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Mapping the Darién Gap

Scientists at Work

(10 min 35 sec) This video describes how indigenous communities from the tropical rainforest of Darién, Panama, use drones to map their lands. The communities use these maps to protect their territories from outside incursions and to design sustainable land-use plans.
Think Like a Scientist: Gorongosa

Scientists at Work

(6 min 40 sec) This video describes a large-scale project to restore the wildlife of Gorongosa National Park. The video highlights the project’s approach of combining traditional conservation biology with solutions for addressing challenges in the community.
Conserving and Restoring Ecosystems

Science Talks

(25 min 21 sec) Two important questions in ecology are "How do we conserve ecosystems?" and "When we try to restore damaged ecosystems, what state do we restore them to?"
Gorongosa National Park

Collection

Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique was once a thriving national park, until a civil war decimated the park’s large animal populations and halted tourism. A new long-term restoration project is...
Saving Biodiversity Discussion

Science Talks

(57 min 28 sec) A sixty-minute discussion on biodiversity.
Gorongosa Timeline

Click & Learn

A highly visual interactive timeline for exploring the history of Gorongosa National Park, from its beginnings as a hunting reserve and decline in the wake of a civil war, to its return to being one of the world’s foremost wildlife treasures and case studies in conservation biology.
Film Guides: The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa

Film Activities

The following classroom-ready resources complement The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa, which tells the story of Tonga Torcida, a young man coming of age on Mount Gorongosa and in the newly revitalized Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.
Gorongosa National Park Interactive Map

Click & Learn

This interactive map of Gorongosa National Park allows users to explore different features of the park, including key components of the conservation strategy.
The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa

Short Films

(34 min 22 sec) This film is set in war-torn Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, a protected area that has been the subject of a large-scale restoration project. The film tells the story of a young man from the local community who discovers a passion for science after meeting world-renowned biologist E.O. Wilson.