Environmental Systems and Societies · Case studies
ECS.5 — Gorongosa National Park restoration (Mozambique)
Environmental Systems and Societies · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Overview
A war-devastated African park rebuilt into a flagship of restoration ecology and community-linked conservation.
Systems and sustainability angle
Rewilding a collapsed ecosystem: rebuilding storages and trophic flows and letting feedbacks work in reverse.
Management and response
A public-private restoration partnership pairing wildlife recovery with human development.
HL lens angle
The economics of ecosystem services and ecotourism, and an ethic of stewardship and intrinsic value.