This Strategy and Action Plan for the Conservation and Management of Elephants in Mozambique has taken nearly one year to complete. It follows on a funding proposal submitted by the National Directorate of Conservation Areas to the US Fish and Wildlife Service for a revision and updating of the current (1999-2009) elephant management plan. The two government institutions most closely involved are the Ministry of Tourism (MTUR), through the National Directorate of Conservation Areas (DNAC) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), through the National Directorate of Land and Forestry (DNTF). The project has collaborated with the technical expertise of the IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) and the Department of Biological Sciences at the University Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo (UEM). This Strategy and Action Plan seeks to maintain and, where possible, increase the numbers and range of elephant populations, their habitats and associated biodiversity, ensuring full economic benefit to national and local development, including the communities with whom they share the land. This will be achieved by conserving elephants and their range through the provision of effective protection; managing elephant populations in collaboration with local stakeholders; reducing HEC through mitigation, spatial planning and increased community benefits; ensuring an efficient and effective institutional and organisational framework for elephant management; enhancing elephant conservation through policy and legislative change and unified management; and better communication at all levels and sectors of society.
Мозамбик · 2010-03-01