List of protected areas of Mozambique

Protected areas in Mozambique are known as conservation areas, and are currently grouped into national parks, national reserves, forest reserves, wildlife utilisation areas (coutadas), community conservation areas, and private game farms (fazendas de bravio). There are also a number of areas that have been declared as protected areas under a variety of different legislation, which for reasons of simplicity are here grouped together as "other protected areas." Under the Conservation Law of 2014 (Law 16/2014 of June 20), protected areas will need to be reclassified into a much more flexible series of new categories which are closer to the international system used by the IUCN. International initiatives such as transfrontier parks are grouped at the end of the page.

National parks

Banhine National Park, Parque Nacional de Banhine - Gaza (7,250 km² (2,800 sq mi))
Bazaruto National Park, Parque Nacional do Arquipelago de Bazaruto - Inhambane (1,463 km² (565 sq mi))
Chimanimani National Park, Parque Nacional de Chimanimani - Manica (656 km² (253 sq mi))
Gorongosa National Park, Parque Nacional da Gorongosa - Sofala (5,370 km² (2,070 sq mi))
Limpopo National Park, Parque Nacional do Limpopo - Gaza (11,233 km² (4,337 sq mi))
Magoe National Park, Parque Nacional do Magoe - Tete (3,558 km² (1,374 sq mi))
Quirimbas National Park, Parque Nacional das Quirimbas - Cabo Delgado (9,130 km² (3,530 sq mi))
Zinave National Park, Parque Nacional do Zinave - Inhambane (4,000 km² (1,500 sq mi))

National reserves

Gilé National Reserve, Reserva Nacional do Gilé - Zambézia (4,436 km² (1,713 sq mi))
Maputo Special Reserve, Reserva Especial de Maputo - Maputo (1,040 km² (400 sq mi))
Marromeu Buffalo Reserve, Reserva de Búfalos de Marromeu - Sofala (1,500 km² (580 sq mi))
Niassa National Reserve, Reserva Nacional do Niassa - Niassa (42,200 km² (16,300 sq mi))
Pomene National Reserve, Reserva National de Pomene - Inhambane (50 km² (19 sq mi))

Other protected areas

Lake Niassa Partial Marine Reserve, Reserva Marinha Parcial de Lago Niassa - Niassa (486 km² (188 sq mi))
Malhazine Municipal Park, Parque Ecológico de Malhazine - Maputo City (5.6 km² (2.2 sq mi))
Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Reserva Marinha Parcial de Ponta do Ouro - Maputo (673 km² (260 sq mi))
Primeiras and Segundas Islands Environmental Protected Area, Área de Protecção Ambiental do Arquipélago das Ilhas Primeiras e Segundas- Zambezia, Nampula (10,409 km² (4,019 sq mi))
Sao Sebastiao Total Protection Area, Area de Proteccao Total de Sao Sebastiao - Inhambane (439 km² (169 sq mi))

Community conservation areas

Chipanje Chetu (6,065 km² (2,342 sq mi))
Mitcheu (113 km² (44 sq mi))
Tchuma Tchato (31,838 km² (12,293 sq mi))

Wildlife utilisation areas

Coutada 4 - Manica (4,300 km² (1,700 sq mi))
Coutada 5 - Sofala (6,868 km² (2,652 sq mi))
Coutada 6 - Sofala (4,563 km² (1,762 sq mi)) - extinguished in 2014
Coutada 7 - Manica (5,408 km² (2,088 sq mi))
Coutada 8 - Sofala (310 km² (120 sq mi)) - extinguished in 2014; became the Mitcheu Community Conservation Area
Coutada 9 - Manica (4,333 km² (1,673 sq mi))
Coutada 10 - Sofala (2,008 km² (775 sq mi))
Coutada 11 - Sofala (1,928 km² (744 sq mi))
Coutada 12 - Sofala (2,963 km² (1,144 sq mi))
Coutada 13 - Manica (5,683 km² (2,194 sq mi))
Coutada 14 - Sofala (1,353 km²)
Coutada 15 - Sofala (2,300 km² (890 sq mi))
Coutada 16 - now part of the Limpopo National Park
Luabo (558 km² (215 sq mi))
Lureco (2,226 km² (859 sq mi))
Marupa
Messalo (1,227 km² (474 sq mi)
Micaúne (240 km² (93 sq mi))
Mulela (964 km² (372 sq mi))
Nacúma (2,713 km² (1,047 sq mi))
Nicage (Cabo Delgado) (5,400 km² (2,100 sq mi))
Nipepe (1,382 km² (534 sq mi))
Nungo (3,288 km² (1,270 sq mi))

Forest reserves

Baixo Pinda (196 km² (76 sq mi))
Derre (1,700 km² (660 sq mi))
Inhamitanga (16 km² (6.2 sq mi))
Licuáti (37 km² (14 sq mi))
Maronga (83 km² (32 sq mi))
Matibane (512 km² (198 sq mi))
Mecuburi (2,300 km² (890 sq mi))
Moribane (53 km² (20 sq mi))
M'palue (51 km² (20 sq mi))
Mucheve (91 km² (35 sq mi))
Nhampacue (170 km² (66 sq mi))
Ribáuè (52 km² (20 sq mi))
Zomba (28 km² (11 sq mi))

Private game farms

As of 2014, there were 50 private game farms in Mozambique.

Ramsar sites

Lake Niassa Ramsar Complex
Marromeu Complex

Transfrontier conservation areas

Chimanimani Transfrontier Conservation Area - established in 1999 between the Mozambique and Zimbabwe governments

Extension: 2.056 km² (0.794 mi²; 508 acres)

Composition: Mozambique (Chimanimani National Reserve); Zimbabwe (Chimanimani National Park)

Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area - established at December 10, 2004 among the Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa governments

Extension: 84.868 km² (32.768 sq mi)

Composition: Mozambique (Limpopo, Banhine and Zinave National Parks); Zimbabwe (Gonarezhou National Park, Manjinji Pan Sanctuary, Malipati Safari Area, Sengwe Community Area); South Africa (Kruger National Park, Makulele Region)

Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area - established in June, 2000 among the Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa governments

Extension: 4.17 km² (1.61 sq mi)

Composition: Maputo Elephant Reserve (Mozambique), Tembe Elephant Park (South Africa) and Lubombo Conservancy (Eswatini)

References

Parks and Reserves – National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC)