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.
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Year of Publication
A model-based assessment of reef larvae dispersal in the Western Indian Ocean reveals regional connectivity patterns – Potential implications for conservation policies
Crochelet, E. Et al.
2016
N/A
Marine resources are under increasing pressure from a wide variety of threats such as overfishing, offshore energy development, and climate change. As marine ecosystems degrade, so do the well-being and livelihoods of humans that depend directly on the ecosystem goods and services they provide. Marine protected areas have been proposed to protect biodiversity, restore damaged ecosystems, sustain fisheries, and rebuild overexploited stocks. The effectiveness of marine protected areas depends in part on their effectiveness as connected networks, linked over large areas by ecological processes such as larval dispersal.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity
None
A model-based assessment of reef larvae dispersal in the Western Indian Ocean reveals regional connectivity patterns – Potential implications for conservation policies
Movements and diving behavior of inter-nesting leatherback turtles in an oceanographically dynamic habitat in South Africa
Robinson, N. Et al.
2017
N/A
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
Sea turtles congregate in specific in-water habitats during reproductive periods. These habitats are inherently tied to the location of their nesting beaches, but they are also influenced by the prevailing oceanographic conditions. Here, we characterized the movements and diving behaviour of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea between nesting events at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Furthermore, we characterized the general oceanographic features (sea surface temperature and ocean currents) in and around the identified internesting habitats.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Movements and diving behavior of inter-nesting leatherback turtles in an oceanographically dynamic habitat in South Africa
Species composition, comparative size and abundance of the genus Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from different mangrove strata along the East African coast
Torres, P. Et al.
2008
N/A
Hydrobiologia
Variation in the abundance, distribution and size of four species of mangrove littorinid gastropods (genus Littoraria) was investigated using a nested sampling design at different spatial scales along the East African coast, from Tanzania to South Africa. Littorinid abundance and diversity decreased abruptly south of Inhaca Island at the southern end of the study area. All species presented a large-scale spatial variation in abundance, with L. subvittata showing the greatest abundance while L. intermedia was rare.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Species composition, comparative size and abundance of the genus Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from different mangrove strata along the East African coast
Developing a Flood Monitoring System From Remotely Sensed Data for the Limpopo Basin
Asante, L. Et al.
2007
Gaza
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
This paper describes the application of remotely sensed precipitation to the monitoring of floods in a region that regularly experiences extreme precipitation and flood events, often associated with cyclonic systems. Precipitation data, which are derived from spaceborne radar aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s infrared-based products, are used to monitor areas experiencing extreme precipitation events that are defined as exceedance of a daily mean areal average value of 50 mm over a catchment.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Limpopo National Park
Developing a Flood Monitoring System From Remotely Sensed Data for the Limpopo Basin
Hydrokinetic Turbine Effects on Fish Swimming Behaviour
Hammar, L. Et al.
2013
N/A
PLOS ONE
Hydrokinetic turbines, targeting the kinetic energy of fast-flowing currents, are under development with some turbines already deployed at ocean sites around the world. It remains virtually unknown as to how these technologies affect fish, and rotor collisions have been postulated as a major concern. In this study the effects of a vertical axis hydrokinetic rotor with rotational speeds up to 70 rpm were tested on the swimming patterns of naturally occurring fish in a subtropical tidal channel. Fish movements were recorded with and without the rotor in place. Results showed that no fish collided with the rotor and only a few specimens passed through rotor blades.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Hydrokinetic Turbine Effects on Fish Swimming Behaviour
Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles
Wallace, B. Et al.
2011
N/A
PLoS ONE
Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for geographically widespread species with distinct populations subject to multiple threats that operate on different spatial and temporal scales. Marine turtles are widely distributed and exhibit intra-specific variations in population sizes and trends, as well as reproduction and morphology.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles
Three new species of sand lances (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the southwest Indian Ocean
Randall, J. & Ida, H.
2014
Inhambane
Protammodytes ventrolineatus is described as a new species of sand lance (Ammodytidae) from a single specimen from a trawl haul in 240 m (the deepest record for the family) on the Saya de Malha Bank in the southwest Indian Ocean. It has 36 dorsal-fin rays (the lowest count in the family), 16 anal-fin rays, ten scales dorsally on opercle, no teeth in the jaws; a large eye (6.4% SL), and long pelvic fins (3.75 in HL; the longest in the genus; absent in most species).
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Pomene National Reserve
Three new species of sand lances (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the southwest Indian Ocean
The fisheries sector plays an important role in the economy of Mozambique, contributing to 40 to 50 per cent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings. An extensive coast that supports diverse fisheries makes Mozambique a sensitive place for illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. This paper discusses the relation between IUU fishing and surveillance capacity, length of the coastal zone, commercial value of the resources and the national fishing capacity of Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
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
Illegal Fishing: The Case of Mozambique
Climate Change Implications for Water Resources in the Limpopo River Basin
Zhu, T. & Ringler, C.
2010
Gaza
IFPRI Discussion Pape
This paper analyzes the effects of climate change on hydrology and water resources in the Limpopo River Basin of Southern Africa, using a semidistributed hydrological model and the Water Simulation Module of the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT). The analysis focuses on the effects of climate change on hydrology and irrigation in parts of the four riparian countries within the basin: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Results show that water resources of the Limpopo River Basin are already stressed under today’s climate conditions.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Climate Change Implications for Water Resources in the Limpopo River Basin
Key Aggregation Areas & Recommendations for Marine Megafauna in the Greater Vilanculos Area
Marshall, A. Et al.
Sd
Inhambane
Southern Mozambique is a centre of abundance for marine megafauna species along the eastern coast of Africa. The Marine Megafauna Foundation is currently collaborating with scientists, conservation bodies, dive operators, tourism authorities and other government officials to help create broad-scale protection for globally threatened and economically important species such as whale sharks, manta rays, cetaceans, sea turtles and dugong in Mozambique and prioritize protection for key critical habitats for these species in the Inhambane Province. !
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Pomene National Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone
Key Aggregation Areas & Recommendations for Marine Megafauna in the Greater Vilanculos Area
A review of migratory behaviour of sea turtles off southeastern Africa
Luschi, P. Et al.
2006
N/A
http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30058383
South African Association for the Advancement of Science
The survival of sea turtles is threatened by modern fishing methods, exploitation of eggs and habitat destruction. Forming keystone species in the ocean, their extinction would disrupt the marine food chain in ways as yet unknown. The Indian Ocean has many breeding areas for sea turtles, the southernmost ones being on the Maputaland coast of KwaZulu-Natal, where loggerhead and leatherback turtles nest in large numbers thanks to long-lasting protection programmes. For the leatherback this is the only known nesting site in the entire western Indian Ocean. At the end of the reproductive season, both loggerheads and leatherbacks undertake migrations towards disparate feeding areas.
English
No Restrictions
Marine 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
A review of migratory behaviour of sea turtles off southeastern Africa
Conservation status of the lion (Panthera leo) in Mozambique – Phase I: Preliminary survey
Chardomet, P. Et al.
2008
Cabo Delgado; Niassa; Tete
IUCN
The IUCN-SSC organised two regional workshops, one for West and Central Africa (2005) and one for Eastern and Southern Africa (2006), with the intention to gather major stakeholders and to produce regional conservation strategies for the lion. Mozambican authorities, together with local stakeholders, took part in the regional exercise for establishing the Regional Conservation Strategy for the Lion in Eastern and Southern Africa. They recognised the importance of establishing a National Action Plan for the Lion in Mozambique and realized the lack of comprehensive information for reviewing the lion profile in the country.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Conservation status of the lion (Panthera leo) in Mozambique – Phase I: Preliminary survey
The Status of Dugongs in the Western Indian Ocean & Priority Conservation Actions
WWF Eastern Africa Marine
2004
N/A
WWF
Dugongs occur in shallow tropical and subtropical coastal and island waters of the Indo-Pacific. They are threatened worldwide due to loss and degradation of seagrass pastures, fishing pressure, indigenous use and hunting, and coastal pollution and are listed globally by IUCN as vulnerable to extinction. The WIO region harbours an important remnant population of the threatened dugong and in a recent UNEP/IUCN report on their global status, extinction of the dugong in the WIO region was considered inevitable without immediate and effective conservation measures.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Status of Dugongs in the Western Indian Ocean & Priority Conservation Actions
Dugong Aerial Survey Report May 25-29, 2008 Bazaruto Archipelago National Park Inhambane Province, Mozambique
Provancha, J. & Stolen, E.
2008
Inhambane
WWF
Dugongs found in the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique are considered to be the only viable dugong population within the entire Western Indian Ocean (Marsh et al. 2006, Dutton 1994). Cockcroft et al. (2008) reviewed recent records and indicated that few dugongs occur elsewhere on the Mozambique coast. An aerial census in May 2001 of the Bazaruto National Park and the eastern islands conducted by (Mackie/WWF 2001) found dugongs distributed throughout the northern, central and south areas of the Archipelago between Bazaruto Island and the mainland.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
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
Dugong Aerial Survey Report May 25-29, 2008 Bazaruto Archipelago National Park Inhambane Province, Mozambique
Dugongs (Dugong dugon) of Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
Cookcroft, V.; Guissamulo, A. & Findlay, K.
2008
Inhambane
2006-2007
Historically, dugongs occurred in almost all coastal areas from southern Mozambique in the west to Australia in the east, including many of the island States in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between. However, through much of this range, dugongs have all but disappeared and where they occur, are represented by relict populations. This is especially true for Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean and Mascerine Islands. In most areas dugongs have been extirpated and only in southern, central Mozambique, the Bazaruto Archipelago, does a relatively large number still survive.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
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
Dugongs (Dugong dugon) of Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
Facilitating Tourism Investment in the Maputo Elephant Reserve
World Bank Group
2012
Maputo
2007-2011
The Mozambique Tourism Anchor Investment Program was a pilot investment generation program implemented by the World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Services through IFC. The program aimed to improve the investment climate in the tourism sector by facilitating strategic investments in select protected and coastal areas, as well as through focused reforms of the regulatory environment. The program responded to a direct request from the Ministry of Tourism to assist the government of Mozambique in the development and implementation of a framework to facilitate tourism investment.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Protected Areas
Maputo Special Reserve
Facilitating Tourism Investment in the Maputo Elephant Reserve
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Presentations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique; Official Hunting Areas (Coutadas); Game Farms (Fazendas de Bravio)
Balanço das Actividades de Caça realizadas em 2009
African African Economic Outlook 2012: Mozambique
AfDB, OECD, UNDP, UNECA
2012
N/A
The year 2011 may well be remembered as a turning point in Mozambique’s economy, with the first overseas export of coal marking the birth of Mozambique as a world exporter of minerals, and paving the way for the country to secure its future fiscal sustainability through yields from natural resources. The main short-term challenge for the government is the enlargement of its fiscal space while keeping its debt levels under control, in order to accommodate the ambitious infrastructure investment plan and the roll-out of social safety nets within the inclusive growth agenda, while resisting political pressures on expenditure prioritisation.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
African African Economic Outlook 2012: Mozambique
Estudos: o Litoral Moçambicano, Bacia do Rovuma, a parte insular o Arquipelago
Basto, M.
2013
Cabo Delgado
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
Quirimbas National Park
Estudos: o Litoral Moçambicano, Bacia do Rovuma, a parte insular o Arquipelago
Mercados de Algodão em Morrumbala e Mutarrara
Valentim, A.
2004
Tete
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Marine Biodiversity
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Aquatic Species Harvested Mozambique
The Avifauna of Maputo Bay
Bento, C.
2014
Maputo (cidade)
At least 130 species of waterfowl and sea birds have been reported from Maputo Bay, with many of them observed in hundred or thousands. Five species of seabirds are new for the region and were recently in 2013.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Avifauna of Maputo Bay
Perfil Ambiental e Mapeamento do Uso Actual da Terra nos Distritos da Zona Costeira De Moçambique
Impacto
2012
Zambézia
2011-2012
O presente perfil do Distrito do Chinde foi elaborado entre 2011 e 2012, no quadro da Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica da zona costeira de Moçambique. Desta forma, a natureza e o detalhe deste perfil foram orientados para servir um propósito claro, que era caracterizar a situação de referência de cada um dos distritos litorais. O critério usado para seleccionar e colectar a informação foi o da sua relevância ambiental. Uma vez que existem já, em Moçambique, perfis distritais elaborados por outras entidades para diferentes fins, entendeu-se que não fazia sentido duplicar esse trabalho produzindo o mesmo tipo de informação geral.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Perfil Ambiental e Mapeamento do Uso Actual da Terra nos Distritos da Zona Costeira De Moçambique
Catalogue of Climate Change and Natural Resources Management in Govuro District (Nova Mambone Administrative Post)
Menomussanga, M. & matavel, A.
2011
Inhambane
2010
In January 2010, a household survey was conducted in Govuro District (Nova Mambone and Pande localities) to understand the climate change-related problems, current and future copping strategies in local communities. The purpose of this study is to promote disaster planning by documenting climate-related natural hazards which includes floods, drought, cyclone and extreme heat. Historical records are examined to identify frequency and other characteristics of their occurrence. In some cases, distinct temporal and spatial patterns are evident. Impacts and mitigation opportunities are also discussed.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Catalogue of Climate Change and Natural Resources Management in Govuro District (Nova Mambone Administrative Post)
Habitat Choice of Benthic Shrimps
Berggren, M.
1994
Maputo
Field investigations on the shallow-water shrimps of the Gullmar Fjord area, Swedish west coast and various coastal localities of the Faroe Islands have been made by selective sampling among different algal habitats using SCUBA-diving. The different species of shallow-water shrimp in the algal zone are found to utilize different algal species/communities as habitat. The shrimps found among algae do not normally migrate seasonally in contrast to those living on sand, mud or Zostera. The selectivity towards a special dominating algal habitat in these shrimps is higher at the Faroes than in the Gullmar Fjord area.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Inhaca Biological Reserve
Habitat Choice of Benthic Shrimps
Chimanimani National Reserve Management Plan Volume I
Ghiurghi, A.; Dondeyne, S. & Bannerman, J.
2010
Manica
Objective of our work was to “obtain a revision of the existing Management Plan, using a participative methodology and where all the relevant stakeholders involved in the process of the management of the ChNR, as well as all of them functioning under the influence of the ChNR, are taken into consideration, and where all the relevant suggestions from the previous plans and the actual socio-economic and bio-ecological situations, are also included”.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
PA Management Document
Protected Areas
Chimanimani National Reserve
Chimanimani National Reserve Management Plan Volume I
Participation to the International Conference: “Sustainable Financing of Mozambique’s Conservation Areas” (Maputo, November 21st & 22nd 2007)
Lamarque, F.
2008
N/A
2006-2007
WWF, IGF
in Mozambique was funded by FAO through the FNPP/GLO/003/NET programme – FAONetherlands Partnership Programme (FNPP-Forests). This study was carried out from November 2006 to March 2007, in partnership with the National Directorate of Conservation Areas (DNAC) of the Ministry of Tourism (MITUR), and realised by a team of two consultants: one international from the IGF Foundation (myself) and one national (Samiro Magane).
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Participation to the International Conference: “Sustainable Financing of Mozambique’s Conservation Areas” (Maputo, November 21st & 22nd 2007)
Vulnerability Assessment of the Belize Coastal Zone
Neal, D.; Ariola, E. & Muschamp, W.
2008
N/A
This report was put together using information from two main sources, available literature and interviews with key stakeholders. The coastal zone is defined in the Coastal Zone Act, Chapter 329 of the Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2000, as the area extending from the mean high water mark along the coast, to the limits of the territorial sea, including all coastal waters. For the purposes of this report the coastal zone boundaries were extended to include lowland areas susceptible to flooding. The most recent IPCC report recommended that vulnerability assessments include socioeconomic and biophysical vulnerability to climate change.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Vulnerability Assessment of the Belize Coastal Zone
Avaliação da Utilização e Conservação da Fauna Bravia em Bilene e 3 de Fevereiro
Manhiça, A.
2004
Gaza
Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal
Foi realizado um estudo nas regiões do Bilene e 3 de Fevereiro cujo objectivo principal era avaliar a utilização e conservação da fauna bravia nas duas regiões. A recolha de dados foi feita em Janeiro e consistiu no uso de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, observação directa, cova com tapume, gaiolas Sherman e revisão bibliográfica.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Avaliação da Utilização e Conservação da Fauna Bravia em Bilene e 3 de Fevereiro
Auditoria Ambiental ao Complexo Industrial da Mina de Carvão de Moatize
Bahia, R. & Luís, L.
2013
Tete
A Vale Moçambique, S.A. (“Vale”) solicitou à Golder Associates (Golder) a realização de uma auditoria ambiental ao Sistema de Gestão Ambiental (“SGA”) implementado no Complexo Industrial da Mina de Carvão de Moatize (a “Instalação”), localizado na província de Tete, distrito de Moatize. A auditoria ambiental ao SGA do Complexo Industrial da Mina de Carvão de Moatize teve por objectivos gerais verificar o grau de cumprimento dos requisitos definidos no SGA da Vale Moçambique e garantir o cumprimento do regulamento relativo ao processo de Auditoria Ambiental (Decreto n.º 25/2011, de 15 de Junho, que substitui o Decreto nº32/2003, de 12 de Agosto).
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Auditoria Ambiental ao Complexo Industrial da Mina de Carvão de Moatize
Climatic and marine environmental variations associated with fishing conditions of tuna species in the Indian Ocean
Lan, K. & Lee, M.
2011
N/A
2011 International Workshop on Climate and Ocean Fisheries
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Climate Change and Biodiversity; 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
Climatic and marine environmental variations associated with fishing conditions of tuna species in the Indian Ocean
Perfil Ambiental E Mapeamento Do Uso Actual Da Terra Nos Distritos Da Zona Costeira De Moçambique: Distrito de Marromeu
MICOA
2013
Sofala
MICOA
Esse mapeamento ilustra as potencialidades de sobreposição e tensão entre diferentes interesses de desenvolvimento, mas também ilustra as sinergias positivas presentes. Pretende-se assim fornecer uma ferramenta de planificação para as autoridades distritais, provinciais e de nível central, de forma a regulamentarem melhor a localização e o funcionamento dos projectos de investimento. Deste modo se podem harmonizar, desde o início, interesses diversos e conjugar esforços na luta contra a pobreza e por um desenvolvimento sustentável.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Official Government Document
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Marromeu Special Reserve
Perfil Ambiental E Mapeamento Do Uso Actual Da Terra Nos Distritos Da Zona Costeira De Moçambique: Distrito de Marromeu
Mnazi Bay- Quirimbas Transfrontier Conservation Area
Semente, I. & Choya, A.
Sd
Cabo Delgado
In the southeast boarder of Tanzania and extending to the border of Mozambique, the Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park (MBREMP) has an area of 650km2; Quirimbas National Park, stretches 110km along the northeast coast of Mozambique, and is constituted of the 11 southern most islands of the Quirimbas islands covering an area of 7,500km2. With a total area of 8,150km2 and the high levels of connectivity, this coastline TFCA is a critical source and refuge for the dispersal and maintenance of reef diversity to downstream areas in the north and south on mainland coastal areas, and to the east side of the Mozambique channel.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Protected Areas
Quirimbas National Park; Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Mnazi Bay- Quirimbas Transfrontier Conservation Area
Benthic habitat maps for Primeiras & Segundas
Ad
Sd
Nampula
http://arcg.is/1eLDztR
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Maps and georeferenced data (images, shp files, etc.)
Protected Areas
Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Benthic habitat maps for Primeiras & Segundas
Mozambique Biodiversity and Tropical Forests 118/119 Assessment – 2008
The purpose of this task was to conduct an assessment of (1) the current state of biodiversity and forest conservation in Mozambique, (2) actions needed in Mozambique to conserve tropical forests and biological diversity, and (3) the extent to which the actions proposed for support by USAID/Mozambique meet or could meet the needs identified. This assessment is intended to serve as a tool to assist USAID/Mozambique in better integrating environmental concerns into its proposed programs in the short- and medium-term future.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Mozambique Biodiversity and Tropical Forests 118/119 Assessment – 2008
Framework of the Gorongosa Ecosystem
Tinley, K.
1977
Sofala
A holistic evolutionary approach is used in the Gorongosa thesis in which emphasis is on the salient reciprocal relations and kinetic succession of land surface and biotic communities, influenced by landscape process and prime mover components.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Gorongosa National Park
Framework of the Gorongosa Ecosystem
Biodiversity and Conservation of Mt Chiperone, Mozambique
Timberlake, J. Et al.
2007
Zambézia
Kew
A scientific expedition to Mount Chiperone in northern Mozambique was carried out from 22 November to 5 December 2006. The expedition was funded under a Darwin Initiative grant to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – "Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss on South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems". The expedition was a collaborative effort between Kew, the Instituto de Investigação Agraria de Moçambique (IIAM), the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT), and the Forest Research Institute of Malawi (FRIM).
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Biodiversity and Conservation of Mt Chiperone, Mozambique
Action Plan for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Programme of Work on Protected Areas
At National Level the Government established the Commission for Facilitation of Tourism. This commission is composed by various Government Departments. It discusses and recommends to Government various issues related with the development of tourism including management of protected areas. Cases of proclamation, modification of limits of protected areas as well as the concessioning of tourism in PA are discussed and recommended actions from this Commission. Particularly the Transfrontier Conservation Areas Program has used this commission to get policy guidance.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Protected Areas; Tourism and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Action Plan for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Programme of Work on Protected Areas
Tanzania Coastal Climate Change National Adaptation Planning Workshop
Coastal Resources Center
2013
N/A
The Workshop focused on the cross-sectoral nature of climate change impacts specifically on the coastal and marine environment, and actions and institutions that could help society adapt. United Nations guidance on the NAP process states that the planning should be based on nationally identified priorities, and coordinated with national development objectives, plans, policies and programs. Therefore, the workshop used a methodology that starts with sectors and their development objectives and identifies adaptation actions to support those objectives, taking into account the larger context of other anthropogenic stressors and threats.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Tanzania Coastal Climate Change National Adaptation Planning Workshop