The Future of Conservation Is Sitting in Today’s Classrooms

This weekend, Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA) partnered with Still Standing - an initiative that blends education through sports, culture, civic engagement, and biodiversity conservation - to engage students from public schools across Maputo City in a conversation that truly matters: the future of conservation.

We focused on Human–Wildlife Conflict, wildlife protection, and the role young people play in shaping the future of conservation in Mozambique. Because the reality is simple: the decisions this generation makes will determine how we coexist with wildlife in the decades ahead.

Through interactive presentations, telemetry demonstrations, hands-on activities, and educational games, students explored how elephants are monitored, why conflict happens, and what coexistence really means. Not as a distant concept confined to national parks - but as a shared responsibility that connects communities, ecosystems, and opportunity.

The energy in the room made one thing clear: when young people are given knowledge and context, they don’t just listen, they engage. And engagement is where long-term conservation begins.

We’re proud to stand alongside Still Standing in investing in awareness today, so that Mozambique’s biodiversity has stronger guardians tomorrow.