Maputo, 7 Apr (AIM) – The Peace Parks Foundation (PPF), a South African conservation organization, will invest over 300 million meticais (4.6 million US dollars at the current exchange rate) to promote wildlife conservation in the Banhine National Park, Chigubo district, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza.
This amount, which will be invested over the next three years, will also be used for cattle and goat breeding activities aimed at generating income, healthy grazing and the distribution of seeds to the local communities.
According to Abel Nhabanga, Administrator of Banhine National Park, interviewed by Radio Mozambique”, the project also includes improving accommodation capacity, with a view to promoting tourism.
“The project will allow the local communities to feel closer to the park, thus contributing to the preservation of biodiversity”, he said.
Banhine National Park has been called the “mini-Okavango” due to its wetland systems that flood seasonally, attracting a wide variety of migratory birds that arrive here in vast numbers.
(AIM)
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