Parque Nacional da Gorongosa Moçambique

Examples of studies underway or planned by Park scientists, consultants, and visiting researchers in 2007-2008 include:

1. Vegetation mapping and studies of habitat suitability and carrying capacity for wildlife recovery and reintroductions
2. Use of permanent monitoring plots and photo points to assess changes in vegetation related to wildlife grazing and fire, elephant densities, and hydrology
3. Ecology and status of wild and reintroduced buffalos, zebras, and wildebeest
4. Survey of household use of natural resources in the Park and surrounding Sustainable Development Zone (Buffer Zone), including current use levels, locations, and socio-economic importance
5. Mount Gorongosa ecological assessment and strategies for sustainable land-use and community-based reforestation
6. Sustainable management of water resources in the Gorongosa catchment and Urema floodplain
7. Impact of disease on historic and present wildlife populations
8. Recovery and reintroduction of carnivores and shifts in prey species over time
9. Monitoring the reintroduction of rare antelope populations—tsessebes and roans
10. Changes in human-wildlife conflicts associated with wildlife population recoveries