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Biodiversity, Conservation, Mozambique, Partnerships, Rhino Protection Programme, Zinave National Park
Ten Years. Thousands of Hours. One Big Five National Park.
26 June 2026
Mozambique’s first Big Five national park wasn’t created when nine white rhinos stepped out of their crates. By then, the hard work had already been done. A decade of rebuilding a protected area. Three years establishing viable rhino populations. Months securing permits. Thousands of hours of planning. Hundreds of people working across two countries. Moving the rhinos was the final step. The real story started […]
READ MORERhino Protection Programme, Zinave National Park
A New Generation Begins: Final Female Rhinos Arrive in Zinave National Park
08 Jun 2026
The last of three major translocations strengthens Zinave’s breeding population and advances a long-term mission to restore rhinos to one of Africa’s most remarkable conservation recovery stories This week, Mozambique completed the final phase of a landmark...
Rhino 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...
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...
Banhine National Park, Biodiversity, Community, Conservation, Field Rangers, Great Limpopo TFCA, K9 Unit, Limpopo National Park, Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique, Nyika National Park, Partnerships, Southern African Wildlife College, Transboundary Landscapes, Wildlife Crime, Zinave National Park
Peace Parks Foundation’s support to rangers, for people and nature
31 Jul 2024
Peace Parks Foundation thanks the rangers protecting communities and nature, using their skills to conserve biodiversity and build a peaceful relationship between humans and wildlife.
Biodiversity, Conservation, Field Rangers, Mozambique, Partnerships, Rewilding, Technology and Innovation, TFCAs, Wildlife Crime, Zinave National Park
Sensor Sensation: Colette Leads the Way for Women in Conservation Technology
11 Feb 2024
Colette Terblanche, Project Manager for Peace Parks Foundation’s Combatting Wildlife Crime team, is an anti-poaching powerhouse. For more than five years, she has been committed to the daunting, and mounting, challenges of rhino...
Biodiversity, Community, Conservation, General, Mozambique, Mozambique Community Development, Partnerships, Rhino Protection Programme, Wildlife Crime
Unleashing the Wild: Colette’s Ultra AFRICA Race
01 Dec 2023
‘Running for your life’ has a different meaning for Colette Terblanche, Peace Parks’ Combatting Wildlife Crime Project Manager and freshly victorious Ultra AFRICA Race participant. She recently completed this immense 220 km feat through...
