Ibo Island, Mozambique

Morning scene on Ibo Island, one of 27 small islands in Quirimbas Archipelago. Establishment of 7500 km2 Quirimbas National Park helps protect one of the richest areas of coral reef in the world as well as many other important features, including mangroves, coastal forest and woodland, turtles, dugongs and elephants. This is an important step towards the creation of an ecologically-representative network of MPAs in Mozambique, at the heart of the Eastern African Marine Global 200 Ecoregion. Mozambique