Men and animals in conflict in Gorongosa

Conflicts between humans and animals and disagreements with management of the Gorongosa National Park impede the surrounding population to carry out agricultural activities and hunting for consumption.

The situation disrupts some of the ongoing projects in this important reserve, which is receiving many investments to restore the region's biodiversity.

The population demands the there should be no prohibition for cutting trees for construction of houses,opening fields and hunting game animals for consumption.

"We want the previous demarcations.

My father, before he died, told me that he would ascend to the throne(as chief) of the region, and showed me the real limits of this area,only surprisingly these boundaries are no longer being observed",complained one chief from Mwanza.

Management of Gorongosa Park is carrying out several programs to recover some areas that once belonged to the reservation and they were occupied by the population during the armed conflict that lasted 16 years.