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Norway will channel 2 million Norwegian Kroner to Gorongosa National Park to acquire a coffee processing unit for product produced on Mt. Gorongosa
11:42 CAT | 03 Nov 2023
FILE - Mount Gorongosa farmers processing coffee berries. [File photo: Gorongosa National Park]
Norway will channel 2 million Norwegian Kroner to Gorongosa National Park to acquire a coffee processing unit for product grown on Mt. Gorongosa by small-scale farmers. The initiative will add value to local production, increase beneficiaries’ income and boost the local economy.
The Addendum within the scope of the ongoing cooperation was signed in Maputo on November 1st by the Norwegian ambassador Haakon Gram-Johannessen and the President of the Gorongosa Restoration Project Greg Carr.
On the occasion, both expressed their satisfaction with the initiative and hope regarding the increase in Gorongosa Coffee production. “A Nossa Gorongosa” is already an international brand and placed on shelves in (super)markets in Europe, America and beyond.
About the Gorongosa Project:
Gorongosa National Park (GNP) in Mozambique is perhaps Africa’s greatest wildlife restoration story. In 2008, a 20- year Public-Private Partnership was established for the joint management of GNP between the Government of Mozambique and the Carr Foundation (Gorongosa Project), a US nonprofit organization. In 2018, the Government of Mozambique signed an extension of the joint management agreement for another 25 years. By adopting a 21st Century conservation model of balancing the needs of wildlife and people, Gorongosa is protecting and saving this beautiful wilderness, returning it to its rightful place as one of Africa’s greatest national parks.
GNP has been described as one of the most diverse parks on Earth, covering a vast expanse of 400,000 hectares. In recent years, the Gorongosa Project, with the support of Mozambique’s National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), has ensured the protection of a recovering population of lions in this system, successfully reduced key threats, and has been recognized as one of National Geographic’s “Last Wild Places” and by TIME Magazine as one of the “World’s Greatest Places – 2019”.
The Gorongosa Project works with the central government of Mozambique (Ministry of Land and Environment, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Human Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Ministry of Culture and Tourism ), with the Sofala Province Directorates of each of these Ministries, and the district representatives of each of these Ministries. We work with traditional leaders in community “regulados” (a “regulado” is a traditional governance structure) through Natural Resource Management Committees.
We collaborate with UN-Habitat, the Red Cross and the World Food Program. We receive support and advice from partners such as USAID, Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Canada, Portugal, EU, HHMI, among others. We work on scientific research with more than thirty universities around the world, including Eduardo Mondlane University, UniLurio, University of Lisbon, University of Oxford, Princeton University and many more.
If you would like more information about this topic or would like to schedule an interview with those involved in the project, please call Vasco Galante at +258 822970010 (WhatsApp) or email [email protected].
For more general information, visit http://www.gorongosa.org
You may follow the daily activities of Gorongosa National Park here:
https://www.facebook.com/gorongosa/.
Source: Gorongosa National Park / Media Release
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