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game capture milestone for the sanctuary
In September 2022, the Sanctuary achieved a significant milestone, with its first game capture and relocation operation since large herbivores were…
Marine Megafauna Foundation research
overview The Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) collaborates with The Sanctuary to gather scientific data on threatened marine species and use it to…
Coastal clean-up 2018
International Coastal Clean-Up Day took place on 15 September 2018, and a contingent of Sanctuary staff and children from local communities…
Humpback dolphin – a call on citizen science
We have all seen dolphins while crossing to The Sanctuary and in Sanctuary waters. What we may not have realised is that many were humpback dolphins…
Anti-poaching
During the game rangers’ foot patrol last week, south of Lake None, they reported that they’ve heard a shot. The reaction unit together with the…
New 2017 comprehensive bird checklist
The latest bird census compiled in 2017 indicates a total of 300 species of birds recorded on The Sanctuary of which nineteen of the species are Red…
Marine Turtle Report 2016/17
The Sanctuary successfully concluded its 8th year of marine turtle monitoring and protection. The most exciting aspect was that we recorded on The…
Mazarette seagrass bed
Excited comments and feedback by visiting scientists on their findings and on the importance of seagrass beds inside the new MPA. The Mazarette…
turtle breeding season
Our 7th consecutive season of marine turtle monitoring and protection started on 15 October. Six turtle monitors were employed from the community…
red billed oxpeckers
Christine Read has just advised of the sighting of a breeding pair of Red Billed Oxpeckers just south of site 9. Not only is this a new bird species…
dolphins
The Conservation Committee has suggested that when owners take photos of dolphins’ dorsal fins, to please send the photographs to us for the…
the whales are back
This is such an exciting time of year as impressive pods of the massive Humpback whale have returned to our waters to mate and breed. Having spent…
Clean our Beaches
Marine litter, and in particular plastic pollution, poses a vast and growing threat to the marine and coastal environment and wildlife, including…
olive bee eaters
Our olive bee-eaters are due to come back in September. These little birds are uncommon in Mozambique so we are particularly privileged to have one…
turtle nesting season
The annual turtle nesting season of mid-October to January approaches and we are optimistic that The Sanctuary will once again prove hospitable to…
In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.