After 40 years, a park in Mozambique will reintroduce rhino species.
Since 2016, a rewilding effort has returned more than 2,300 animals from 14 different species to the park, including buffalos, elephants, and leopards.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The governments of Mozambique and South Africa have unveiled a proposal to return rhino species to the Zinave National Park in southern Mozambique, which became extinct 40 years ago.
More than 40 rhinos will be reintroduced to a specially built high-security refuge within the 4,000-square-kilometer (1,540-square-mile) park, according to the government.
The rhinos will be moved from South Africa over a one to two-year period.
The South African non-governmental organization Peace Parks Foundation and the coal and mining business Exxaro Resources are spearheading the endeavor to bring critically endangered black rhinos and near-threatened white rhinos to the park.
Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe signed a contract in 2002 to create the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, which spans 100,000 square kilometers (3860 square miles) and includes five national parks, including the world-famous Kruger National Park.
Since 2016, a rewilding effort has returned more than 2,300 animals from 14 different species to the park, including buffalos, elephants, and leopards.
During the Mozambique civil war, which ended in 1992, and following poaching, the park was destroyed.
