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Mozambique hosted the regional conference on the sustainable management of Miombo Forests. Maputo, August 2022. With support from the World Bank and other partners, Mozambique has emerged as a leader in the Africa region to promote the protection and restoration of the Miombo forest system.

This will include unique habitats, such as the largest wetland and Ramsar site in Mozambique – the Marromeu Reserve, one of the few remaining Afromontane forests in Africa, Chimanimani, and Africa’s center of endemism, the Maputo Special Reserve.

The Maputo Environmental Protected Area (APA), which encompasses various land-uses in the Matatuine District, Inhaca Island, Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta de Ouro Marine Reserve and declared in 2019, is led by an Administrator that was appointed in October 2020.

Following the severe impacts of cyclone Idai that hit Mozambique in March, MozBio 1 financed 300 kits of agriculture inputs to affected communities in Chimanimani and replaced more than 360 destroyed beehives, benefiting 3.000 families. Rehabilitation of key infrastructure in the Reserve will be financed under Mozbio 2.

The Maputo Elephant Reserve is located in the district of Matutuíne in the far south of Mozambique. The Reserve and the adjacent marine reserve form one of Mozambique’s premier protected areas. The area has global conservation value and represents excellent – but undeveloped – tourism potential. The Reserve is managed by the Tourism

Two agreements with the Peace Parks Foundation. The first agreement will provide technical and financial assistance in the Maputo Special Reserve for tourism development, and the second is aimed at supporting the Banhine National Park in Gaza province to combat poaching over the next three years.

during training session in Maputo Special Reserve. Photo by Davi Moreira, World Bank M&E Specialist What kind of information do you need to assess progress of community projects that aim to improve livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in remote Conservation Areas in Mozambique?

the Limpopo National Park, Maputo Special Reserve and Chimanimani Reserve), and promoted local community development initiatives. 5. The MozBio Program has four pillars: a) policies, legislation and institutions; b) financial sustainability; c) biodiversity conservation management; and d) community development.

The wider effort of the MozBio project supports 67 girls with scholarships and accommodations in boarding homes around Maputo Special Reserve, Chimanimani National Reserve and Marromeu.