Gorongosa Timeline

This interactive timeline explores the history of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.

Gorongosa National Park began as a hunting reserve and eventually became one of Africa’s richest wildlife refuges. The park has experienced pressures from a civil war, illegal poaching, and logging, and has provided many iconic case studies in conservation biology. The timeline includes key events in the area’s rich history, starting with the earliest human settlements in Mozambique and continuing with important milestones in the establishment and management of Gorongosa National Park. It tracks conservation efforts, wildlife counts, and human population growth through photos, maps, graphs, and other multimedia.

The accompanying worksheets guide students’ exploration from a social science or environmental science perspective.

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