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| Niassa Carnivore Project - Annual Report | |
| 2012 Full Book | |
Niassa National Reserve (NNR) is both one of the largest protected areas and one of the most undeveloped places in Africa. The protected area supports a third of the national lion population (1,000-1,200 of 2,700), more than 350 African wild dogs and the largest concentrations of wildlife left in Mozambique. Lions are currently spread across 67 lion areas with ten lion strongholds and one of these is Niassa Reserve. However, the challenges are immense as Niassa Reserve also supports a growing population of more than 35,000 people resident in 42 villages inside the protected area. 2012 was our tenth year in Niassa Reserve. It was a difficult year in many respects due to a change in the Management of the Reserve and on-going elephant and bush meat poaching both of which resulted in a stressful work environment and uncertainty for everyone. However, we celebrated our tenth year in Niassa Reserve by initiating construction of the Mariri Environmental and Skills Training Centre. We grew substantially this year more than doubling our permanent staff from 9 to 20 with the addition of nine antipoaching scouts, and at the same time almost doubled our funding needs. The most encouraging news of 2012 was that both the lion and spotted hyaena populations have increased in Niassa Reserve since 2008. This was the third callup survey completed in NNR (2005, 2008, 2012) using exactly the same technique. |
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