{"id":17736,"date":"2022-04-12T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:20:17","slug":"14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm","title":{"rendered":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for committing environmental crimes in the Gorongosa National Park buffer zone.<\/p>\n

The offenders engaged in illegal logging and killing of animals, including elephants, buffalo, lions and pangolins.<\/p>\n

Judge-President C\u00e9sar Tite said that the defendants were all members of the local community, and had used firearms and mechanical traps.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunities must be made aware that hunting is prohibited. Not only that: it is necessary to encourage another form of income, of earning a living. The district of Cheringoma is practically in the middle of game reserves [coutadas] and has private game farms [fazendas de bravio]. So these communities need to be removed and resettled in places where they don\u2019t find themselves in conflict with the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for committing environmental crimes in the Gorongosa National Park buffer zone. The offenders engaged in illegal logging and killing of animals, including elephants, buffalo, lions and pangolins. Judge-President C\u00e9sar Tite said that the defendants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-17736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\n14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for comm ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for comm ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-12T15:03:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-12T15:20:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"835\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"501\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T15:03:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-12T15:20:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\",\"name\":\"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM - Mozambique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T15:03:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-12T15:20:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for comm ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg\",\"width\":835,\"height\":501,\"caption\":\"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\",\"name\":\"Mozambique\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM - Mozambique","description":"Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for comm ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM","og_description":"Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for comm ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm","og_site_name":"Mozambique","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-04-12T15:03:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-12T15:20:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":835,"height":501,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM","datePublished":"2022-04-12T15:03:15+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-12T15:20:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm"},"wordCount":159,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Mozambique","Mozambique"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm","name":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM - Mozambique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-12T15:03:15+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-12T15:20:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Cheringoma District Court in Sofala has given 14 individuals sentences ranging from four to six years in prison for comm ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/04\/img-6255989c77ba4.jpg","width":835,"height":501,"caption":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/14-sentenced-for-poaching-illegal-logging-in-gorongosa-park-buffer-zone-rm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"14 sentenced for poaching, illegal logging in Gorongosa Park buffer zone \u2013 RM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/","name":"Mozambique","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}