The Gorongosa National Park, in Mozambique, located between two of the main areas which were inhabited by the first humans,will host one of the most important paleontological research on primates that may help in the understanding of human evolution
The study will take place from next year and will be in charge of the Portuguese researcher,Susana Carvalho of Oxford University who soon,will occupy the director folder of associated Paleoanthropology and Primate of Gorongosa National Park.Susana Carvalho,an expert in the study of the behavior of primates in the use of tools, will direct a team of international multidisciplinary Scientists trained in geology, paleontology, paleobotany,archeology, primatology and bio-conservation will represent institutions from seven countries: Mozambique,UK, Portugal,Germany,United States, South Africa and Chile.Speaking to Lusa, the proffessor of associated Paleoanthropology of Oxford University said,"the idea is to understand the evolution of the whole Gorongosa ecosystem, with all the animals that are in the Gorongosa, and realize how much time humans may have been there and under what conditions".Susana Carvalho highlighted the fact that the Gorongosa is strategically located in what is called the end of the Great African Rift Valley,place the scientific community describes as"large reservoir of knowledge"because its archaeological and paleontological potential and new sites likely to be of great importance to the science of the origins of humans.According to the researcher,"a lot of data"that scientists have about the history of human evolution for the last six million years is provided by the East African region and the African Rift valley,whose geological situation"is particularly favorable to fossisl".The findings that the team hopes to make will help researchers"to complete some of the puzzle of human evolution"said the expert of studies in primate behavior in the use of tools developed in Guinea Conakry, aimed at understanding the origins and the evolution of technology in the world.
Xtract Resources (LON:XTR),a British company,has bought a new project in Mozambique scheduledto become the country’s first commercial gold mine.
The Manica gold licence will cost Xtract
US$12.5mln and includes the Fair Bride
open pit project,where a bankable
feasible study (BFS) is due in six months and production a year later.
Infanticide in Nampula:Teenager kills own child.
A 16-year-old, whose name has not been revealed,is in the hands of the
police in the city of Nampula for having
asphyxiated and killed her own son. The alleged infanticide,who became a
mother early, in her aggravated crime extracted the genitals of the baby,allegedly because it was ''crying very much'
police in the city of Nampula for having
asphyxiated and killed her own son. The alleged infanticide,who became a
mother early, in her aggravated crime extracted the genitals of the baby,allegedly because it was ''crying very much'
SOFALA BANK: shrimp production with encouraging indices
Shrimp production is satisfactory to record levels in the Sofala bank, where the fishing operations were resumed after about three years of rigorous management measures, which included the reduction of the fleet of vessels involved in semi-industrial fishing. The provincial director of Fisheries in Sofala, John Saize, believes that the results are encouraging and there is a commitment of operators, which is directly reflected in the growth of production. According to projections of supply, the shrimp catch in the Sofala bank will reach an annual average of between two thousand and 2.5 thousand tons, which will be reflected as gains for the economy, since shrimp is a traditional export product. Preferably the Sofala shrimp is placed in European and Asian markets, especially Spain and China, respectively, and last year the capture of the species reached 1681 tons in semi industrial fishing and 1447 in artisinal fishing.
These results are prone to grow, according to our source, a result of efforts of all actors involved, in particular the Government and operators of industrial fishing, semi-industrial and artisanal. "As we know, the fish in general and shrimp, in particular, generate foreign currency and jobs for the population in the context of poverty reduction, contributing to the socio-economic and cultural development of Sofala province and the country in general",Saize said. Unfortunately, as mentioned, there are rogue fishermen who star in illegal fishing, use nets and gear prohibited by law, such as mosquito nets, threatening the development of the various species of fish. For this purpose,he called on all stakeholders to exercise greater vigilance to neutralize those entering this certain practice, which he regarded as "harmful and selfish." With a line length of 330 kilometers of coastline stretching from the mouth of the Save River, passing through the city of Beira, to the mouth of the Zambezi River, the province of Sofala has a maritime wealth, enjoying therefore a fishing potential, as shown by the abundance of shrimp.
These results are prone to grow, according to our source, a result of efforts of all actors involved, in particular the Government and operators of industrial fishing, semi-industrial and artisanal. "As we know, the fish in general and shrimp, in particular, generate foreign currency and jobs for the population in the context of poverty reduction, contributing to the socio-economic and cultural development of Sofala province and the country in general",Saize said. Unfortunately, as mentioned, there are rogue fishermen who star in illegal fishing, use nets and gear prohibited by law, such as mosquito nets, threatening the development of the various species of fish. For this purpose,he called on all stakeholders to exercise greater vigilance to neutralize those entering this certain practice, which he regarded as "harmful and selfish." With a line length of 330 kilometers of coastline stretching from the mouth of the Save River, passing through the city of Beira, to the mouth of the Zambezi River, the province of Sofala has a maritime wealth, enjoying therefore a fishing potential, as shown by the abundance of shrimp.
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