Mozambique
Protected and conserved areas in Mozambique70 Mozambique has 44 protected areas covering 170,662 km2 of the land and 12,821 km2 of the ocean (UNEP-WCMC & IUCN, 2019n). The terrestrial coverage of protected areas in the country has been increasing over the last 10 years.
Protected and conserved areas designated as global sites of importance |
|
Global designation |
Number of sites |
UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserves |
0 |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Natural or Mixed) |
0 |
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites) |
2 |
Source ((Ramsar, 2019; UNESCO, 2019a, 2019b)
Priority areas for conservation |
|
Designation |
Number of sites |
Alliance for Zero Extinction sites |
4 |
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas |
16 |
Key Biodiversity Areas |
11 |
(AZE Secretariat, 2019; BirdLife International, 2019c, 2019a)