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Mozambique declares first marine protected area
Mozambique has declared its first Marine Protected Area (MPA) that now links with the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in South Africa's KwaZulu Natal to create Africa's first transfrontier marine conservation area.
This now extends along 300 kilometres of unbroken coastline and pristine beaches from Maputo Bay in Mozambique to Cape St Lucia, the southern boundary of the iSimangaliso Park in South Africa.
The Mozambique MPA includes Inhaca and Portuguese islands, and the Maputo Special Reserve, stretching three nautical miles into the sea.
Fernando Sumbana, Mozambique's Tourism Minister, said the park was a vital step in protecting marine turtles that nest in high densities along the pristine beaches of the Maputo Special Reserve, as well as other rare or endangered species, marine mammals and ecosystems.
Activities such as industrial fishing, fishing on coral reefs or with explosives, and driving of motorised vehicles on theb each are now prohibited. The long-term vision is to create Africa's first trans-boundary marine World Heritage Site and Mozambique is applying for a listing with Unesco.
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park was listed as South Africa's first World Heritage Site in December 1999.
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