Southwest Indian Ocean Stories

  • In response to Covid-19, a new partnership will boost the devastated nature-based tourism industry in Africa

    January 19, 2021

    With $1.9 million in funding from the Global Environment Facility, an African Nature-Based Tourism Collaborative Platform is being developed to connect funders to communities and small and medium enterprises involved in nature-based tourism in eastern and southern Africa—and who are most affected by the loss of revenue due to Covid-19.

    Rolling green hills with homes on them and large cloud-covered mountains in the background
  • Improving food security and livelihoods in coastal Mozambique

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    In our first issue of World Wildlife magazine, we landed on the shores of the Primeiras e Segundas archipelago, Mozambique’s first Area of Environmental Protection. Here's what's happening now.
    Man holding fish in hands
  • Protecting the habitats of lesser flamingos in East Africa

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2019
    These birds benefit when their preferred lake habitats are protected. In the Lake Naivasha Basin, WWF is using an integrated approach to tackle water challenges and further conserve the lake.
    Flamingos
  • Can protecting fish and improving farms ease the food crisis in Mozambique?

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2014
    Will simultaneously developing no-take fishing zones and working with farmers to establish conservation agriculture techniques result in more food for local consumption?
  • Discovering Lake Niassa

    June 09, 2014

    A WWF team, in collaboration with scientists from the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, is using underwater cameras as part of a pilot study to establish a baseline of the fish diversity of the Lake Niassa Partial Reserve.

    lake niassa sunset
  • Wildlife Management Areas Spread the Wealth in Tanzania

    October 22, 2013

    With the help of the WWF team and other NGOs, such as African Wildlife Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Frankfurt Zoological Society, the number of WMAs and the amount of land they protect is growing dramatically.

    serengeti animals
  • Primeiras e Segundas

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2013
    Along Mozambique's coast, a new sanctuary offers opportunities for people, the economy and wildlife
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  • In Tanzania, an Orphan Gets an Education Thanks to Wildlife

    October 01, 2013

    Mbaranga’ndu is one of Tanzania’s WMAs created under an official land-use designation that allows local residents to benefit from governing an area’s natural resources sustainably.

    Juma profile
  • New Hope for Marine Life

    November 06, 2012

    On November 6, 2012, the Government of Mozambique announced the creation of the second largest marine protected area in Africa. Made up of ten islands off the coast of northern Mozambique, this coastal marine reserve in the Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago will cover more than 4020 square miles and contains abundant coral and turtle species.

    Local fishermen
  • Giving Sea Turtles a Fighting Chance

    In Mozambique, ocean community guards rescue green turtles and build awareness for conservation.

    Green turtle Mozambique