Mozambique graduates its first 12 Masters in Biology and Conservation @ Gorongosa National Park

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Mozambique graduates its first 12 Masters in Biology and Conservation @ Gorongosa National Park

12:16 CAT | 03 Mar 2020

Photo: Augusto Bila / Gorongosa National Park

Mozambique has graduated its first 12 Masters in Conservation Biology, a course conducted through a partnership between the University of Lisbon, the Gorongosa National Park and three Mozambican higher education institutions.

“The protection and conservation of biodiversity is only possible if there are supporting scientific foundations, which is why it is important to have human resources with a thorough scientific grounding,” Mozambique’s Minister of Land and Environment Ivete Maibaze said yesterday in an official statement.

The programme was developed by a partnership between the University of Lisbon, Zambeze University, Lúrio University and the Instituto Superior Politécnico de Manica, in addition to the Gorongosa National Park, in the centre of Mozambique.

The 12 students were selected from seven provinces, and their training began in 2018, at a time when poaching was identified as one of the sector’s main challenges, with the objective of “adding knowledge and expertise to the conservation and science sectors”.

Conservation areas in Mozambique occupy about 18.57 million hectares, or about 25% of the national territory, and include eight national parks, seven reserves, an environmental protection area, 20 official game reserves, three conservation areas community farms and 50 game farms.

Source: Lusa