USAID has helped to restore and protect Gorongosa National Park since 2008. With Agency support, wildlife populations are rebounding. Community members have better access to education and livelihoods, and six women recently made history by becoming the park’s first female rangers.

Read more about this cross-sectoral work:

• Gorongosa Project Conservation Enterprises Webinar. In this webinar, the Gorongosa Project team described lessons learned from its conservation enterprise approach to sustainable development, which includes coffee, cashew, honey, and ecotourism-based enterprises.
• Biodiversity Integration in Practice: A Case Study of USAID in Mozambique. This case study illustrates the approach and process USAID Mozambique has used to integrate its biodiversity, education, food security and nutrition, and health sectors through the Integrated Gorongosa and Buffer Zone project.
• Conservation and Law Enforcement in Gorongosa and Niassa: A Study of the Criminal Justice Process for Wildlife Crime, from Apprehension to Incarceration. This study aims to answer a key learning question about wildlife trafficking in Mozambique: Under what conditions does increased detection of environmental crimes lead to prosecution and punishment?

Learn more about Gorongosa National Park.