Mozambique: First researchers selected to start works on the Gilé National Park – Biofund

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Mozambique: First researchers selected to start works on the Gilé National Park – Biofund

3:14 CAT | 22 Mar 2022

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Through a public tender started in October 2021, the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), in collaboration with the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) and the Gilé National Park (PNAG), has identified the first group of researchers who will initiate applied research activities at PNAG within the scope of the PROMOVE Biodiversity Program, financed by the European Union and an integral part of PROMOVE Global.

Three teams were selected by the tender process: a team from the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering of UEM (Maputo); the Faculty of Communication of the Catholic University of Mozambique (Nampula); and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Lúrio University (Niassa).

These teams are mandated to:

Source scientific information capable of influencing natural resource management policies at national and local levels;

Improve the PNAG management plan; and

Contribute to knowledge of the existing relationships between the livelihoods of the communities and the conservation of biodiversity.

Three thematic areas of research were identified, taking into account the need for reinforcement or scientific clarification by the PNAG Administration team.

They are:

Habitat management – impact of uncontrolled fires on vegetation and miombo regeneration;

Fauna management – PNAG macrofauna conservation status and the repopulation program; and

Local communities – sociocultural and economic studies.

The selection of these first researchers for the Gilé National Park (PNAG), marks the beginning of the implementation of research activities and participatory studies to reach the third specific objective of PROMOVE Biodiversidade, which aims to encourage and disseminate applied research and participatory studies related to managing natural resources and improving the livelihoods of communities living around the program’s beneficiary areas.

For more information about the PROMOVE Biodiversidade program, visit https://www.biofund.org.mz/projects/programa-promove-biodiversidade-2/

About Biofund

BIOFUND – Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity is an Environmental Fund, a not-for-profit institution under private law, which mobilises, applies and manages financial resources to the exclusive benefit of the conservation of biodiversity in Mozambique.

It was created following international best practice standards for Conservation Funds, enshrined in the parameters of the CFA (Conservation Finance Alliance). In addition to its specific role as the Conservation Trust Fund, the Foundation brings the contribution of the private sector, civil society and academia to the conservation effort in Mozambique.

Source: Biofund / Press Release