Updated at 07/03/2024

Context

The Project for the Conservation of Biodiversity and Community Development in the Chimanimani conservation area

Abbreviated as the “Chimanimani Project” is financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) joint with French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and Fauna and Flora International (FFI), that in September 2019 set up an initiative to support the Mozambican Government in implementing a conservation project in the Chimanimani National Park (CNP) and its buffer zone, in recognition of the national, regional and global biodiversity value of this Conservation Area.

Goals

The main goal of the project is to promote more sustainable environmental management in the Chimanimani National Park and its buffer zone through the following actions:

Chimanimani National Park (CNP): support the conservation and promotion of the natural and cultural heritage.

Buffer zone of the CNP: promote the sustainable management of the natural resources to the benefit of the local communities, to achieve a balance between improving social and economic conditions of local communities, as well as promote natural resources and biodiversity conservation.

Project path

2021 – 2024

4 years

3,000 .000 €

Financed by AFD

1,200 .000 €

Financed by FFEM

600 ,000 €

Financed by FFI

4,800.000 €

Total financing

The financial management of the FFEM and AFD funds will be undertaken by BIOFUND.

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Components of the Project

Project for the Conservation of Biodiversity and Community Development in the Chimanimani National Park and its Buffer Zone (CBDC) has four (4) main components:

Component 1:

Knowledge, protection and promotion of natural and cultural heritage

Objective: Improve the knowledge of and protect natural and cultural heritage of the PNC and its Buffer Zone.

Activities: Assessments of biodiversity, knowledge and promotion of cultural heritage of CNP, protection and monitoring of elephants, and development of an information management mechanism by ANAC.

Implementation: Chimanimani National Park in coordination with FFI and ANAC.

Component 2:

Spatial planning and local development

Objective: Strengthen the land rights of local communities, as a pre-requisite for an improved management of land and natural resources.

Activities: Demarcation of community lands and development of Sustainable Land Management Plans (PGSTs); revitalization of  Community Conservation Areas.

Implementation: Micaia Foundation.

Component 3:

Strengthening and development of value chains

Objective: Increase honey quantity in commercial markets and income of local communities.

Activities: Strengthen the honey producing sector in the Chimanimani region;
Establish management plans for developing value chains of biodiversity products.

Implementation: Micaia Foundation.

Component 4:

Mechanism of Innovative Financing for the Conservation of Biodiversity

Objective: Support implementation of pilot schemes and initiatives to mobilise private sector financing for biodiversity conservation.

Activities: Assessment for the establishment of a Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) scheme based on water value; development of an ecological restoration pilot scheme to test the legal and institutional framework for biodiversity offsets implementation in Mozambique.

Implementation: BIOFUND.

News

Café de Manica and BIOFUND protect the biodiversity of Chimanimani National Park

Café de Manica and BIOFUND protect the biodiversity of Chimanimani National Park

By Biofund Editors 02/02/2023
Café de Manica is collaborating to protect Mozambique's biodiversity. In January 2023, the company sent 2% of its annual revenue from the sale of coffee in 2022 to the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), with a view to strengthening its support for the conservation of biodiversity in the Chimanimani National Park.
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BIOFUND and Café de Manica sign partnership protocol to support the conservation of the Chimanimani National Park

BIOFUND and Café de Manica sign partnership protocol to support the conservation of the Chimanimani National Park

By Biofund Editors 24/02/2022
The Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), through the Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development Project (CBDC) and the company Café de Manica, recently signed a partnership protocol to create a mechanism to channel funds for the development of the Chimanimani National Park.
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BIOFUND and partners visit the Chimanimani National Park under the Conservation of Biodiversity and Community Development (CBDC) project

BIOFUND and partners visit the Chimanimani National Park under the Conservation of Biodiversity and Community Development (CBDC) project

By bioadmin 14/12/2021
Between 20 and 25 November 2021, representatives of the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), the World Bank, FNDS/MozBio 2, Fauna and Flora International (FFI), the French Development Agency (AFD), the MICAIA Foundation, PIU Chimanimani, the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) and the Chimanimani National Park (PNC), held their second joint supervisory mission of the CBDC Project in the Chimanimani National Park and its buffer zone
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Committee set up to accompany the Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development Project in Chimanimani

Committee set up to accompany the Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development Project in Chimanimani

By bioadmin 17/02/2021
The Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), the French Development Agency (AFD), Fauna and Flora International (FFI), the MICAIA Foundation, the Chimanimani National Park (PNC) and the National Sustainable Development Fund (FNDS), through the MozBio II Project, on 11 February 2021, held the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Chimanimani Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development Project, abbreviated as the Chimanimani Project.
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Launch of the Project to Improve the Balance between the Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in the Chimanimani National Reserve

Launch of the Project to Improve the Balance between the Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in the Chimanimani National Reserve

By bioadmin 30/07/2020
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Fund for the Global Environment (FFEM), in partnership with the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity – BIOFUND, are launching a new project to improve the balance between the conservation of biodiversity and ruraldevelopment in the Chimanimani National Reserve.
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Survey in Chimanimani reveals more than 1,000 animal and plant species

Survey in Chimanimani reveals more than 1,000 animal and plant species

By bioadmin 16/09/2019
More than 1,000 animal and plant species have been discovered by researchers in a section of the Chimanimani Conservation Area, including a number of species new to Mozambique and several species potentially new to science.
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BIOFUND visit to Chimanimani National Reserve

BIOFUND visit to Chimanimani National Reserve

By bioadmin 20/04/2018
A team from BIOFUND was in April 2018 at Chimanimani National Reserve, in Manica province, in a group visit with representatives of various partnerships on conservation (FNDS, ANAC, DNDR, World Bank, FFI, Carr Foundation and PPF). The main objective of this visit was to help defining and prioritizing main actions for Mozbio 2 activities. There was good understanding and engagement of the various working groups from all institutions.
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Steering Committee

To accompany project activities, the Steering Committee (CD) was set up as an independent body, responsible for central coordination, follow-up, assessment and taking strategic project decisions, as well as ensuring quality control of project activities, results and impacts.
The Steering Committee meets once a year.

List of Steering Committee Members

  • Jorge Fernando

Interim General Director of ANAC

  • Madyo Couto

Member of the Steering Committee – MozBio

  • Guillaume Tixier

Observer – AFD/FFEM

  • Sean Nazerali

Member of the Steering Committee/Secretariat – BIOFUND

  • Milagre Nuvunga

Member of the Management Committee – MICAIA

  • Lionel da Silva Macicame

Member of the Steering Committee – PNC

  • Cláudia Suca

Member of the Steering Committee – FFI

  • –

Member of the Management Committee – MTA

Other relevant information

In addition to this project, CNP also benefits from other projects, with funds channeled through BIOFUND, such as the Mozbio2 Project (financed by the IDA/World Bank until 2024), that aims to ensure the conservation of biodiversity and promote income generation programs for families living in the surroundings of the Park.

The PNC also benefits from an emergency fund with BIOFUND’s own funds to support the reconstruction of access roads with local resources, which were damaged by Cyclone Idai (2019-2023).
To know more about CNP see this link: link

Donors

Implementing agencies