Mozambique has expanded Gorongosa National Park by about 10 percent to 4,067 square kilometres and created a "buffer zone" of 3,300 square kilometres around the park in which the local population is only allowed to limited farming, hunting and mining.
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The park is located in central Mozambique and once had one of Africa's densest wildlife populations. Around 95% of the wildlife in the park got killed during the 15-year civil war in Mozambique, which ended back in 1992. Over the last couple of years wildlife groups have begun reintroducing animals into the park, so that the government hopes that Gorongosa National Park will now become one of the major tourist attraction of Mozambique.
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