# List of protected areas of Mozambique

Protected areas in Mozambique are known as conservation areas, and are currently grouped into national parks, national reserves, forest reserves, wildlife utilisation areas (coutadas), community conservation areas, and private game farms (fazendas de bravio). There are also a number of areas that have been declared as protected areas under a variety of different legislation, which for reasons of simplicity are here grouped together as "other protected areas." Under the Conservation Law of 2014 (Law 16/2014 of June 20), protected areas will need to be reclassified into a much more flexible series of new categories which are closer to the international system used by the IUCN. International initiatives such as transfrontier parks are grouped at the end of the page.

## National parks

* Banhine National Park, Parque Nacional de Banhine - Gaza (7,250 km$^2$)
* Bazaruto National Park, Parque Nacional do Arquipelago de Bazaruto - Inhambane (1,463 km$^2$)
* Chimanimani National Park, Parque Nacional de Chimanimani - Manica (656 km$^2$)
* Gorongosa National Park, Parque Nacional da Gorongosa - Sofala (5,370 km$^2$)
* Limpopo National Park, Parque Nacional do Limpopo - Gaza (11,233 km$^2$)
* Magoe National Park, Parque Nacional do Magoe - Tete (3,558 km$^2$)
* Quirimbas National Park, Parque Nacional das Quirimbas - Cabo Delgado (9,130 km$^2$)
* Zinave National Park, Parque Nacional do Zinave - Inhambane (4,000 km$^2$)

## National reserves

* Gilé National Reserve, Reserva Nacional do Gilé - Zambézia (4,436 km$^2$)
* Maputo Special Reserve, Reserva Especial de Maputo - Maputo (1,040 km$^2$)
* Marromeu Buffalo Reserve, Reserva de Búfalos de Marromeu - Sofala (1,500 km$^2$)
* Niassa National Reserve, Reserva Nacional do Niassa - Niassa (42,200 km$^2$)
* Pomene National Reserve, Reserva National de Pomene - Inhambane (50 km$^2$)

## Other protected areas

* Lake Niassa Partial Marine Reserve, Reserva Marinha Parcial de Lago Niassa - Niassa (486 km$^2$)
* Malhazine Municipal Park, Parque Ecológico de Malhazine - Maputo City (5.6 km$^2$)
* Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Reserva Marinha Parcial de Ponta do Ouro - Maputo (673 km$^2$)
* Primeiras and Segundas Islands Environmental Protected Area, Área de Protecção Ambiental do Arquipélago das Ilhas Primeiras e Segundas- Zambezia, Nampula (10,409 km$^2$)
* Sao Sebastiao Total Protection Area, Area de Proteccao Total de Sao Sebastiao - Inhambane (439 km$^2$)

## Community conservation areas

* Chipanje Chetu (6,065 km$^2$)
* Mitcheu (113 km$^2$)
* Tchuma Tchato (31,838 km$^2$)

## Wildlife utilisation areas

* Coutada 4 - Manica (4,300 km$^2$)
* Coutada 5 - Sofala (6,868 km$^2$)
* Coutada 6 - Sofala (4,563 km$^2$) - extinguished in 2014
* Coutada 7 - Manica (5,408 km$^2$)
* Coutada 8 - Sofala (310 km$^2$) - extinguished in 2014; became the Mitcheu Community Conservation Area
* Coutada 9 - Manica (4,333 km$^2$)
* Coutada 10 - Sofala (2,008 km$^2$)
* Coutada 11 - Sofala (1,928 km$^2$)
* Coutada 12 - Sofala (2,963 km$^2$)
* Coutada 13 - Manica (5,683 km$^2$)
* Coutada 14 - Sofala (1,353 km$^2$)
* Coutada 15 - Sofala (2,300 km$^2$)
* Coutada 16 - now part of the Limpopo National Park
* Luabo (558 km$^2$)
* Lureco (2,226 km$^2$)
* Marupa
* Messalo (1,227 km$^2$)
* Micaúne (240 km$^2$)
* Mulela (964 km$^2$)
* Nacúma (2,713 km$^2$)
* Nicage (Cabo Delgado) (5,400 km$^2$)
* Nipepe (1,382 km$^2$)
* Nungo (3,288 km$^2$)

## Forest reserves

* Baixo Pinda (196 km$^2$)
* Derre (1,700 km$^2$)
* Inhamitanga (16 km$^2$)
* Licuáti (37 km$^2$)
* Maronga (83 km$^2$)
* Matibane (512 km$^2$)
* Mecuburi (2,300 km$^2$)
* Moribane (53 km$^2$)
* M'palue (51 km$^2$)
* Mucheve (91 km$^2$)
* Nhampacue (170 km$^2$)
* Ribáuè (52 km$^2$)
* Zomba (28 km$^2$)

## Private game farms

As of 2014, there were 50 private game farms in Mozambique.

## Ramsar sites

* Lake Niassa Ramsar Complex
* Marromeu Complex

## Transfrontier conservation areas

* Chimanimani Transfrontier Conservation Area - established in 1999 between the Mozambique and Zimbabwe governments
    Extension: 2.056 km$^2$
    Composition: Mozambique (Chimanimani National Reserve); Zimbabwe (Chimanimani National Park)
* Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area - established at December 10, 2004 among the Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa governments
    Extension: 84.868 km$^2$
    Composition: Mozambique (Limpopo, Banhine and Zinave National Parks); Zimbabwe (Gonarezhou National Park, Manjinji Pan Sanctuary, Malipati Safari Area, Sengwe Community Area); South Africa (Kruger National Park, Makulele Region)
* Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area - established in June, 2000 among the Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa governments
    Extension: 4.170 km$^2$
    Composition: Maputo Elephant Reserve (Mozambique), Tembe Elephant Park (South Africa) and Lubombo Conservancy (Eswatini)