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NEW AND IN-PROGRESS COLLABORATIONS AND

RESEARCH INITIATIVES

ANAC – Consistent collaboration with ANAC on both the conservation, research and security activities within
Karingani. This is a long-term collaboration in line with National regulations and Karingani’s contribution to landscape
recovery both locally and regionally in Mozambique.

Bird Life South Africa – This report period saw the engagement of Karingani and SA Birdlife towards the establishment
of an MoU that would recognise the valuable and responsible conservation methods of Karingani, whereby Karingani
aims to be officially recognised as a vulture safe zone. Once established this will be an ongoing collaboration with
annual assessments and compliance.

Endangered Wildlife Trust – Bird of Prey Conservation Programme: Vultures and Martial Eagles monitoring,
breeding performance and data sharing in Karingani, Mozambique. Wild Dog Range Expansion Project - increasing
safe spaces for the critically endangered African wild dog. Carnivore conservation Programme: Population re-
enforcement of cheetah into Karingani is still in progress with these two collaborators.

Gorongosa National Park – Population re-establishment of wild dog from Karingani and Gorongosa National Park
into Malawi. Future collaborations in development with Gorongosa include the translocation of hyena, leopard and
potentially giraffe.

Giraffe Conservation Fund – This collaboration has gained momentum in conjunction with MWA and ANAC to
design and sign an MoU for the large-scale land-banking of genetically suitable giraffe within Karingani for the re-
population of giraffe into other Mozambican conservation areas. The expectation is to translocate 200 giraffe into
Karingani’s care in the upcoming report period.

Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Foundation (GKEPF) – As founding members of this important
collaboration of the trans-border security effort between National and private reserves, Karingani continues to
support and collaborate extensively with GKEPF in data sharing, operational planning and intelligence.

KEW/South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)/Mozambique National Herbarium – Collaborative
sharing and collection of herbarium specimens as part of quantifying the floral diversity of Southern Mozambique.

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