Macossa-Tambara Ecosystem
In the Zambezi River basin of central Mozambique -a 8,500km epicenter of biodiversity.
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Women as a force for nature
Our Journey
In the Zambezi River basin of central Mozambique -and almost forgotten epicenter of biodiversity - lies the Macossa-Tambara Ecosystem- a vast Miombo forest home to lions, leopards, elephants, pangolins, and 40,000 people who have safeguarded life here over aeons.
We are Associação NATURA Moçambique and a family of organizations, communities, investors, and governmental partners who have committed to the long term restoration and protection of this precious ecosystem.
By restoring and protecting this wild landscape, supporting and nurturing the wellbeing of next-generations, developing nature-based economies that center women and demand climate justice and build climate resilience, and training and empowering future environmental leaders, we aim to set a living example of what is possible when Mozambicans have the space to lead and innovate in safeguarding their nation's biodiversity and turning the tide on climate disruption.
Explore Macossa-Tambara
A tropical/subtropical savanna & montane epicenter of biodiversity in Manica Province, Mocambique.
Home to African lions, leopard & hyaena, savannah elephants, ground pangolin, the endemic Crawshayii species of zebra, sable, buffalo, and more.
An abundance of rivers flowing in to both the Zambezi River and Pungwe River find their headwaters here, including one of the main rivers and lifeblood of Gorongosa National Park lying to our southeast, and rich Zhangue floodplains to our east.
