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Great Limpopo TFCA, Leopard Protection Programme, Lubombo TFCA, Rhino Protection Programme, Wildlife Crime
Victory for counter-trafficking K9 unit
13 November 2020
On 10 November 2020, Mozambique Police, with the support of the National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC) Canine Unit, apprehended a Vietnamese citizen who was attempting to smuggle wildlife products to southeast Asia.
READ MOREMalawi Zambia TFCA, Nyika National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Crime
Ministry against wildlife crime
26 Oct 2020
The Minister officially closed the six weeks training of 12 Intelligence and Investigation Officers, from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, that work in and around Nyika National Park and Vwaza Marsh...
Rhino Protection Programme, Wildlife Crime
Wildlife Zones to protect all of South Africa’s rhino
22 Sep 2020
South Africa’s multitude of public and private rhino custodians are coming together like never before in an initiative that will see all South African rhino being protected as a single national herd. ...
Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Leopard Protection Programme, Luengue-Luiana National Park, Mavinga National Park, Ngonye Falls Community Partnership Park, Rhino Protection Programme, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, Wildlife Crime
Five countries unite against wildlife crime
07 Aug 2020
The five Partner States of the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe – have joined forces to defend their borders against those who seek to...
Banhine National Park, Great Limpopo TFCA, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Limpopo National Park, Lubombo TFCA, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Maputo Special Reserve, Nyika National Park, Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Crime, Zinave National Park
Conservation guardians
31 Jul 2020
This World Ranger Day, we take a moment to recognise the work being done by rangers across southern Africa to protect our conservation areas.
Wildlife Crime
Four-legged defence against the illegal wildlife trade
15 Feb 2020
Counter-trafficking initiatives such as the Mozambique Canine Unit that operates in and from Maputo International Airport, are crucial to the fight against wildlife crime. The specialised team of detection dogs and their handlers,...
Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo Special Reserve, Wildlife Crime
Protecting the Pangolin
14 Feb 2020
This pangolin received a second chance at living wild and free when Mozambique law-enforcement rescued it from wildlife traffickers in Maputo a couple of weeks ago.
