Roberto Zolho, Conservationist Who Helped Restore Mozambique’s Wildlife Following Its Civil War, Has Died at 65.

Roberto Zolho, conservationist who helped restore Mozambique’s wildlife following its civil war, has died at 65.

For a man who spent his life studying the movements of wildlife, Roberto Zolho was most at peace when not moving at all—drifting in a kayak down the Guacheni channels, pausing to admire an egret, a kingfisher, or a sunlit curve in the reeds. In these secluded corners of Mozambique’s wetlands, he was not a former government official or a decorated scientist. He was simply a witness, content to observe the “amazing birdlife,” as he once wrote with…

Roberto Zolho, Conservationist Who Helped Restore Mozambique’s Wildlife Following Its Civil War, Has Died At 65. - Data Intelligence

For a man who spent his life studying the movements of wildlife, Roberto Zolho was most at peace when not moving at all—drifting in a kayak down the Guacheni channels, pausing to admire an egret, a kingfisher, or a sunlit curve in the reeds. In these secluded corners of Mozambique’s wetlands, he was not a former government official or a decorated scientist. He was simply a witness, content to observe the “amazing birdlife,” as he once wrote with…