South Africa / Mozambique: Africa's first transfrontier marine conservation area

Africa's first - and therefore largest - transfrontier marine conservation area has been established. It is connecting South Africa's World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in Maputaland (Northern KwaZulu Natal) with Mozambique's first marine conservancy, the Ponto de Ouro Marine Protected Area.
This creates a protected marine area covering 300km (220km on the South African side & 80km in Moz) of coastline and beaches. The conservation area stretches from St Lucia in the south to Mozambique's Maputo Special Reserve. The Mozambique protected area of 678 square kilometres includes Inhaca and Portuguese islands, the Maputo Special Reserve, and stretches three nautical miles out to sea. [src.]

View Africa's first transfrontier marine conservation area in a larger map

South Africa country guide >>
Mozambique country guide >>
World Heritage Sites in Southern Africa >>