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Niassa was established as a hunting reserve in 1954 when Mozambique was still under Portuguese colonial control. It was transformed into a protected area in 1999, after years of civil war. More remote ...
News Mozambique » Niassa » Life: Top African wildlife preserve celebrates full year with no elephant poaching
JOHANNESBURG -- One of Africa's largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than ...
News Mozambique » Niassa » Life: After terror attacks, Mozambique nature reserve faces ‘new reality’
On April 29, ISIS-affiliated insurgent fighters attacked a conservation outpost inside Niassa Special Reserve in northern Mozambique. The attack claimed the lives of two rangers working with the ...
News Mozambique » Niassa » Life: A Houston Zoo conservation partner was the target of a terrorist attack in Mozambique
A longtime conservation partner of the Houston Zoo was the target of a terrorist attack last month, the zoo announced. Niassa Carnivore Project, an organization aimed at protecting lions and other ...
News Mozambique » Niassa » Life: Mozambique reserve found to host rare Taita falcon’s largest refuge
The world’s largest-known population of Taita falcons has been recorded in Mozambique’s Niassa Special Reserve, where researchers estimate up to 76 breeding pairs live among its isolated island of ...