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Restoring coastal resilience along the Maputo Bay coastline
Healthy coastal ecosystems help protect Mozambique’s coastline by buffering communities against erosion and extreme weather, supporting biodiversity, and strengthening resilience to climate change. At Ponta do Ouro, restoring degraded dune systems is helping rebuild these natural processes. At Ponta do Ouro, local resident Lourenço Matchoco is helping rehabilitate degraded dunes that play a critical role […]
Leadership programme for protected area management across the SADC region, starting in southern Mozambique
The Administração Nacional das Áreas de Conservação (ANAC), in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Government of Germany and Peace Parks Foundation, is strengthening leadership across four national parks through a targeted development programme for 43 current and emerging protected area leaders. Collectively, these participants oversee approximately 378 rangers responsible for protecting […]
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 […]
2025: The Year in Review
A Year of Progress I am proud to reflect on a year that has been significantly impactful for Peace Parks Foundation. We made great strides in advancing our unique model of integrated co-management in Southern Africa. Co-management Breakthroughs This model brings together governments, local communities, private sector partners and civil society to manage parks using […]
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 […]
How three nations are advancing human-wildlife coexistence across boundaries
A Regional Effort for Shared Solutions Government agencies, community leaders and conservation partners from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe gathered in Maputo National Park in August for a hands-on learning exchange focused on reducing conflict between people and wild animals. The gathering marked an important step in strengthening collaboration across the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation […]
Bringing wilderness back from the brink
PRESS RELEASE Banhine National Park, 9 October 2025 Mozambique unites to restore a wildlife corridor between Maputo and Banhine National Parks Mozambique has reached a remarkable milestone in conservation. Maputo National Park, once nearly emptied of wildlife, has recovered so strongly that it can now help restore Banhine National Park, a landscape equally rich in […]
