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News Mozambique » Niassa » Social: Niassa was a conservation paradise. Then ISIS attacked.

News channel or source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/niassa-reserve-mozambique-terror-attack-islamic-state
Published on: Wednesday 04 June 2025

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 » Social: Honey hunters in Mozambique use honeyguide birds to locate 75% of their harvest, study finds

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2025-02-honey-hunters-mozambique-honeyguide-birds.html
Published on: Tuesday 11 February 2025

A team of ornithologists from the University of Cape Town, in South Africa, and wildlife managers with the Niassa Carnivore Project, in Mozambique, has found that honey hunters in northern parts of ...

News Mozambique » Niassa » Social: Mozambican reserve harbors largest documented breeding population of rare falcon

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/mozambican-reserve-harbors-largest-documented-breeding-population-of-rare-falcon/
Published on: Wednesday 17 September 2025

A new study estimates Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique hosts 68–76 breeding pairs of Taita falcons, likely the world’s biggest population of the rare raptor. Niassa’s granite inselbergs provide ...

News Mozambique » Niassa » Social: Mozambique reserve found to host rare Taita falcon’s largest refuge

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/mozambique-reserve-found-to-host-rare-taita-falcons-largest-refuge/
Published on: Thursday 02 October 2025

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 ...

News Mozambique » Niassa » Social: One of Africa's largest wildernesses is thriving—because locals have a stake in its success

News channel or source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/niassa-reserve-mozambique-conservation-success
Published on: Thursday 10 August 2023

Joana Liconde stands on a sandbar at the Chemambo sacred pools, her emerald dress drenched and raining water droplets at her feet. She faces the altar, a young baobab tree whose hallowed girth is ...

News Mozambique » Niassa » Social: A honey badger feeding on honeycomb in Niassa Special Reserve, Mozambique (IMAGE)

News channel or source: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/989955
Published on: Wednesday 28 June 2023

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News Mozambique » Niassa » Social: Establishment of Lake Niassa Reserve

News channel or source: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_offices/mozambique/wwf_mozambique__our_solutions/projects/?uProjectID=MZ0020
Published on: Tuesday 28 February 2006

The project seeks to establish a new protected area in and around Lake Niassa that will contribute to the conservation of the diversity, abundance, and ecological integrity of the lake’s physical and ...