The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
The Eastern African Marine Ecoregion is an area stretching from southern Somalia to the Natal shores of South Africa. This 4,600km coastline is host to an ever-growing population of 22 million, most of whom depend on the coastal seas for their sustenance, business and leisure. This coastal region is referred to as an ‘ecoregion’ because of the way the marine and coastal habitats are linked, both physically and ecologically. The main habitats present in the ecoregion are mangrove forests, seagrass beds, coral reefs and open waters, home of over 11,000 species of plants and animals.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Neglected refugia of biodiversity: mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield two novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes)
Daniels, S. & Bayliss, J.
2012
Nampula; Zambézia
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Phylogenetic relationships amongst the southern African freshwater crab fauna are reinvestigated following the recent collection of morphologically distinct Potamonautes specimens from remote mountainous regions in Malawi and Mozambique. Specimens were subjected to DNA sequencing of three mtDNA loci, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), 12S rRNA, and 16S rRNA and compared to the 14 described species from the region. Phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference revealed the presence of two novel evolutionary lineages. The phylogeny demonstrates that Potamonautes obesus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) is sister to a morphologically distinct novel species from Mount Namuli in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Others National Conservation Areas
Neglected refugia of biodiversity: mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield two novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes)
Conservancy Protects Mozambique Coral Reefs and Studies Their Response to Ocean Warming
Hayden, L.
2011
N/A
In the East African nation of Mozambique, where 90 percent of the people live on less than $2 a day and depend heavily on fishing for survival, The Nature Conservancy is using its scientific expertise on the effects of climate change to protect and conserve fragile coral reefs.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
General Information
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Conservancy Protects Mozambique Coral Reefs and Studies Their Response to Ocean Warming
Diversidade, Distribuição e Biomassa de Ervas Marinhas na Baía de Bazaruto
Dias, V.
2005
Inhambane
UEM-DCB
O estudo da diversidade, distribuicao e biomassa de ervas marinhas na Baia de Bazaruto foi realizado entre os meses de Novembro de 2004 e Fevereiro de 2005. As amostragens foram feitas em catorze locais da Bala de Bazaruto, durante-a baixa-mar das marés vivas, em locais cuja profundidade não excedia 5 metros. As amostragens consistirarn no registo das coordenadas do perimetro dos tapetes de ervas marinhas usando um GPS e na colecta de amostras de ervas marinhas, fazendo um transecto no interior dos tapetes.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Bazaruto Archipelago National Park
Diversidade, Distribuição e Biomassa de Ervas Marinhas na Baía de Bazaruto
Coastal Shellfish Resource Use in the Quirimba Archipelago, Mozambique
Barnes, D. Et al.
1998
Cabo Delgado
Journal of Shellfish Research
The level, types, and influences of use of intertidal and subtidal molluscs and crustaceans were examined on four islands of the Quirimba Archipelago in northern Mozambique. Artisanal collecting was restricted to spring low tidal periods and involved at least 5% of the population of the study islands. Twenty-two mollusc species and five decapod crustascean species Palinuridae and Portunidaei were collected, of which the large gastropods Chicoreus ramosus (Muricidae) and Fascia/a trapezium (fasciolaridae), were the most important on coral reef rubble shore regions. The bivalves Pinctada nigra and Barbatia fusca were the most important species in seagrass (Hathodule sp. and Cymodocea sp.) areas.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Quirimbas National Park
Coastal Shellfish Resource Use in the Quirimba Archipelago, Mozambique
Human impact on invertebrate abundance, biomass and community structure in seagrass meadows – a case study at Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Nordlund, L.
2006
Maputo
Department of Animal Ecology, Uppsala University
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
Inhaca Biological Reserve
Human impact on invertebrate abundance, biomass and community structure in seagrass meadows – a case study at Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Climate Change Impact on Mangrove Ecosystem and Development of an Adaptation Strategy for Quirimbas National Park
Nicolau, D. Et al.
2015
Cabo Delgado
WWF MCO
This study was undertaken by WWF under the climate change adaption programme implemented in the Quirimbas National Park (QNP), which preserves one of the largest mangrove areas in the region. This FFEM project is aimed to perform a mangrove ecosystem assessment for Quirimbas National Park (QNP) in order to understand the mangrove forest biophysical and anthropogenic dynamic in the context of climate change and guide the park administration and local communities to the development of an adaptation strategy for climate change for QNP.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Quirimbas National Park
Climate Change Impact on Mangrove Ecosystem and Development of an Adaptation Strategy for Quirimbas National Park
Regional Vulnerability Assessment of Mangroves to Climate Change and Associated Anthropogenic Pressures
Bosire, J. Et al
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Regional Vulnerability Assessment of Mangroves to Climate Change and Associated Anthropogenic Pressures
Fiscalização de Florestas e Fauna Bravia em Moçambique: passado, presente e acções para melhoramento
Neste relatório apresenta-se o levantamento sobre a fiscalização florestal e faunística no passado e presente, sugerem-se medidas para melhorar a fiscalização e formas de participação dos intervenientes do sector nesta actividade. Há uma grande diferença entre o que a lei florestal estabelece como prática a seguir na exploração, uso e conservação das florestas com o que se passa no terreno. Em muitos países, incluindo Moçambique, práticas ilegais pelas populações locais, público em geral e do sector privado em particular, são comuns, mesmo em situações de presença de um sistema de fiscalização forte.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Fiscalização de Florestas e Fauna Bravia em Moçambique: passado, presente e acções para melhoramento
Situation Assessment for Support to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the Districts of Angoche, Moma and Pebane
Co-Arq Lda.
2008
Nampula; Zambézia
The overall programme goal is “to increase the livelihood security of coastal inhabitants of Angoche, Moma and Pebane Districts, with simultaneous increases in overall ecosystem productivity and reductions in resource overuse and exhaustion” (CARE/WWF, 2008).
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Situation Assessment for Support to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the Districts of Angoche, Moma and Pebane
Presentation Of Portos De Cabo Delgado project of integrated logistics service – Pemba
PCO
2014
Cabo Delgado
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Presentation Of Portos De Cabo Delgado project of integrated logistics service – Pemba
Improving the Quality, Capacity and Compliance of Environmental Licensing Processes in Mozambique: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry
Nazerali, S.
2010
N/A
S A I I A
This paper analyses the current situation regarding the environmental licensing of the oil and gas industry in Mozambique. The paper outlines weaknesses in the process, including the quality of the environmental impact assessments submitted for authorisation; compliance with the approved environmental management plans; and the lack of transparency and follow-up post-licensing. While some legislative recommendations will be made, the main purpose of this paper is to outline specific proposals on how to improve the quality of the environmental and social impact processes without resorting to additional legislative changes.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Improving the Quality, Capacity and Compliance of Environmental Licensing Processes in Mozambique: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry
Identificação de hotspots de vertebrados e árvores endemicos em Moçambique
Alisse, L.
2004
N/A
UEM-FAEF
Os objectivos do presente trabalho são identificação de hotspots de endenismo e de espécies com populações isoladas de vertebrados e árvpres que ocorrem em Moçambique, a identificação de áreas importantes para a conservação e a análise da representatividade das áreas protegidas (AP) em Moçambique em termos destas espécies e áreas.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Identificação de hotspots de vertebrados e árvores endemicos em Moçambique
Mozambique Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) – 2005-2009 Second phase of support from the European Union and Dutch Government
Amigos da Floresta
2005
N/A
In Mozambique, 10,823,000 people out of a total of 15,278,000 live in rural areas mostly in small communities within 40km of the coast where subsistence agriculture, forest resources and artisanal fisheries constitute the main options for income generation. Poverty in these rural areas and amolngst forest-dependent communities is widespread. Deforestation within Mozambique was estimated at roughly 50,000 hectares per year between 2000 and 2005. New data from WWF suggests that this may have risen to 219,000 hectares per year. Increasing populations with a need for agricultural land are an important contributory factor. Selective logging may play an indirect role by opening up access to new areas.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Mozambique Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) – 2005-2009 Second phase of support from the European Union and Dutch Government
Assessment of Agricultural Information Needs in African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) States for CTA’S Products and Services
Norfolk, S. & Ribeiro, V.
2006
N/A
2003-2005
The objectives of this study are to develop a strategy for CTA’s approach to post-conflict countries, to improve the effectiveness of CTA’s support for post-conflict countries and to compile baseline data on the status of ICM and ICTs in agriculture and rural development in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Assessment of Agricultural Information Needs in African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) States for CTA’S Products and Services
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II :Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes, part II
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II :Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes, part II
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes part I
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
The Zambezi-Congo watershed forms a natural zoogeographical boundary that marks the northern limit of the Zambezian ichthyological province (Roberts 1975). This includes areas that were once part of the Zambezi system, such as the Cunene and Okavango basins, or the Limpopo system. Fish in the east coast rivers from the mouth of the Zambezi south to the Phongola, in northern Kwazulu-Natal, are also a part of the Zambezian system since they have been connected in various ways with the Zambezi itself. The fish populations of these rivers also include elements of the east coast fauna and they are a major component of the fauna of the Middle and Lower Zambezi as well.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes part I
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT in the Zambezi River Basin
Mutale, M. Et al.
2013
N/A; Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Climate change, while serious and urgent, brings with it opportunities for Zambezi Basin states to advance efforts towards sustainable development. Coupled with climate variability, climate change is one of the most complex challenges in the basin, much as in the rest of southern Africa. The changes have been observed from season to season throughout the basin and the trend has become more pronounced from the 1980s with temperatures having risen by at least 0.5 degrees in southern Africa, according to the Southern Africa Environment Outlook report of 2008. Projected changes present more than just an environmental concern but serious social and economic implications.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT in the Zambezi River Basin
Impacto da produção e comercialização de Tabaco nas comunidades Rurais do Norte da Província de Tete – O caso de Furancungo (1995-2004)
Ferrão, C.
2005
Tete
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Impacto da produção e comercialização de Tabaco nas comunidades Rurais do Norte da Província de Tete – O caso de Furancungo (1995-2004)
Sofala Community Carbon Project Project Design Document According to CCB and Plan Vivo Standards
Envirotrade
2010
Sofala
2003-2008
The Sofala Community Carbon Project (the Project) is developing sustainable land use and rural development activities in communities around and within the buffer zones of Gorongosa and Marromeu National Parks both in central Mozambique, to improve rural livelihoods, habitat restoration, forest management and conservation of biodiversity. The project is also generating verified emission reductions (VERs). A pilot to the project was initiated in 2002 with a group of 53 farmers in the wards of Nhambita and Munhanganha. This was followed by a research and development phase which was funded partly by the EU (contract B7/6200/2002/063-241/MZ) between August 2003 to August 2008.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Sofala Community Carbon Project Project Design Document According to CCB and Plan Vivo Standards
Análise da participação das associações de camponeses nos programas de desenvolvimento do vale do Zambeze
Honwana, S.
2004
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
UEM-FAEF
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Análise da participação das associações de camponeses nos programas de desenvolvimento do vale do Zambeze
Prescribed Flooding and Wetland Rehabilitation in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
The mighty Zambezi, fourth largest river system in Africa, is the lifeline of Southern Africa. From its headwaters in northwestern Zambia to its outlet 2574 km downstream into the Indian Ocean, the Zambezi drains an area of 1570000 km2 from eight countries and carries a mean annual flow of 2400 m3 s-1 across the arid central African plateau.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Prescribed Flooding and Wetland Rehabilitation in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 3 – Review of Reduncine Antelope
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
The Reduncini (also known as reduncine antelopes) is a tribe of large to medium sized antelopes found only within Africa. It comprises a diversity of waterbuck, reedbuck, puku, lechwe and kob. According to the established taxonomy (Ansell 1971), at least ten species encompassing numerous subspecies have been described to science. Two genera are recognized, namely Redunca and Kobus. With one exception, all extant reduncine antelopes share a predilection for wetlands in the African tropics: these wetlands are all located within the savanna biomes of south-central and northern Africa. Reduncines are reliant on surface water, and so do not occur far from perennial water bodies.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 3 – Review of Reduncine Antelope
Participação comunitária, mecanismos e acções concretas no contexto da redução da pobreza absoluta: O caso do município e distrito de Moatize
Bonifácio, C.
2001
Tete
UEM-FLCS
O estudo faz abordagens sobre as concepções locais de pobreza, as estratégias e mecanismos tanto de carácter loca como central no contexto da redução da pobreza absoluta, por outras palavras, a relevância da municipalização no contexto da redução da pobreza.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Participação comunitária, mecanismos e acções concretas no contexto da redução da pobreza absoluta: O caso do município e distrito de Moatize
Country brief on non-wood forest products statistics – Mozambique
The main aim of the current study is to present both qualitative and quantitative information on the most important uses, distribution and market for the country’s non-wood forest products, and for goods and services, other than timber and fuelwood. The study also intends to prepare country data on non-wood forest products goods and services which will be required for planning and sustainable use of forest resources.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Country brief on non-wood forest products statistics – Mozambique
Managing Freshwater Ecosystems of International Water Resources – The Case of the Maputo River in Mozambique
Kramer, A.
2003
Maputo (cidade); Maputo
Freshwater ecosystems form a basis for the natural water circulation, and their maintenance is a prerequisite for a sustainable use of the world's water resources. Furthermore, they provide a multitude of goods and services that benefit humankind and are critical for the conservation of biological diversity. The protection of freshwater ecosystems has to be tackled internationally, where they are associated with transboundary watercourses. This study reviews the key demands placed on management strategies that provide for the protection of freshwater ecosystems, and it examines whether relevant international agreements can serve as a legal framework for an ecosystem-oriented management of international water resources.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Managing Freshwater Ecosystems of International Water Resources – The Case of the Maputo River in Mozambique
Agricultural investments in Mozambique An analysis of investment trends, business models and social and environmental conduct
Di Matteo, F. & Schonevald, G.
2016
N/A
CIFOR
Since the food and energy price crises of 2007/2008, new commercial opportunities within global soft commodity markets have led to increased investment in agricultural production. This is evidenced by a rapid influx of agricultural foreign direct investment (FDI) particularly to sub-Saharan Africa and, especially, Mozambique where agro-ecologically suitable land is comparatively cheap and abundant (World Bank 2011; Anseeuw et al. 2012). Although increased investment in agriculture is critical to realizing long-term global and national food and energy security objectives (Schmidhuber et al. 2009), numerous critics have expressed concerns that the benefits of (particularly large-scale plantation monoculture) investments tend not to the costs.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Agricultural investments in Mozambique An analysis of investment trends, business models and social and environmental conduct
World Mangrove Atlas
Spalding, M.; Blasco, F. & Field, C.
1997
N/A
The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems
This World Mangrove Atlas is an attempt to provide accurate data and, at least partially, to quantify the presence, extent and distribution of a distinctive and important coastal ecosystem
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
World Mangrove Atlas
Fecundity of the Pantropical Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) at Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo Bay, Southern Mozambique
Litulo, C.
2004
Maputo (cidade)
Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci.
Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) is probably the most abundant brachyuran crab inhabiting mangrove forests in East Africa. However, its fecundity is poorly understood. Crabs were randomly sampled during spring low tides from January to April 2002 at Costa do Sol mangrove, Maputo Bay, southern Mozambique. Carapace width (CW), abdomen width (AW), weight (W) and egg numbers (EN) were recorded. The average fecundity was 1599 ± 842 eggs, ranging from 529 (CW = 5.0 mm) to 4250 (CW = 24.1 mm) eggs respectively. Egg number increased significantly with increase in crab size. This information contributes to our knowledge of the reproductive potential and the reproductive processes occurring in this species of crab.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Fecundity of the Pantropical Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) at Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo Bay, Southern Mozambique
Whale Sharks in Mozambique: Key Management and Conservation Strategies
MMF
Sd
Inhambane
MMF
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is by far, Earth’s largest fish. Individuals of up to 20 m in length have been measured. Their very name comes from this huge size, which is comparable to the largest of the true whales. Whale sharks are found throughout tropical and subtropical seas, and individuals roam widely seeking their primary prey which consists of zooplankton and small fishes.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Whale Sharks in Mozambique: Key Management and Conservation Strategies
Global patterns of marine turtle bycatch
Wallace, B. Et al.
2010
N/A
Conservation Letters
Fisheries bycatch is a primary driver of population declines in several species of marine megafauna (e.g., elasmobranchs, mammals, seabirds, turtles). Characterizing the global bycatch seascape using data on bycatch rates across fisheries is essential for highlighting conservation priorities. We compiled a comprehensive database of reported data on marine turtle bycatch in gillnet, longline, and trawl fisheries worldwide from 1990 to 2008.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Global patterns of marine turtle bycatch
Reise Nach Mossambique
Peters, W.
1842
N/A
Othe
No Restrictions
General
General Information
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Reise Nach Mossambique
Diversity of metazoan parasites of the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852), as indicators of pollution in the Limpopo and Olifants River systems
Madanire-Moyo, G.; Luus-Powell, W. & Olivier, P.
2012
Gaza
http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr. v79i1.362
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Aquatic systems are affected by a variety of anthropogenic activities that decrease water quality through the introduction of organic and inorganic pollutants. To investigate the relationship between fish parasite communities and water quality, metazoan parasites were examined in 140 specimens of the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) sampled in three lakes in the Limpopo Province, namely the Luphephe–Nwanedi Dams (regarded as unpolluted), the Flag Boshielo Dam (regarded as moderately polluted) and a return water dam on a mine site (regarded as polluted).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Threats to Biodiversity
Limpopo National Park
Diversity of metazoan parasites of the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852), as indicators of pollution in the Limpopo and Olifants River systems
Use of satellite remote sensing for coastal conservation in the Eastern African Coast: advantages and shortcomings
Landsat 5 TM imagery from 2005 was used to map (at a coarse descriptive resolution) coastal habitats along the Tanzania/Mozambique transboundary zone. The map (available at http://www.transmap.fc.ul.pt/) was a reference for the study of environmental and social aspects, and for conservation, was disseminated among local stakeholders, ENGOs and various decision-making authorities and managers, and was used in the development of a transfrontier conservation area. Large scale remote sensing constitutes a cost-effective approach for research and management, as, with limited human, technical, temporal, and financial resources, it provides synoptic views of territories and allows for the estimation of quantitative changes in land use.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Use of satellite remote sensing for coastal conservation in the Eastern African Coast: advantages and shortcomings
Understanding and Valuing the Marine Ecosystem Services of the Northern Mozambique Channel
Nunes, P. & Ghermadi, A.
2015
Cabo Delgado; Nampula
The Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) region is host to one of world’s outstanding terrestrial and marine biodiversity areas and a biological reservoir for the entire coastal area of East Africa. Moreover, the coastal communities and economies of the region are intimately dependent on its marine and coastal resources, through fishing, tourism and other economic activities, making its management and protection of key importance to the countries.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Quirimbas National Park; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Understanding and Valuing the Marine Ecosystem Services of the Northern Mozambique Channel
Understanding And Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services In The Northern Mozambique Channel
Nunes, P. & Ghermadi, A.
2015
Cabo Delgado; Nampula
The Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) region is one of world’s outstanding terrestrial and marine biodiversity areas and a biological reservoir for the entire coastal area of East Africa. The coastal communities and economies of the countries and islands bordering the channel are intimately dependent on its marine and coastal resources, through fishing, tourism and other economic activities, making their management and protection of key importance.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Quirimbas National Park; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Understanding And Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services In The Northern Mozambique Channel
Threatened Marine Megafauna within the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park
MMF
Sd
Inhambane
MMF
A total of 14 threatened marine species are present within the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (BANP). Of these species, one is listed as critically endangered, two as endangered and eleven as vulnerable to extinction. Additionally eight other marine megafauna species, which are currently listed as data deficient (I.U.C.N., 2015) but may soon be updated with a threatened status, reside within the BANP. Despite these 14 species being globally recognized as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, only six are protected under Mozambican legislation. Below, further details are provided on each of these species vulnerability and protective status.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
Bazaruto Archipelago National Park
Threatened Marine Megafauna within the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park
Revision of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique
Steffen, S.: Mucina, L. & Kedereit, G.
2010
N/A
Systematic Botany
Sarcocornia comprises ca. 20–24 perennial, halophytic herb and shrub species. The genus is distinct from other genera in the Salicornioideae in having flowers that are more or less equal in size, arranged in a row, and with seeds that have a membranous hairy testa and lack perisperm. Sarcocornia is distributed worldwide, mainly in regions characterized by warm-temperate and, to a lesser extent, subtropical climates.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Revision of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique
Situation analysis for Mangroves for the Future: Understanding the resilience of coastal systems
Samoilys, M. Et al.
2013
N/A
The purpose of this situation analysis is to better understand ecological and social coastal systems in Eastern Africa with a view to identifying key areas and effective strategies through which MFF can contribute to the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems as key natural infrastructure which support human wellbeing, resilience and security.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Situation analysis for Mangroves for the Future: Understanding the resilience of coastal systems
Paleo-environment and flooding of the Limpopo River-plain, Mozambique, between c. AD 1200–2000
Sitoe, S. Et al.
2014
Gaza
Elsevier B.V.
Multi-proxy analysis was performed on a radiocarbon-dated core, collected from a relic oxbow lake in the Limpopo River-plain, Mozambique, with the aim to reconstruct paleo-environment and past flooding of the lower river system over the past c. 800 years. An additional objective was to evaluate and investigate the potential use of different proxies as recorders of paleo-flooding events and paleo-environmental variability within the floodplain. The proxies applied in this study were: mineral magnetic properties, grain-size distribution, organic carbon content and diatom microfossil assemblages.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Threats to Biodiversity
None
Paleo-environment and flooding of the Limpopo River-plain, Mozambique, between c. AD 1200–2000