Mozambique
In the villages of Mozambique, we weren't treated as outsiders. Families opened their doors, shared their meals, and made space for us. Without seeing local communities as partners, no effort to protect wildlife can truly succeed.
Pemba
Across Mozambique, I met people who wanted the things most people want: clean water, electricity, food they could grow, and the freedom to live without foreign interference in their lives. Many do not have two out of three of these things. And as communities expand into the land set aside for wildlife, they run up against the wildlife that lives there. The conflict pits two species against each other, causing deaths on both sides.