The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
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Year of Publication
Towards an ecologically representative network of protected areas in Mozambique
BirdLife International
2009
N/A
Main Messages: • The CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (POWPA) requires countries to complete their PA gap analyses. This was originally required by 2006, a deadline which was extended at COP-9 to 2009. • The BirdLife Important Bird Areas (IBA) programme has identified and mapped key areas for birds in Mozambique. • Comparing the locations of IBAs with those of existing protected areas is a simple yet effective way of finding where key species are left unprotected or under-protected.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Towards an ecologically representative network of protected areas in Mozambique
The Status and Prospects of Watlled Cranes Grus carunculatus in the Marromeu Complex of the Zambezi
Bento, C.
2002
Sofala
University of Cape
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
Marromeu Special Reserve
The Status and Prospects of Watlled Cranes Grus carunculatus in the Marromeu Complex of the Zambezi
The Atlas of the Birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique – Introduction
Parker, V.
1999
Gaza; Inhambane; Maputo (cidade); Maputo
Avian Demography Unit and Endangered Wildlife Trust
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Atlas of the Birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique – Introduction
The Atlas of the Birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique
Parker, V.
1999
Gaza; Inhambane; Maputo (cidade); Maputo
Avian Demography Unit and Endangered Wildlife Trust
This bird atlas, the result of three years of collaborative efforts between universities, governments, NGOs, the community-at-large and Sappi, is a unique source of information on the distribution and status of birds in southern Mozambique, south of the Save River. With the increasing human pressure on this part of Mozambique, this publication can only enhance people’s appreciation of the rich avian diversity for which the region is renowned.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Atlas of the Birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique
República de Moçambique – Estrada da Província de Gaza
ANE
2012
Gaza
ANE
Administração Nacional de Estradas Direcção de Planificação Departamento de Gestão da Rede
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
General Information
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
República de Moçambique – Estrada da Província de Gaza
Snapshot Africa – Mozambique Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
2007
N/A
As part of MIGA’s global Enterprise Benchmarking Program (EBP), a study was conducted in sub-Saharan African countries among six industries to compare the operating costs and conditions for investors located in nine sub-Saharan African countries: Ghana, Kenya, lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, SenegalTanzania and Uganda. This report summarizes the study’s findings, and presents the result of the sub-Saharan Africa EBP, adhering to the location benchmarking approach commonly used by foreign investors to evaluate alternative globainvestment sites.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Snapshot Africa – Mozambique Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness
Birds of the Maputo Elephant Reserve
Parker, V. & Boer, F.
2010
Maputo
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Maputo Special Reserve
Birds of the Maputo Elephant Reserve
International organizations support WWF marine project in Mozambique
WWF
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
International organizations support WWF marine project in Mozambique
Ecology of tropical hermit crabs at Quirimba Island, Mozambique: distribution, abundance and activity
Barnes, D.
1997
Cabo Delgado
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
A diverse assemblage of 16 species of hermit crabs occurs on the shores of the Quirimba Archipelago, northern Mozambique Each species illustrated marked zonation such that they formed a distinct sequence from the subtidal across the wide intertidal zone to the supra-l~ttoral. In addition to shore height zonation, there was distinct variation in type and range of habitat preferences. Of the 5 study islands, Quirimba and Quisiva had the greatest intertidal habitat variety end the largest number of resident hermit crab species.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park
Ecology of tropical hermit crabs at Quirimba Island, Mozambique: distribution, abundance and activity
Reconstructing Past Climate Signals of northern Mozambique using Giant Corals
Merschel, G.
2012
Cabo Delgado; Nampula
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Little is known about what drives climate in eastern Africa, links to large scale climate oscillations like ENSO or the PDO have only been suggested. Tropical corals have been shown to record past rainfall variability as they grow and coral based rainfall reconstructions extend up to a few hundred years. Here we examine four coral cores spanning up to 100 years from northern Mozambique. The annual averages of their luminescence G/B records were all significantly correlated with the exception of one relationship. A coral composite record was constructed which shows a correlation with rainfall data once the 1 year moving median was removed.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Quirimbas National Park; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Reconstructing Past Climate Signals of northern Mozambique using Giant Corals
East African Marine Region
WWF
2002
N/A
The Eastern African region is fringed with coral reefs and mangroves. The Indian Ocean hosts an abundant amount of fish with at least 3,000 varieties of shore fish. The mangrove swamps provide oysters, crabs and mullet for the commercial market. However recent studies undertaken by UNEP in 1981 found that damage to coral reefs was widespread. The region is a major oil tanker route and suffers from oil pollution throughout the coastal zone. In addition land-based sources of pollution from fertilizers, industry, untreated sewage and litter and deforestation are also common resulting in problems such as eutrophication and excess sedimentation.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Mágoè National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
The Eastern African Marine Ecoregion is an area stretching from southern Somalia to the Natal shores of South Africa. This 4,600km coastline is host to an ever-growing population of 22 million, most of whom depend on the coastal seas for their sustenance, business and leisure. This coastal region is referred to as an ‘ecoregion’ because of the way the marine and coastal habitats are linked, both physically and ecologically. The main habitats present in the ecoregion are mangrove forests, seagrass beds, coral reefs and open waters, home of over 11,000 species of plants and animals.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Neglected refugia of biodiversity: mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield two novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes)
Daniels, S. & Bayliss, J.
2012
Nampula; Zambézia
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Phylogenetic relationships amongst the southern African freshwater crab fauna are reinvestigated following the recent collection of morphologically distinct Potamonautes specimens from remote mountainous regions in Malawi and Mozambique. Specimens were subjected to DNA sequencing of three mtDNA loci, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), 12S rRNA, and 16S rRNA and compared to the 14 described species from the region. Phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference revealed the presence of two novel evolutionary lineages. The phylogeny demonstrates that Potamonautes obesus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) is sister to a morphologically distinct novel species from Mount Namuli in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Others National Conservation Areas
Neglected refugia of biodiversity: mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield two novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes)
Conservancy Protects Mozambique Coral Reefs and Studies Their Response to Ocean Warming
Hayden, L.
2011
N/A
In the East African nation of Mozambique, where 90 percent of the people live on less than $2 a day and depend heavily on fishing for survival, The Nature Conservancy is using its scientific expertise on the effects of climate change to protect and conserve fragile coral reefs.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
General Information
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Conservancy Protects Mozambique Coral Reefs and Studies Their Response to Ocean Warming
Diversidade, Distribuição e Biomassa de Ervas Marinhas na Baía de Bazaruto
Dias, V.
2005
Inhambane
UEM-DCB
O estudo da diversidade, distribuicao e biomassa de ervas marinhas na Baia de Bazaruto foi realizado entre os meses de Novembro de 2004 e Fevereiro de 2005. As amostragens foram feitas em catorze locais da Bala de Bazaruto, durante-a baixa-mar das marés vivas, em locais cuja profundidade não excedia 5 metros. As amostragens consistirarn no registo das coordenadas do perimetro dos tapetes de ervas marinhas usando um GPS e na colecta de amostras de ervas marinhas, fazendo um transecto no interior dos tapetes.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Bazaruto Archipelago National Park
Diversidade, Distribuição e Biomassa de Ervas Marinhas na Baía de Bazaruto
Coastal Shellfish Resource Use in the Quirimba Archipelago, Mozambique
Barnes, D. Et al.
1998
Cabo Delgado
Journal of Shellfish Research
The level, types, and influences of use of intertidal and subtidal molluscs and crustaceans were examined on four islands of the Quirimba Archipelago in northern Mozambique. Artisanal collecting was restricted to spring low tidal periods and involved at least 5% of the population of the study islands. Twenty-two mollusc species and five decapod crustascean species Palinuridae and Portunidaei were collected, of which the large gastropods Chicoreus ramosus (Muricidae) and Fascia/a trapezium (fasciolaridae), were the most important on coral reef rubble shore regions. The bivalves Pinctada nigra and Barbatia fusca were the most important species in seagrass (Hathodule sp. and Cymodocea sp.) areas.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Quirimbas National Park
Coastal Shellfish Resource Use in the Quirimba Archipelago, Mozambique
Human impact on invertebrate abundance, biomass and community structure in seagrass meadows – a case study at Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Nordlund, L.
2006
Maputo
Department of Animal Ecology, Uppsala University
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
Inhaca Biological Reserve
Human impact on invertebrate abundance, biomass and community structure in seagrass meadows – a case study at Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Climate Change Impact on Mangrove Ecosystem and Development of an Adaptation Strategy for Quirimbas National Park
Nicolau, D. Et al.
2015
Cabo Delgado
WWF MCO
This study was undertaken by WWF under the climate change adaption programme implemented in the Quirimbas National Park (QNP), which preserves one of the largest mangrove areas in the region. This FFEM project is aimed to perform a mangrove ecosystem assessment for Quirimbas National Park (QNP) in order to understand the mangrove forest biophysical and anthropogenic dynamic in the context of climate change and guide the park administration and local communities to the development of an adaptation strategy for climate change for QNP.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Quirimbas National Park
Climate Change Impact on Mangrove Ecosystem and Development of an Adaptation Strategy for Quirimbas National Park
Regional Vulnerability Assessment of Mangroves to Climate Change and Associated Anthropogenic Pressures
Bosire, J. Et al
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Presentations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Regional Vulnerability Assessment of Mangroves to Climate Change and Associated Anthropogenic Pressures
Fiscalização de Florestas e Fauna Bravia em Moçambique: passado, presente e acções para melhoramento
Neste relatório apresenta-se o levantamento sobre a fiscalização florestal e faunística no passado e presente, sugerem-se medidas para melhorar a fiscalização e formas de participação dos intervenientes do sector nesta actividade. Há uma grande diferença entre o que a lei florestal estabelece como prática a seguir na exploração, uso e conservação das florestas com o que se passa no terreno. Em muitos países, incluindo Moçambique, práticas ilegais pelas populações locais, público em geral e do sector privado em particular, são comuns, mesmo em situações de presença de um sistema de fiscalização forte.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Fiscalização de Florestas e Fauna Bravia em Moçambique: passado, presente e acções para melhoramento
Situation Assessment for Support to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the Districts of Angoche, Moma and Pebane
Co-Arq Lda.
2008
Nampula; Zambézia
The overall programme goal is “to increase the livelihood security of coastal inhabitants of Angoche, Moma and Pebane Districts, with simultaneous increases in overall ecosystem productivity and reductions in resource overuse and exhaustion” (CARE/WWF, 2008).
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Situation Assessment for Support to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the Districts of Angoche, Moma and Pebane
Presentation Of Portos De Cabo Delgado project of integrated logistics service – Pemba
PCO
2014
Cabo Delgado
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Presentation Of Portos De Cabo Delgado project of integrated logistics service – Pemba
Improving the Quality, Capacity and Compliance of Environmental Licensing Processes in Mozambique: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry
Nazerali, S.
2010
N/A
S A I I A
This paper analyses the current situation regarding the environmental licensing of the oil and gas industry in Mozambique. The paper outlines weaknesses in the process, including the quality of the environmental impact assessments submitted for authorisation; compliance with the approved environmental management plans; and the lack of transparency and follow-up post-licensing. While some legislative recommendations will be made, the main purpose of this paper is to outline specific proposals on how to improve the quality of the environmental and social impact processes without resorting to additional legislative changes.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Improving the Quality, Capacity and Compliance of Environmental Licensing Processes in Mozambique: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry
Identificação de hotspots de vertebrados e árvores endemicos em Moçambique
Alisse, L.
2004
N/A
UEM-FAEF
Os objectivos do presente trabalho são identificação de hotspots de endenismo e de espécies com populações isoladas de vertebrados e árvpres que ocorrem em Moçambique, a identificação de áreas importantes para a conservação e a análise da representatividade das áreas protegidas (AP) em Moçambique em termos destas espécies e áreas.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Identificação de hotspots de vertebrados e árvores endemicos em Moçambique
Mozambique Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) – 2005-2009 Second phase of support from the European Union and Dutch Government
Amigos da Floresta
2005
N/A
In Mozambique, 10,823,000 people out of a total of 15,278,000 live in rural areas mostly in small communities within 40km of the coast where subsistence agriculture, forest resources and artisanal fisheries constitute the main options for income generation. Poverty in these rural areas and amolngst forest-dependent communities is widespread. Deforestation within Mozambique was estimated at roughly 50,000 hectares per year between 2000 and 2005. New data from WWF suggests that this may have risen to 219,000 hectares per year. Increasing populations with a need for agricultural land are an important contributory factor. Selective logging may play an indirect role by opening up access to new areas.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Mozambique Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) – 2005-2009 Second phase of support from the European Union and Dutch Government
Assessment of Agricultural Information Needs in African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) States for CTA’S Products and Services
Norfolk, S. & Ribeiro, V.
2006
N/A
2003-2005
The objectives of this study are to develop a strategy for CTA’s approach to post-conflict countries, to improve the effectiveness of CTA’s support for post-conflict countries and to compile baseline data on the status of ICM and ICTs in agriculture and rural development in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Assessment of Agricultural Information Needs in African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) States for CTA’S Products and Services
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II :Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes, part II
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II :Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes, part II
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes part I
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
The Zambezi-Congo watershed forms a natural zoogeographical boundary that marks the northern limit of the Zambezian ichthyological province (Roberts 1975). This includes areas that were once part of the Zambezi system, such as the Cunene and Okavango basins, or the Limpopo system. Fish in the east coast rivers from the mouth of the Zambezi south to the Phongola, in northern Kwazulu-Natal, are also a part of the Zambezian system since they have been connected in various ways with the Zambezi itself. The fish populations of these rivers also include elements of the east coast fauna and they are a major component of the fauna of the Middle and Lower Zambezi as well.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 7 – Review of Freshwater Fishes part I
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT in the Zambezi River Basin
Mutale, M. Et al.
2013
N/A; Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Climate change, while serious and urgent, brings with it opportunities for Zambezi Basin states to advance efforts towards sustainable development. Coupled with climate variability, climate change is one of the most complex challenges in the basin, much as in the rest of southern Africa. The changes have been observed from season to season throughout the basin and the trend has become more pronounced from the 1980s with temperatures having risen by at least 0.5 degrees in southern Africa, according to the Southern Africa Environment Outlook report of 2008. Projected changes present more than just an environmental concern but serious social and economic implications.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT in the Zambezi River Basin
Impacto da produção e comercialização de Tabaco nas comunidades Rurais do Norte da Província de Tete – O caso de Furancungo (1995-2004)
Ferrão, C.
2005
Tete
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Impacto da produção e comercialização de Tabaco nas comunidades Rurais do Norte da Província de Tete – O caso de Furancungo (1995-2004)
Sofala Community Carbon Project Project Design Document According to CCB and Plan Vivo Standards
Envirotrade
2010
Sofala
2003-2008
The Sofala Community Carbon Project (the Project) is developing sustainable land use and rural development activities in communities around and within the buffer zones of Gorongosa and Marromeu National Parks both in central Mozambique, to improve rural livelihoods, habitat restoration, forest management and conservation of biodiversity. The project is also generating verified emission reductions (VERs). A pilot to the project was initiated in 2002 with a group of 53 farmers in the wards of Nhambita and Munhanganha. This was followed by a research and development phase which was funded partly by the EU (contract B7/6200/2002/063-241/MZ) between August 2003 to August 2008.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Sofala Community Carbon Project Project Design Document According to CCB and Plan Vivo Standards
Análise da participação das associações de camponeses nos programas de desenvolvimento do vale do Zambeze
Honwana, S.
2004
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
UEM-FAEF
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Análise da participação das associações de camponeses nos programas de desenvolvimento do vale do Zambeze
Prescribed Flooding and Wetland Rehabilitation in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
The mighty Zambezi, fourth largest river system in Africa, is the lifeline of Southern Africa. From its headwaters in northwestern Zambia to its outlet 2574 km downstream into the Indian Ocean, the Zambezi drains an area of 1570000 km2 from eight countries and carries a mean annual flow of 2400 m3 s-1 across the arid central African plateau.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Prescribed Flooding and Wetland Rehabilitation in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 3 – Review of Reduncine Antelope
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
The Reduncini (also known as reduncine antelopes) is a tribe of large to medium sized antelopes found only within Africa. It comprises a diversity of waterbuck, reedbuck, puku, lechwe and kob. According to the established taxonomy (Ansell 1971), at least ten species encompassing numerous subspecies have been described to science. Two genera are recognized, namely Redunca and Kobus. With one exception, all extant reduncine antelopes share a predilection for wetlands in the African tropics: these wetlands are all located within the savanna biomes of south-central and northern Africa. Reduncines are reliant on surface water, and so do not occur far from perennial water bodies.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapter 3 – Review of Reduncine Antelope
Participação comunitária, mecanismos e acções concretas no contexto da redução da pobreza absoluta: O caso do município e distrito de Moatize
Bonifácio, C.
2001
Tete
UEM-FLCS
O estudo faz abordagens sobre as concepções locais de pobreza, as estratégias e mecanismos tanto de carácter loca como central no contexto da redução da pobreza absoluta, por outras palavras, a relevância da municipalização no contexto da redução da pobreza.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Participação comunitária, mecanismos e acções concretas no contexto da redução da pobreza absoluta: O caso do município e distrito de Moatize
Country brief on non-wood forest products statistics – Mozambique
The main aim of the current study is to present both qualitative and quantitative information on the most important uses, distribution and market for the country’s non-wood forest products, and for goods and services, other than timber and fuelwood. The study also intends to prepare country data on non-wood forest products goods and services which will be required for planning and sustainable use of forest resources.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Country brief on non-wood forest products statistics – Mozambique
Managing Freshwater Ecosystems of International Water Resources – The Case of the Maputo River in Mozambique
Kramer, A.
2003
Maputo (cidade); Maputo
Freshwater ecosystems form a basis for the natural water circulation, and their maintenance is a prerequisite for a sustainable use of the world's water resources. Furthermore, they provide a multitude of goods and services that benefit humankind and are critical for the conservation of biological diversity. The protection of freshwater ecosystems has to be tackled internationally, where they are associated with transboundary watercourses. This study reviews the key demands placed on management strategies that provide for the protection of freshwater ecosystems, and it examines whether relevant international agreements can serve as a legal framework for an ecosystem-oriented management of international water resources.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Managing Freshwater Ecosystems of International Water Resources – The Case of the Maputo River in Mozambique
Agricultural investments in Mozambique An analysis of investment trends, business models and social and environmental conduct
Di Matteo, F. & Schonevald, G.
2016
N/A
CIFOR
Since the food and energy price crises of 2007/2008, new commercial opportunities within global soft commodity markets have led to increased investment in agricultural production. This is evidenced by a rapid influx of agricultural foreign direct investment (FDI) particularly to sub-Saharan Africa and, especially, Mozambique where agro-ecologically suitable land is comparatively cheap and abundant (World Bank 2011; Anseeuw et al. 2012). Although increased investment in agriculture is critical to realizing long-term global and national food and energy security objectives (Schmidhuber et al. 2009), numerous critics have expressed concerns that the benefits of (particularly large-scale plantation monoculture) investments tend not to the costs.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Agricultural investments in Mozambique An analysis of investment trends, business models and social and environmental conduct
World Mangrove Atlas
Spalding, M.; Blasco, F. & Field, C.
1997
N/A
The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems
This World Mangrove Atlas is an attempt to provide accurate data and, at least partially, to quantify the presence, extent and distribution of a distinctive and important coastal ecosystem
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
World Mangrove Atlas
Fecundity of the Pantropical Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) at Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo Bay, Southern Mozambique
Litulo, C.
2004
Maputo (cidade)
Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci.
Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) is probably the most abundant brachyuran crab inhabiting mangrove forests in East Africa. However, its fecundity is poorly understood. Crabs were randomly sampled during spring low tides from January to April 2002 at Costa do Sol mangrove, Maputo Bay, southern Mozambique. Carapace width (CW), abdomen width (AW), weight (W) and egg numbers (EN) were recorded. The average fecundity was 1599 ± 842 eggs, ranging from 529 (CW = 5.0 mm) to 4250 (CW = 24.1 mm) eggs respectively. Egg number increased significantly with increase in crab size. This information contributes to our knowledge of the reproductive potential and the reproductive processes occurring in this species of crab.
English
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Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
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Fecundity of the Pantropical Fiddler Crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) at Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo Bay, Southern Mozambique