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Community Development, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Mozambique, Mozambique Community Development
New horizons for the people of the land
20 February 2025
Maputo National Park implements a remarkably successful community development programme in the Matutuíne district just south of the timeless city that is Maputo in Mozambique, southern Africa. Here, in a large cross-border protected landscape known as the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area, lies the lush Maputo National Park where the Futi River slows down and becomes […]
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Fisheries for the future
21 Nov 2024
Maputo National Park was proclaimed in 2021 after the merging of Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve. One of Earth’s most biologically rich and endangered ecoregions, it is a...
iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, TFCAs, Tourism
Whale season in Maputo National Park
15 Oct 2024
The humpback whale’s scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae, carries a sense of magic. The two words “Mega,” meaning giant, and “Ptera,” meaning wing in ancient Greek, perfectly describe these colossal, winged beings that soar...
Banhine National Park, Biodiversity, Community Development, Conservation, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Zinave National Park
In Mozambique, partnerships make magical places
20 Sep 2024
The Government of Mozambique understands the value that its wild spaces hold. This government has placed a quarter of the entire country under formal protection, making it one of the most conservation-oriented nations...
Biodiversity, Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Mozambique, Mozambique Community Development, Partnerships, Rewilding, Tourism
Government of Mozambique and Peace Parks Celebrate Inauguration of Award-Winning Membene Lodge in Maputo National Park
15 Feb 2024
The Government of Mozambique and Peace Parks celebrates the official inauguration of Membene Lodge, Maputo National Park’s latest, award-winning, tourism asset.
Biodiversity, Conservation, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Mozambique, Partnerships, Rewilding, TFCAs
The King of the Scavengers: Hyena Royalty Returns to Maputo National Park
02 Aug 2023
Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle. African Proverb Apex predators have serious status; the lion lies in first place in the mighty hierarchy of Africa’s food...
Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve
Prestigious award recognizes excellence in the management of Maputo National Park
03 Nov 2022
The Park Warden of Mozambique’s Maputo National Park, Miguel Goncalves, has been announced as a recipient of the prestigious Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa.
