Evaluation summary - Conservation of Biodiversity and Community Development in the Chimanimani Conservation Area (BioPaisagem)

The BioPaisagem project (2020–2025) operates in the Chimanimani Conservation Area, a transboundary mountain ecosystem between Mozambique and Zimbabwe, recognised for high endemism and strong cultural value. The landscape faces growing pressures from shifting cultivation, uncontrolled fires, artisanal gold mining, poaching, human–wildlife conflict and post-cyclone recovery needs. Conceived within Mozambique’s national strategy to strengthen natural and cultural heritage conservation while improving local livelihoods, the project combines biodiversity conservation with community development. It promotes improved protected-area management, recognition of community land rights, biodiversity-based value chains and sustainable conservation financing, positioning Chimanimani as a pilot socio-ecological laboratory within a broader landscape supported by international partners.