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Moribane Forest Reserve Sacred Forests
Moribane Forest Reserve, Manica Province
Mozambique
Active
Regional cluster
- Location
- Moribane Forest Reserve, Manica Province
- Coordinates
- ~19.7°S 33.3°E
- Elevation
- Chimanimani foothills
- Size
- Sacred forest patches within the reserve
- Age / Founded
- Historic (ancestral)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Ancestral spirits; Ndau traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Local Ndau communities
- Vernacular name
- Mato sagrado (sacred forest)
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Cultural ecosystem services; spiritual/traditional practices tied to species diversity
Plant species
Eastern Zimbabwe–Mozambique montane/lowland forest species
Biome & fauna
Manica moist forest (Chimanimani region)
Threats & protection
Cultural-meaning-linked conservation within a state reserve
Source
Conserving biodiversity & cultural heritage: sacred forests in the Moribane Forest Reserve, Frontiers in Forests & Global Change, 2025