputo Special Reserve
15 Aug 2011
On Friday, 5 August 2011, 24 zebras from Ithala Game Reserve in South Africa, were successfully introduced to Maputo Special Reserve in Mozambique. The operation ended at about 7.00 pm.
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Futi Corridor now a protected area
24 Jun 2011
In one of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation and Resource Area’s most important developments, the government of Mozambique on 14 June 2011 approved the declaration of the Futi Corridor as a protected area.
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Opening of Marine Reserve’s headquarters, Mozambique
27 May 2011
On 17 May 2011, Mr Fernando Sumbana, Mozambique’s Minister of Tourism, officially opened the headquarters of the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve in the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation and Resource Area (TFCA). Minister...
