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From recovery to a stronger future: Zinave’s path to resilience
Zinave National Park has come back from decades of disruption. The next step is to build on that recovery, because the true test of conservation is not only what can be restored, but what can be made to last. Wildlife populations are returning. Infrastructure is being rebuilt. Communities surrounding the park are gaining improved access to services, livelihoods and economic […]
First comprehensive survey establishes baseline for protection of Maputo National Park’s Techobanine Reef System
Scientists have completed the first comprehensive biodiversity baseline survey of Mozambique’s Techobanine Reef System, a no-take zone within Maputo National Park’s Marine Protected Area. The findings, conducted between June and October 2025, establish the first system-wide scientific baseline for the park’s largest fully protected marine sanctuary. Despite its importance, until now the reef had never […]
Transformative conservation project in Maputo National Park
In a landscape where elephants roam coastal dunes and mangrove forests shelter countless marine species, a new partnership is creating pathways for both nature and communities to thrive. A collaboration between the TUI Care Foundation and Maputo National Park is set to demonstrate how tourism can be a genuine force for positive change. Restoring nature’s […]
A funnel, helicopter and team of 6: The day that Zinave National Park turned a remarkable corner in recovery
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 the park’s sanctuary built to protect them had flourished and outgrown it. “We were in the middle of a terrible drought induced […]
Kavango Zambezi and beyond: how you can help protect bird life in flight
The mighty Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is the largest transboundary landscape in the world, and Peace Parks Foundation has been working with member states to support its development since 2004. Its vast and remarkable mosaic of ecosystems is spread across five countries, encouraging abundant wildlife populations to roam freely across borders. Throughout […]
Herding for Health connects community farmers with markets
Farmers participating in the Herding for Health programme in Massingir in the Gaza province bordering the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique, no longer lose cattle to predation. Cattle are heathier, fatter and now they are ready to go to market. Healthy cattle and vibrant soil Delcio Juliao, Implementation Manager of the Herding for Health […]
Peace Parks’ Partnership Pacts to Protect Biodiversity
Historic. Ambitious. A win for the planet. Those were the words used in 2022 to describe the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, an ambitious pact signed by 198 countries to protect, restore and live in harmony with the natural world. It includes goals and targets from here to 2050 that aim to protect biodiversity, halt species extinction, and ensure that […]
