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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Evaluation of streamflow estimates for the Rovuma River
M.R. Minihane
2012
Cabo Delgado
2012
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2012.09.003
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
Reliable estimates of historic streamflow are important when estimating future flows and water resources availability based on factors such as climate change, population growth, and changes in land use or land cover. Many regions across the globe have limited streamflow observations. Additional information about streamflow in these basins is critical to water resources planning and economic development strategies. In southeastern Africa, the remote Rovuma River lies on the border between Mozambique and Tanzania. There are limited historic measurements in the main tributary, the Lugenda River, and no publicly available observations from recent years. Improved knowledge of the water resources availability and seasonal and annual variabilit...
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique; Quirimbas National Park
Evaluation of streamflow estimates for the Rovuma River
Genetic structure of the savannah elephant population (Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)) in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
Alida de Flamingh
2013
N/A
2013
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Earlier studies investigated the genetic structure of fragmented or isolated elephant populations by comparing the genetic characteristics of pre-defined populations. This study aimed to determine if there was genetic evidence for spatial structuring in a continuous elephant population in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA). I sequenced one mtDNA gene region for 88 individuals and genotyped 100 individuals for 10 nuclear microsatellite loci. Bayesian Clustering Algorithms incorporated in the program Geneland were used to identify groups of genetically similar individuals. An Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA) determined if these groups (henceforth referred to as sub- populations) were significantly...
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Genetic structure of the savannah elephant population (Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)) in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
Modelação SIG na avaliação do risco de incêndio na Reserva Nacional do Niassa
Márcio Fernando Mathe, Pedro da Costa Brito Cabral & Natasha Ribeiro
2013
N/A
2013
Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de informação Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de informação Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Como qualquer outro desastre natural, os incêndios tem vindo a influenciar os ecossistemas, provocando constantes mudanças. Nem todos os ecossistemas estão adaptados para o aumento em termos de frequência e tamanho dos incêndios florestais. A incidência de incêndios em termos de tamanho, frequência e intensidade tem aumentado significativamente na Reserva Nacional do Niassa. Os esforços para a prevenção por forma a reduzir a frequência e intensidade do fogo ainda são insuficientes. Além disso, a produção de mapas de risco de incêndio ainda é bastante reduzida em Moçambique. A capacidade de prever a ocorrência de ignição do fogo constitui um instrumento importante para os gestores, ajudando a definir as prioridades entre as áreas de risc...
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Community Use of Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Modelação SIG na avaliação do risco de incêndio na Reserva Nacional do Niassa
CO-GESTÃO, GOVERNAÇÃO E QUADRO JURÌDICO-LEGAL DAS ÁREAS DE CONSERVAÇÃO COMUNITÁRIAS EM MOÇAMBIQUE
Brian Jones, Tiago Lidimba e Gildo Espada
2020
Tete
USAID
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
Mágoè National Park
CO-GESTÃO, GOVERNAÇÃO E QUADRO JURÌDICO-LEGAL DAS ÁREAS DE CONSERVAÇÃO COMUNITÁRIAS EM MOÇAMBIQUE
CO-MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AREAS IN MOZAMBIQUE
Brian Jones, Tiago Lidimba, and Gildo Espada
2020
Tete
USAID
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
Mágoè National Park
CO-MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AREAS IN MOZAMBIQUE
A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique
MAREK BĄKOWSKI, GYULA M. LÁSZLÓ, HITOSHI TAKANO
2020
Cabo Delgado; Manica; Maputo; Sofala
2020
dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.35.5
Ecologica Montenegrina
A list of 74 species of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) recently sampled at sites in Maputo, Gorongosa, Manica, Cabo Delgado and Zambezia provinces of Mozambique is provided. All species are illustrated of which fourteen are recorded for the first time from Mozambique.
English
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Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Maputo Special Reserve; Chimanimani National Reserve
A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique
Six new species of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN & GYULA M. LÁSZLÓ
2020
Manica
2020
dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.38.6
Ecologica Montenegrina
The present paper contains the descriptions of six new species of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863: T. usa sp. n. (NE Tanzania), T. chuquelae sp. n. (C Mozambique), T. pringlei sp. n. (NE Tanzania), T. mutinondo sp. n. (NE Zambia), T. turlini sp. n. (Rwanda) and T. fisheri sp. n. (NW Zambia). The hitherto unknown male of T. smithi Volynkin & László, 2019 is illustrated and described. 23 colour and 24 black and white diagnostic figures are included.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Chimanimani National Reserve
Six new species of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
URBAN RISK ASSESSMENTS-Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities
Eric Dickson, Judy L. Baker, Daniel Hoornweg, and Asmita Tiwari
2012
N/A
2012
DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8962-1
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / Th e World Bank
Th e rapid and often unplanned expansion of cities is exposing more people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. For city governments, increased climate variability imposes additional challenges to effective urban management and the delivery of key services, while for residents it increasingly affects their lives and livelihoods due to more frequent floods, landslides, heat waves, droughts, and fi res. Th ere is an urgent need for cities to consider disaster and climate change by streamlining assessments of related risks in their planning and management as well as delivery of services. Th is paper proposes a framework for carrying out urban risk assessment, and seeks to strengthen coherence...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
URBAN RISK ASSESSMENTS-Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities
RAINFALL VARIABILITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, ITS INFLUENCES ON STREAMFLOW VARIATIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIMATIC V AR1ATIONS
PATRICK V ALIMBA
2004
N/A
2004
RHODES UNIVERSITY
RHODES UNIVERSITY
Hydrological variability involving rainfall and streamflows in southern Africa have been often studied separately or have used cumulative rainfall and streamflow indices. The main objective of this study was to investigate spatio-temporal variations of rainfall, their influences on streamflows and their relationships with climatic variations with emphasis on indices that characterise the hydrological extremes, floods and droughts. It was found that 60-70% of the time when it rains, daily rainfalls are below their long-term averages and daily amounts below 10 mm are the most frequent in southern Africa. Spatially, climatologies of rainfall sub-divided the southern African subcontinent into the dry western/southwestern part and the “humid”...
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
RAINFALL VARIABILITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, ITS INFLUENCES ON STREAMFLOW VARIATIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIMATIC V AR1ATIONS
Progress and Challenges in Urban Climate Adaptation Planning-Results of a Global Survey
JoAnn Carmin, Nikhil Nadkarni, and Christopher Rhie
2012
N/A
2012
Cambridge, MA: MIT.
Cambridge, MA: MIT.
Cities around the world are increasingly aware of the need to prepare for greater variability in temperature, precipitation, and natural disasters expected to take place as a result of global climate change. In recent years, numerous reports and manuals have been written and networks formed to offer guidance and facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. However, since systematic studies have not been conducted, the information and methods being disseminated often are based on the efforts of a limited number of cities and wisdom drawn from experience in other domains. To gain insight into the status of adaptation planning globally, approaches cities around the world are taking, and challenges they are encountering, a survey was...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Progress and Challenges in Urban Climate Adaptation Planning-Results of a Global Survey
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments
Snover, A.K., L. Whitely Binder, J. Lopez, E. Willmott, J. Kay, D. Howell, and J. Simmonds
2007
N/A
2007
The Climate Impacts Group
The Climate Impacts Group
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments
Isotopic Patterns in Modern Global Precipitation
KAZIMIERZ ROZANSKLI,U ISA RAGu-s-ARAGu-sA, ND ROBERTOG ONFTANTINI
1993
N/A
1993
American Geophysical Union
American Geophysical Union
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has been conducting a world-wide survey of hydrogen ('HI'H) and oxygen (''0/'~0) isotope compositionof monthly precipitation since 1961. At present, 72 IAEAlWMO network stations are in operation. Another 82 stations belonging to national organizations continue to send their results to the IAEA for publication. The paper focuses on basic featuresof spatial and temporal distribution of deuterium and ''0 in global preciitation,as derived from the IAEA/WMO isotope database. The internal structure and basic characteristics otthis database are discussed in some detail. The existing phenomenological relationships between observed...
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Isotopic Patterns in Modern Global Precipitation
Integrated mapping of groundwater drought risk in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
Karen G. Villholth & Christian Tøttrup & Martin Stendel & Ashton Maherry
2013
N/A
2012
DOI 10.1007/s10040-013-0968-1
Hydrogeology Journal
Groundwater drought denotes the condition and hazard during a prolonged meteorological drought when groundwater resources decline and become unavailable or inaccessible for human use. Groundwater drought risk refers to the combined physical risk and human vulnerability associated with diminished groundwater availability and access during drought. An integrated management support tool, GRiMMS, is presented, for the mapping and assessment of relative groundwater drought risk in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Based on composite mapping analysis of regionwide gridded relative indices of meteorological drought risk, hydrogeological drought proneness and human groundwater drought vulnerability, the mapping results...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Integrated mapping of groundwater drought risk in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
Impact of monsoons, temperature, and CO2 on the rainfall and ecosystems of Mt. Kenya during the Common Era
Bronwen Konecky, James Russell, Yongsong Huanga, Mathias Vuille, Lily Cohen, F. Alayne Street-Perrott
2014
N/A
2013
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.037
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Glacial and early Holocene-age sediments from lakes on Mt. Kenya have documented strong responses of montane hydrology, ecosystems, and carbon cycling to past changes in temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. However, little is known about climate and ecosystemvariations on Mt. Kenya during the Common Era (the past ~2000 years), despite mounting evidence for significant climate changes in the East African lowlands during the past millennium and recent observations of alpine glacier retreat in the East African highlands. We present a new, high-resolution record of the hydrogen and carbon isotopic composition of terrestrial plantwax compounds (δDwax, δ13Cwax) preserved in the sediments of Sacred Lake from 200C.E. to the end of the...
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Impact of monsoons, temperature, and CO2 on the rainfall and ecosystems of Mt. Kenya during the Common Era
Evidence of a large cooling between 1690 and 1740 AD in southern Africa
H. S. Sundqvist, K. Holmgren, J. Fohlmeister, Q. Zhang, M. Bar Matthews, C. Spo¨tl5&H. Ko¨rnich
2013
N/A
2013
DOI: 10.1038/srep01767
Scientific reports
A 350-year-long, well-dated d18O stalagmite record from the summer rainfall region in South Africa is positively correlated with regional air surface temperatures at interannual time scales. The coldest period documented in this record occurred between 1690 and 1740, slightly lagging the Maunder Minimum (1645– 1710). A temperature reconstruction, based on the correlation between regional surface temperatures and the stalagmite d18O variations, indicates that parts of this period could have been as much as 1.46C colder than today. Significant cycles of 22, 11 and 4.8 years demonstrate that the solar magnetic and the El Nin˜o-Southern Oscillation cycle could be important drivers of multidecadal to interannual climate variability in this..
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Evidence of a large cooling between 1690 and 1740 AD in southern Africa
Community Based Adaptation 6th International Conference 16-22 April 2012 Hanoi Vietnam
Hannah Reid
2012
N/A
2012
Community Based Adaptation 6th International Conference
Community Based Adaptation 6th International Conference
Community‐based adaptation (CBA) has a growing group of interested supporters, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, donors and indeed local communities themselves who see it as a way to tackle some of the many challenges of a world altered by climate change. The sixth international CBA conference in 2012 was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 16‐22 April 2012 and reflects this growing interest in CBA with over 320 people registered to attend from 61 different countries, and many more attending the opening and closing sessions. Over 30 co‐sponsors and other contributing organisations provided support. CBA6 follows previous CBA conferences held in vulnerable countries such as Bangladesh and Tanzania, each of which has experienced year...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Community Based Adaptation 6th International Conference 16-22 April 2012 Hanoi Vietnam
Cities and Flooding A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century
Abhas K Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond
2012
N/A
2012
DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8866-2
The World Bank
Urban fl ooding is a serious and growing development challenge. Against the backdrop of demographic growth, urbanization trends and climate changes, the causes of fl oods are shifting and their impacts are accelerating. This large and evolving challenge means that far more needs to be done by policy makers to better understand and more effectively manage existing and future risks.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Cities and Flooding A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century
CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE Negombo, SRI LANKA: CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
This vulnerability assessment follows a toolkit based on the experience of a Participatory Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment of Sorsogon City, Philippines. This is a participatory process of selected stakeholders which builds citizens’ capability to address city vulnerability to climate change scenarios and to develop adaptation strategies. Some of the steps in the original methodology have been modified to suit the local situation of the Negombo Municipal Council (NMC) area. The main objective of this vulnerability assessment is to estimate the local area vulnerability to potential climate change impacts and provide a context for local government decision makers to develop local climate change adaptation and...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE Negombo, SRI LANKA: CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Building Urban Resilience: Principles, Tools and Practice
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2012
N/A
2012
The World Bank
The World Bank
In the context of the demographic, urbanization and climatic trends, policy-makers in East Asia are facing many difficult decisions over medium and long-term investments in public infrastructure and urban management. Recent tragic events in the region, including the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, widespread flooding in Thailand, and the tropical storm Washi in the Philippines remind us of the devastation, economic damage and loss of human life that result from disasters. They add a sense of urgency to the challenge of preparing for and managing disaster, and carry important lessons to urban disaster risk management practitioners. There are concrete ways to improve the decision-making process to guide cities towards the aspired...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Building Urban Resilience: Principles, Tools and Practice
Adaptação as Mudanças Climáticas na Cidade da Beira – Reabilitação, Extensão e Operação do Sistema de Drenagem Urbano de Águas Pluviais-Estudo Ambiental Simplificado Projecto de Reabertura do Rio Chiveve Elaborado
CENTRO DE PESQUISA E CONSULTORIA, LDA
2013
N/A; Sofala
2013
ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE INFRA-ESTRUTURAS DE ÁGUA E SANEAMENTO
ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE INFRA-ESTRUTURAS DE ÁGUA E SANEAMENTO
Administração de Infra-estruturas de Água e Saneamento (AIAS), com sede na Avenida Eduardo Mondlane N° 1352, 4° andar, Maputo pretende implementar o Projecto de “Adaptação as Mudanças Climáticas na Cidade da Beira – Reabilitação, Extensão e Operação do Sistema de Drenagem Urbano de Águas Pluviais”: Reabertura do Rio Chiveve, na Cidade da Beira, com financiamento do banco alemão KfW com fundos de investimentono total de 13 milhões de euros, abrangendo os bairros de Chaimite, Maquinino e Ponta-Gêa. Este projecto toma em conta as intervenções de outros actores na área em particular do Banco Mundial, que prevê a reabilitação do sistema de drenagem primário e secundário da cidade da Beira com vista a garantir um máximo de complementaridade...
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Adaptação as Mudanças Climáticas na Cidade da Beira – Reabilitação, Extensão e Operação do Sistema de Drenagem Urbano de Águas Pluviais-Estudo Ambiental Simplificado Projecto de Reabertura do Rio Chiveve Elaborado
Results from Expert Seminar – Topics of Integrated Water Ressources Management
Hussain Al-Towaie, Jigal Beez, Nasim Losai, Andrew Jacob Ngereza, Simon Mang’erere Onywere, Franziska Steinbruch, Ayenew Tessera
2010
N/A
2010
Universität Siegen, Centre for International Capacity Development
Universität Siegen, Centre for International Capacity Development
Water desalination has become one of the sources of water supply in many countries, especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where the renewable resources are limited. Water desalination can provide unlimited and constant supply of high-quality drinking water and reduces pressure on freshwater ecosystems and groundwater resources. However, as the capacity installed worldwide increases at a rapid pace, increasing concerns are also expressed over potential negative impacts of the desalination activity on the environment. The main concerns are the emission of air pollutants due to a fossil energy use and the waste water discharge to the sea: high salinity water, often containing residual antiscalants. The selection of the...
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Results from Expert Seminar – Topics of Integrated Water Ressources Management
Social Assessment of Protected Areas Early Experience and Results of a Participatory, Rapid Approach
Phil Franks, Dilys Roe, Rob Small, Helen Schneider
2014
N/A
2014
IIED
IIED
Assessing the positive and negative social impacts of protected areas is no easy task, but it can be done with relatively simple, low cost methodologies. Designed for this purpose, the Social Assessment of Protected Areas (SAPA) methodology can be applied to any protected area (PA), regardless of its management category and governance type, and to related conservation and development activities that are designed to support PA conservation. At the heart of the SAPA methodology is a multi-stakeholder process that enhances accuracy and credibility, and ensures that the assessment addresses the information needs not only of PA managers, but also of other key actors in government, civil society and the private sector. This working paper...
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Social Assessment of Protected Areas Early Experience and Results of a Participatory, Rapid Approach
Management Plan for the Eco-restoration of Pallikaranai Reserve Forest Study team
PA Azeez, S Bhupathy, J Ranjini, R Dhanya, PP Nikhil Raj
2007
N/A
2007
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2346.8969
Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
Wetlands are among the most productive life supporting systems of the world with immense socio-economic, ecological and bio-aesthetic importance. From time immemorial, river valleys and wetlands have played a critical role in fostering culture and civilization. However, wetlands did not receive due consideration and appreciation. Consequently wetlands have diminished in size and quality at alarming rates throughout the developed and developing countries. Apparently, they are considered almost synonymous with wastelands, to be filled up, occupied and diverted for various human needs, disregarding the ecological services these ecosystems offer to humankind. Wetlands are lost / degraded due to anthropogenic activities such as agriculture...
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Management Plan for the Eco-restoration of Pallikaranai Reserve Forest Study team
Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence
C. Packer et al.
2013
N/A
2013
doi: 10.1111/ele.12091
Ecology Letters
Conservationists often advocate for landscape approaches to wildlife management while others argue for physical separation between protected species and human communities, but direct empirical comparisons of these alternatives are scarce. We relate African lion population densities and population trends to contrasting management practices across 42 sites in 11 countries. Lion populations in fenced reserves are significantly closer to their estimated carrying capacities than unfenced populations. Whereas fenced reserves can maintain lions at 80% of their potential densities on annual management budgets of $500 km!2, unfenced populations require budgets in excess of $2000 km!2 to attain half their potential densities. Lions in fenced...
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Threats to Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence
Geological and Geoenvironmental Mapping of Beira, Mozambique, at 1:50000 scale – preliminary results
R. DIAS, J. T. OLIVEIRA, E. C. RAMALHO, M. J. BATISTA, J. FERNANDES, L. QUENTAL, D. MILISSE, V. MANHIÇA, U.0, G. CUNE USSENE, E. X. DAUDI
2010
N/A; Sofala
2007
e-terra.geopor.pt
Revista Electrónica de Ciências da Terra Geosciences On-line Journal
A Carta Geológica e Geoambiental da Beira na escala 1/50000 tem vindo a ser elaborada desde 2007 no âmbito de um projecto de cooperação entre a DNG de Moçambique, o LNEG de Portugal e o IPAD. Alguns dos seus objectivos consistem na identificação e caracterização das diferentes unidades geológicas e respectiva representação cartográfica, reconhecimento dos processos geológicos naturais actuais e avaliação dos problemas ambientais da cidade ao nível da contaminação de águas e solos, recorrendo para tal a um conjunto de metodologias integradas. Apontam-se aqui alguns resultados preliminares.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique; Gorongosa National Park
Geological and Geoenvironmental Mapping of Beira, Mozambique, at 1:50000 scale – preliminary results
Assessment of Hydrogeological and Water Quality Parameters, Using MRS and VES in the Vientiane Basin, Laos
Nils Perttu
2008
N/A
2008
LICENTIATE TH ES I S
LICENTIATE THESIS
Water is essential for all life on the planet, sustaining and ensuring the earth’s ecosystem. Groundwater from a global perspective provides about 50% of the potable water supplies, 40% of the industrial water and 20% of the irrigated agriculture. For drinking water, deep groundwater has many advantages compared to surface water and shallow groundwater, since it demands little or no treatment and the access is secured against temporary droughts. However, salinity in deep groundwater is common in coastal areas and in areas where rock salt is occurring naturally in the soil and bedrock...
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Assessment of Hydrogeological and Water Quality Parameters, Using MRS and VES in the Vientiane Basin, Laos
The response of stable water isotopes in precipitation and the surface ocean to tropical climate variability
Josephine Brown
2004
N/A
2004
School of Earth Sciences University of Melbourne
School of Earth Sciences University of Melbourne
Stable water isotope records may be used to reconstruct tropical climate variability on seasonal to glacial time scales. Isotopic ratios in precipitation are archived in tropical ice cores, and may be interpreted as records of precipitation, temperature and atmospheric circulation variability in the tropics. Isotopic ratios in the carbonate skeletons of coral and foraminifera record local and mean ocean isotopic ratios as well as sea surface temperature. Reconstruction of past climate from isotopic records requires assumptions about the isotope–climate relationship on the relevant time scale. In order to test these assumptions, an isotopic tracer scheme in the Melbourne University General Circulation Model is used to simulate the isotope...
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
The response of stable water isotopes in precipitation and the surface ocean to tropical climate variability
Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a variable-resolution global model
FA Engelbrecht, WA Landman, CJ Engelbrecht, S Landman, MM Bopape, B Roux, JL McGregor and M Thatcher
2011
N/A
2011
dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v37i5.2
Water Research
Evidence is provided of the successful application of a single atmospheric model code at time scales ranging from short-range weather forecasting through to projections of future climate change, and at spatial scales that vary from relatively low-resolution global simulations, to ultra-high resolution simulations at the micro-scale. The model used for these experiments is a variable-resolution global atmospheric model, the conformal-cubic atmospheric model (CCAM). It is shown that CCAM may be used to obtain plausible projections of future climate change, as well as skilful forecasts at the seasonal and short-range time scales, over the Southern African region. The model is additionally applied for extended simulations of present-day ...
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a variable-resolution global model
AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENSO SIGNAL IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS
SHARON E. NICHOLSON
1997
N/A
1995
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
This article examines the time–space evolution of the El Nin˜o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signal in the tropical Atlantic and western Indian Oceans, using harmonic analysis. Composites of sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) and other variables are examined for a 24-month period beginning 6 months prior to the year of maximum warming in the Pacific (termed year 0). An ENSO signal is apparent in the Atlantic in six out of eight Pacific episodes and in the Indian Ocean in all eight episodes. Warming begins along the south-eastern Atlantic coast early in year 0, some months later elsewhere in the Atlantic and in the Indian Ocean. Maximum warming occurs in the Atlantic in October–December of year 0, but in the following January–March...
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General
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENSO SIGNAL IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS
Maximum flood depth characterizes above-ground biomass in African seasonally shallowly flooded grasslands
Paul Scholte1
2006
N/A
2006
doi:10.1017/S026646740600366X
Journal of Tropical Ecology (2007) 23:63–72.
Flood depth has been frequently used to explain the distribution of plant species in seasonally flooded grasslands, but its relation with vegetation production has remained ambiguous. The relationship between flooding and above-ground biomass at the end of the flooding season and during the dry season was studied to assess the impact of reflooding on the Logone floodplain, Cameroon. Above-ground biomass of a combination of all species and of the individual perennial grasses Oryza longistaminata and Echinochloa pyramidalis showed a positive linear relationship with maximum flood depth up to 1 m. The gradient of these relationships became steeper and their fit better during the 2 y following the installation of the flooding, showing...
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Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Maximum flood depth characterizes above-ground biomass in African seasonally shallowly flooded grasslands
Late Cainozoic Drainage Evolution in the Zambeze Basin: Geomorphological Evidence From The Kalahart Rim
David .S.G Thomas Paul A. Shaw
1988
N/A
1987
journal of Afrika Earth Science Vol 7 No 4 pp 611-618, 1988
journal of Afrika Earth Science Vol 7 No 4 pp 611-618, 1988
The development of Zambezi drainage system is discussed within the framework of the post Gondwana tectonic evaluation of the southern Afrika. An internal drainage system, including the proto-upper Zambezi has been progressively captured during the Late Cainozoic by a more aggressive coastwise. Supporting geomorphic system evidence is presented from the east Kalahart rim. Drainage alignments and gradients, Zambezi and terrace sequence are discussed. Lacustrine features found in the present watershed between the middle Zambezi and internal system are described and explained as remmants of the former proto-upper Zambezi tributary system. Their interaction with linear dune activity is also examined. Despite the problems of dating drainage...
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Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Late Cainozoic Drainage Evolution in the Zambeze Basin: Geomorphological Evidence From The Kalahart Rim
Assessing the Importance of Woodland Landscape Locations for Both Local Communities and Conservation in Gorongosa and Muanza Districts, Sofala Province, Mozambique
Timothy Lynam, Robert Cunliffe, and Isaac Mapaure
2004
Sofala
2004
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss4/art1
Ecology and Society 9(4): 1.
In collaboration with two communities living in, and on the edge of, Gorongosa National Park (GNP), Mozambique, we researched the importance of different landscape units to these communities and used the information to develop a management plan for GNP. We conceived the importance of a landscape to local people as a ratio of the benefits they derive from it and the costs of accessing or using those benefits. To test this expectation, we developed Bayesian belief models, for which the parameters were the relative preference weightings derived from community members (the relative preferences for benefits and relative expectations of costs). We then collected field data to confront the models for each of the two sites. In a parallel process...
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Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Assessing the Importance of Woodland Landscape Locations for Both Local Communities and Conservation in Gorongosa and Muanza Districts, Sofala Province, Mozambique
Management Oriented Monitoring System in Bazaruto National Park, Results from 2006
Alice Costa
2007
Inhambane
2006
Bazaruto National Park
Bazaruto National Park
The Management Oriented Monitoring System (MOMS) was adapted from the Namibian project: Event Book System a community-based natural resource monitoring system from Namibia (Stuart-Hill et al., 2005). MOMS it is a guide for simple record of the level of use of the natural resources by stakeholder in a given area for management purposes. The fact that this system is simple it can be use by local community and most importantly, they can select what they want to monitor and it is not a research orientated. The entire system is paper-based, which seems to be the appropriate technology for remote rural areas and avoid the sustainability problems of ever-charging computer technology (Stuart-Hill et al., 2005). MOMS system successful adapted...
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Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Management Oriented Monitoring System in Bazaruto National Park, Results from 2006
AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS ON WATER RESOURCES AND WATER QUALITY IN THE ZAMBEZI, LIMPOPO AND OLIFANTS CATCHMENTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Peter Ashton, David Love, Harriet Mahachi and Paul Dirks
2001
N/A
2001
MINING, MINERALS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, SOUTHERN AFRICA
MINING, MINERALS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, SOUTHERN AFRICA
The different types of typical chemical and physical impacts associated with diverse mining and mineral processing operations are described to provide an overview of the specific types of impacts that are normally associated with the mining or processing of specific minerals. In several cases, it was difficult to determine the specific impact exerted by a mining operation, because the impact(s) also depended on the degree of management control exerted during mining. Based on defined criteria, the impacts of mining and mineral processing operations were classified into high, medium and low impacts. These descriptors were then used to describe the scale and variety of impacts linked to mining activities in each of the sub-catchments...
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Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS ON WATER RESOURCES AND WATER QUALITY IN THE ZAMBEZI, LIMPOPO AND OLIFANTS CATCHMENTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
LONG-TERM PLAN FOR HYDROLOGICAL RESEARCH: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AT GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK
Richard Beilfuss, Franziska Steinbruch and Richard Owen
2007
Sofala
2007
PARQUE NACIONAL DA GORONGOSA, MOÇAMBIQUE
PARQUE NACIONAL DA GORONGOSA, MOÇAMBIQUE
The future of Gorongosa NP depends on the sustainable management of its water resources. Hydrological research and monitoring is thus an essential component of the adaptive management system for Gorongosa NP. This plan aims to generate the data, knowledge, and capacity necessary to address the most important challenges to effective water resource management in the Gorongosa system, including: ? Maintenance of Lake Urema and associated floodplain wetlands; ? Deforestation in the catchment; ? Large dams on the Pungwe and Zambezi Rivers; ? Water withdrawals and diversions ? Mercury contamination associated with gold mining; ? Fertilizer and pesticide runoff from agricultural development schemes; ? Climate change.
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Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
LONG-TERM PLAN FOR HYDROLOGICAL RESEARCH: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AT GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK
Geology and geomorphology of the Urema Graben with emphasis on the evolution of Lake Urema
Franziska Steinbruch
2010
Sofala
2008
doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.03.007
Journal of African Earth Sciences 58 (2010) 272–284
The Lake Urema floodplain belongs to the Urema Catchment and is located in the downstream area of the Pungwe River basin in Central Mozambique. The floodplain is situated in the Urema Graben, which is the southern part of the East African Rift System. Little geological information exists about this area. The circulated information is not readily available, and is often controversial and incomplete. In this paper the state of knowledge about the geology and tectonic evolution of the Lake Urema wetland area and the Urema Catchment is compiled, reviewed and updated. This review is intended to be a starting point for approaching practical questions such as: How deep is the Urema Graben? What controls the hydrology of Lake Urema? Where are...
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Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Geology and geomorphology of the Urema Graben with emphasis on the evolution of Lake Urema
Geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology of Lake Urema, central Mozambique, with focus on lake extent changes
Beate Bo¨hme , Franziska Steinbruch, Richard Gloaguen, Hermann Heilmeier, Broder Merkel
2006
Sofala
1997-2000
doi:10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.010
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
Lake Urema is one of the most important ecological features of Gorongosa National Park, located in central Mozambique, in the East African Rift System. Understanding hydrology and ecology of the lake and its tributaries is particularly important for the conservationof the Park’s floodplain habitats and its biodiversity. There are concerns that hydrological boundary conditions and ecology of Lake Urema have changed in recent years. Possible causes for this change include climatic and land use changes as well as tectonic and geomorphological processes. In this study, a multi-temporal and multi-disciplinary approach was applied to investigate the dynamics and control mechanisms of Lake Urema. Principal methods comprised remote sensing...
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Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology of Lake Urema, central Mozambique, with focus on lake extent changes
Sediment yield in Africa
Matthias Vanmaercke , Jean Poesen , Jente Broeckx , Jan Nyssen
2014
N/A
2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.06.004
Earth-Science Reviews 136 (2014) 350–368
Several studies have compiled and analysedmeasured contemporary catchment sediment yield (SY, [t km−2 y−1]) values for various regions of the world. Although this has significantly contributed to our understanding of SY, Africa remains severely underrepresented in these studies. The objective of this article is therefore: (1) to review and compile available SY data for Africa; (2) to explore the spatial variability of these SY data; and (3) to examine which environmental factors explain this spatial variability. A literature reviewresulted in a dataset of SYmeasurements for 682 African catchments from84 publications and reports, representing more than 8340 catchment-years of observations...
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Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
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Sediment yield in Africa
Distributing conservation incentives in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, Nepal
ARIAN SPITERI1 AND SANJAY K. NEPAL
2008
N/A
2007
doi:10.1017/S0376892908004451
Environmental Conservation 35 (1): 76–86
Since the late 1980s, biodiversity conservation efforts have expanded to incorporate delivering social and economic benefits to communities nearby or within protected areas. Benefits can generate incentives to encourage conservation support; however, such incentive-based programmes (IBPs) have been criticized owing to their inability to provide equal and equitable distribution of benefits. This research examines the distribution of IBPs in the buffer zone of Nepal’s Chitwan National Park (CNP). Questionnaire interview data indicate the livelihoods of buffer zone residents remain strained by conservation activities. While benefits under IBPs are recognized by the residents, villages distant from the main tourist entry points to the park...
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Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Community Use of Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Distributing conservation incentives in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Convivendo com o Fogo— Manutenção dos Ecossistemas & Subsistência com o Manejo Integrado do Fogo
Ronald L. Myers
2006
N/A
2006
nature.org/fire, http://tncfuego.org
The Nature Conservancy
A percepção do fogo como ferramenta útil surgiu com os primeiros humanos quando estes, há milhares de anos, passaram a se beneficiar dos efeitos do fogo para alterar a vegetação e a vida selvagem nas savanas africanas. É muito provável que a ameaça, representada pelo fogo, à segurança e à subsistência desses povos já lhes fosse óbvia, de modo que, à medida que a humanidade foi se espalhando pelo planeta, novos regimes de fogo foram criados, os quais moldavam e modificavam sucessivamente a paisagem. Há também os incêndios que destroem as casas, as lavouras, os animais e os outros recursos. Portanto, “as duas faces do fogo” — o fogo benéfico e o fogo maléfico — sempre existiram.
Portuguese
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Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Environmental Education
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Convivendo com o Fogo— Manutenção dos Ecossistemas & Subsistência com o Manejo Integrado do Fogo