In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, nature has roared back to life thanks to a commitment to human development - with a focus on girls - alongside the protection of animals.
With its emerald green floodplains, hippos wallowing in glassy water, eagles swooping over elephant herds, lions slouched on tree trunks and impala grazing to the shimmering horizon, Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park is an earthly paradise where you feel you’ve been gifted a glimpse of the planet as it existed before humanity.
But during 16 years of civil war in Mozambique, humans left their mark on the park with disastrous consequences. By the end of the war in 1992, Gorongosa was void of life - nearly all of the animals had been destroyed by soldiers and poachers. Only small, fearful groups remained, their home a menace of traps and snares.
An ambitious rewilding project that began nearly two decades has changed all that. Across Gorongosa, nature has rebounded with lush exuberance. Perhaps surprisingly, this has been achieved not only with measures to protect animals, but also through a commitment to improving the lives of the 200,000 people living in the buffer zone around the park.
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5 сен 2024
