Synopsis
In Mozambique, Simon Reeve meets people who live in newly designated wildlife parks and now face eviction.
- Programme: Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve
- Episode: South Africa to Madagascar
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Geography | Locational Geography | Mozambique | Physical and Human Characteristics
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