Gorongosa Park, a protected paradise for animals

In the middle of Mozambique, the park Gorongosa is a garden of Eden. It is home to rare biodiversity and hundreds of species over 4,000 square km. This unique ecosystem has become a privileged place of study which today attracts scientists from all over the world. One ofare best means to study wildlife is to do it from the air. That day, a team of wildlife conservation specialists traveled to the south of the park to survey herds of elephants. They monitor that the elephant population continues to grow and study their movements and habits in order to better protect them.

During the Civil War, the park lost 95% of wildlife. Since the end of the conflict in 1992, life has returned to the park and it has become an open-air laboratory for studying animals. A park curator lists all the insects and reptiles present in the park. “You can’t protect what you don’t know, that’s why we systematically classify in order to know all the species in the park“, explains Norina Vicente, entomologist. Some species are particularly threatened, such as the pangolin.