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.
Mozambique has experienced a turbulent history: several centuries of Portuguese administration, a long war of Independence, an abrupt transition to Independence in 1975, a short period of post-Independence stability (1975-1980) followed by a long and bloody armed conflict which finally came to a conclusion in 1992.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Ecosystem Restoration
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Biodiversity and War: A Case Study of Mozambique
Risk assessment of the Transportation of Natural Gas Condensate from Temane Central Processing Facility (CPF) to PETROMOC Tank Farm in Maputo
Burger, L.
2005
Gaza; Inhambane; Maputo (cidade); Maputo
In terms of agreements between Sasol Petroleum Temane Limitada, Sasol Oil (Pty) Ltd and Petromoc, safety, health and environmental compliance obligations are imposed on the transportation contract. The obligations entail, amongst others, that the transporter of the condensate, must conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) in accordance with the provisions of the Mozambican Regulations for the Procedure for Environmental Impact Assessment contained in Decree 76/98 of 29 December 1998.
English
No Restrictions
General
Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management Plans, Biodiversity Counterbalance Plans, and the like
Impact Assessment
None
Risk assessment of the Transportation of Natural Gas Condensate from Temane Central Processing Facility (CPF) to PETROMOC Tank Farm in Maputo
Projecto Florestal da Zambézia: Relatório do Estudo de Impacto Ambiental
Impact Lda.
2014
Zambézia
O objecto do presente estudo de Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental (AIA) compreende uma plantação florestal na Zambézia, a ser realizada numa área de 120 000 ha a partir de cerca de dois terços de uma área total de 174.000 ha com espécies do género Eucalyptus. De um modo geral, a implantação de projectos florestais é tida como um contributo de grande importância para a recuperação e aproveitamento de vastas áreas do meio rural contribuindo assim para o desenvolvimento económico local e nacional, propiciando ainda o estabelecimento de uma nova indústria no país, a da produção de pasta e papel.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management Plans, Biodiversity Counterbalance Plans, and the like
Impact Assessment
None
Projecto Florestal da Zambézia: Relatório do Estudo de Impacto Ambiental
Case study of Bicycle Project in Chockwe, Mozambique
Overton, K. & Zambeze, A.
Sd
Gaza
The projecto Bicicletas (Bicycle Project) was conceived in 1992 by two non-governamental organizations based in Mozambique: the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and the National Mozambican association for development of Rural Women.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Gender and Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Case study of Bicycle Project in Chockwe, Mozambique
A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro: Assessing Hydrological Risks and Consequences for Zambezi River Basin Dams
Beifuss, R.
2012
Tete
Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Numerous climate change models predict that the continent’s weather patterns will become more variable, and extreme weather events are expected to be more frequent and severe, with increasing risk to health and life. Within the next 50 years, an estimated 60 to 120 million people in Southern Africa will face water stress.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
None
A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro: Assessing Hydrological Risks and Consequences for Zambezi River Basin Dams
The value of freshwater wetlands in the Zambezi basin
Seyam, I. Et al.
2001
Tete; Zambézia
The aim of this paper is to apply a simple approach for valuing wetlands at a river basin scale. The approach used takes into account the common problem of limited data availability and allows a rapid assessment of wetland values. For each wetland an inventory of production and information functions is made. The wetland value derived from each function is estimated based on market prices. The approach has been applied to the wetlands of the Zambezi basin in Southern Africa, a typical example of a situation with limited availability of data. The results show that flood recession agriculture is the main contributor to the total economic value of wetlands in the Zambezi basin.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
The value of freshwater wetlands in the Zambezi basin
The Economic Value of the Zambezi Delta
Guveya, E. & Sukume, C.
2008
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
The study estimates that the annual total value of the Zambezi Delta ranges between US$0.93 billion and US$ 1.6 billion. An analysis by type of value shows that in a normal year of this total economic value (TEV) about 65.67% is direct use value, 32.3% is the option value and the non‐use value only about 1.9%. An analysis by source of value shows that of the total economic value about 57.3% derives from the water, about 26.1% derives from the standing stocks of timber, and about 6.1% of the annual value derives from the stock of wildlife.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
The Economic Value of the Zambezi Delta
Assessing Environmental Flow Requirements for the Marromeu Complex of the Zambezi Delta: Application of the Drift Model (Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformations)
Beilfuss, R. & Brown, C.
2006
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Museum of Natural History - University of Eduardo Mondlane
The Zambezi Delta is a broad, flat alluvial plain along the coast of central Mozambique. The delta is triangular in shape, covering an area of approximately 1.2 million hectares that stretches 120 km from its inland apex (near the confluence of the Zambezi and Shire Rivers) to the main Zambezi River mouth and 200 km along the Indian Ocean coastline from the Cuacua River outlet near Quelimane south to the Zuni River outlet. The large port city of Beira is located about 200 km to the south. The Delta is bordered to the north by the Morrumbala escarpment that serves as a divide between the Zambezi and Shire River catchments, and to the west by the Cheringoma escarpment that separates the Zambezi and Pungue River catchments.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Impact Assessment
Marromeu Special Reserve
Assessing Environmental Flow Requirements for the Marromeu Complex of the Zambezi Delta: Application of the Drift Model (Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformations)
Indicators of Hydrological Change in the Lower Zambezi River
Beilfuss, R.
Sd
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Hydrology is the most important determinant of wetland functions and values worldwide (e.g., Finlayson and Moser 1991, National Research Council 1995, Mitsch and Gosselink 1993). In large floodplains such as the Zambezi Delta, the composition, structure, and function of the system—from the basic biological processes of primary production, decomposition, and consumption to the complex reproductive adaptations of plants and animals—depend on the hydrological connection between river and floodplain (e.g., Welcomme 1979, Poff and Ward 1990, Sparks 1992, Bayley 1995, Heiler et al. 1995).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
Marromeu Special Reserve
Indicators of Hydrological Change in the Lower Zambezi River
Settlement patterns in relation to flow changes
Bento, C.
Sd
Sofala
Museu da Historia Natural
Changes in settlement patterns (in adaptation to loss of regular annual floods) result in higher social and economic costs during very large (uncontrollable) floods
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Presentations
Threats to Biodiversity
Marromeu Special Reserve
Settlement patterns in relation to flow changes
The effects of hydrological Changes on the Zambezi Delta
Timberlake, J.
Sd
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Biodiversity Foundation for Africa
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Presentations
Threats to Biodiversity
Marromeu Special Reserve
The effects of hydrological Changes on the Zambezi Delta
Fauna Bravia do Delta do Rio Zambeze
Funston, P.
Sd
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Marromeu Special Reserve
Fauna Bravia do Delta do Rio Zambeze
Zambezi Delta Drift Application Effects of Timed Water Releases on Fish And Fisheries
Rweddle, D.
Sd
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Presentations
Threats to Biodiversity
Marromeu Special Reserve
Zambezi Delta Drift Application Effects of Timed Water Releases on Fish And Fisheries
Working Papers of the Program for the Sustainable Management of Cahora Bassa Dam and the Lower Zambezi Valley
Beilfuss, R. Et al.
2001
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Water resources development projects have substantially altered the hydrological regime of the Zambezi Delta. Prior to the construction of Kariba Dam on the middle Zambezi River, peak floods spread over a mosaic of vegetation communities in the 12,000 km2 Zambezi Delta – one of the largest wetland systems in southern Africa. Floodplain grasslands were inundated with floodwaters for up to nine months of the year, and many areas were saturated throughout the dry season. With the closing of Kariba Dam in 1959 and Cahora Bassa Dam in 1974, nearly 90% of the Zambezi catchment has become regulated and the natural flood cycles of the lower Zambezi River are now aphenomenon of the past.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
Marromeu Special Reserve
Working Papers of the Program for the Sustainable Management of Cahora Bassa Dam and the Lower Zambezi Valley
Zambezi River Basin Initiative
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2009
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
An increase in the frequency, complexity and magnitude of natural disasters and epidemics in southern Africa, combined with socio-economic shocks, have conspired to exacerbate the vulnerability of communities across the region. Extreme weather conditions, influenced in part by climate change, are also undermining already low-levels of agricultural production.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Marromeu Special Reserve
Zambezi River Basin Initiative
Prescribed Flooding and Restoration Potential in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Beilfuss, R.
2001
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
International Crane Foundation
The past century of water resource development on the Zambezi River has resulted in significant adverse changes in the hydrological regime of the Zambezi Delta. The socio-economic and ecological consequences of these changes have been widespread and severe. The productivity of flood recession agriculture, fisheries, and grazing lands has declined. Widespread invasion of woody species into the delta grasslands, retrogression of coastal mangroves, displacement of wetland vegetation by less palatable upland bunchgrass species, and terrestrialization of abandoned waterways are evident. The process and patterns of change suggest that conditions will continue to deteriorate unless key indicators of hydrological change can be improved. Efforts
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Ecosystem Restoration
None
Prescribed Flooding and Restoration Potential in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Patterns of Hydrological Change in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Beilfuss, R.
2001
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
WORKING PAPER #2 PROGRAM FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CAHORA BASSA DAM AND THE LOWER ZAMBEZI VALLEY
Hydrology is the most important determinant of wetland functions and values worldwide (e.g., Finlayson and Moser 1991, National Research Council 1995, Mitsch and Gosselink 1993). In large floodplains such as the Zambezi Delta, the composition, structure, and function of the system—from the basic biological processes of primary production, decomposition, and consumption to the complex reproductive adaptations of plants and animals—depend on the hydrological connection between river and floodplain (e.g., Welcomme 1979, Poff and Ward 1990, Sparks 1992, Bayley 1995, Heiler et al. 1995).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Patterns of Hydrological Change in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume I: Main Report
Timberlake, J
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Zambezi Society
The biodiversity studies detailed in this report represent one component of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands Conservation and Resource Utilisation Project (ZBWCRUP), funded by CIDA and implemented by IUCN ROSA from 1996 to 2000. The ZBWCRUP project goal is "to conserve the wetland ecosystems of the Zambezi River Basin while facilitating their sustainable use". The major project objective to which these biodiversity studies relate is "to articulate the true value and importance of the functions, products and attributes of wetland ecosystems at local, national and regional levels".
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume I: Main Report
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume III: Chapter 1 – Land use changes on the Barotse Floodplains
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Zambezi Society
Before considering the land use changes which have occurred in the Upper Zambezi wetlands during this century, we should look back further in time to consider the prehistory of human settlement on the plains. Although a series of Stone-Age settlements are known from the Victoria Falls (Clark 1970), none has yet been discovered in Western Province. The almost complete absence of surface rocks and the generally acid environment of the wetlands has resulted in a dearth of evidence of early human habitation.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume III: Chapter 1 – Land use changes on the Barotse Floodplains
Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands: Review And Preliminary Assessment Of Available Information
Timberlake, J.
1998
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
IUCN ROSA
The Regional Office for Southern Africa of IUCN (IUCN-ROSA), in conjunction with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), initiated the Zambezi Basin Wetlands Conservation and Resource Utilisation Project (ZBWCRUP) in 1996. This project is aimed at ensuring wise use of natural resources of the wetlands of the Zambezi Basin, focussing in particular on four project sites (the Barotse floodplains in western Zambia, the floodplains and swamps of the Chobe/Caprivi region of Namibia and Botswana, the wetlands of the Lower Shire in southern Malawi and Mozambique, and the Zambezi Delta in Mozambique).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands: Review And Preliminary Assessment Of Available Information
Wattled Crane and Wetland Surveys in the Great Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Beilfuss, R & Allan, D.
Sd
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
The Wattled Crane (Bugeranus ciirtinculatus) .is a globally endangered resident of sub-saharan Africa. The large size and unique gray and white plumage ofthe Wattled Crane make it a conspicuous- member of the wetland communities upon which it depends,and a valuable focal point for wetland conservation initiatives.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Wattled Crane and Wetland Surveys in the Great Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
Gear selectivity for three by-catch species in the shallow-water shrimp trawl fishery at the Sofala Bank, Mozambique
Pinto, M.
Sd
Sofala
Institute for Fisheries Research
The reduction of shrimp by-catch when fishing with shrimp trawlers can constitute a strategy to minimise discards. A research cruise was conducted in February 1995 in shallow waters off Sofala Bank, Mozambique to investigate the sorting (selection) efficiency of cod-ends (55mm and 60mm meshes) compared to the top-grid (14mm space bar) systems using covered cod-end method. The selectivity parameters were obtained for Otolithes ruber, Johnius dussumieri and Thryssa vitrirostris through the maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) method, using logit function and pooled samples through the variance component model (VCM) . The top-grid was mounted at a theoretical angle of 33°, one metre aft of the retriever strap, in a downward direction.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Gear selectivity for three by-catch species in the shallow-water shrimp trawl fishery at the Sofala Bank, Mozambique
Shark fishing in Mozambique: A preliminary assessment of artisanal fisheries
Pierce, S. Et al
2008
Gaza; Inhambane; Maputo (cidade); Maputo
Eyes on the Horizon
The ~ 85 km length of coastline between Morrumbene and Pomene appears to have the most concentrated artisanal shark fisheries in southern Mozambique (Inhambane to Maputo provinces), though the entire area from the Bazaruto Archipelago south to around Zavora is subject to relatively high fishing pressure. Bottom-set longlines may be the most commonly used gear. A range of elasmobranch species are taken within these fisheries. Carcharhinid sharks and Rhynchobatus guitarfish seem to be a major target.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Pomene National Reserve; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve
Shark fishing in Mozambique: A preliminary assessment of artisanal fisheries
A Nova Katembe
Ad
Sd
Maputo
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
General Information
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Maputo Special Reserve
A Nova Katembe
Fisheries in a Context of Economic Changes in Mozambique
Tenreiro, J.
2010
N/A
A C P F i s h e r i e s
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Fisheries in a Context of Economic Changes in Mozambique
Sustainable Financing of Protected Area System in Mozambique
The national system of protected areas of Mozabique covers a total area of some 13941800 ha, of wich 360900 ha are marine and 13580900 ha terrestrial. Currently the funding baselines for protected areas and the capacities to administer and improve protected area revenue streams, are well below the levels required to ensure that protected areas systems properly serves its function as an important tool to protect biodiversity.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Sustainable Financing of Protected Area System in Mozambique
Desenvolvimento da Estratégia Conjunta para a Gestão Integrada dos Recursos Hídricos da Bacia Hidrográfica do Pungoé: Anexo X Estudo Sectorial: Fauna, Áreas de Conservação e Turismo
SWECO INTERNATIONAL AB Et al.
2004
Sofala
Governo da República de Moçambique Governo da República do Zimbabwe Agência Sueca para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (ASDI)
O Desenvolvimento da Estratégia Conjunta para a Gestão Integrada dos Recursos Hídricos (GIRH) da Bacia do Rio Pungoé, mais conhecido por Projecto Pungoé, é um esforço de cooperação entre os Governos de Mocambique e Zimbabwe para criar um quadro de gestão equilibrada e sustentável e de desenvolvimento e conservação dos recursos hídricos na bacia do rio Pungoé, com o objectivo de aumentar os benefícios sociais e económicos para as populações que vivem ao longo da bacia. Um dos elementos chave para o desenvolvimento desta estratégia pelo Projecto está associado à capacitação institucional para a sua implementação e actualização, que permita facilitar uma efectiva gestão participativa envolvendo tanto as autoridades como os stakeholders.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Official Government Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Desenvolvimento da Estratégia Conjunta para a Gestão Integrada dos Recursos Hídricos da Bacia Hidrográfica do Pungoé: Anexo X Estudo Sectorial: Fauna, Áreas de Conservação e Turismo
Comunidades dehonianas no Norte e Centro de Moçambique. Possibilidades turísticas
Os dehonianos (nome porque são conhecidos os sacerdotes da Congregação do Coração de Jesus) instalaram-se no século passado entre os povos do norte e centro de Moçambique e ainda hoje subsistem, em missões abertas ao mundo, junto da população que guiam espiritualmente e ajudam comunitariamente. Mas os novos tempos trouxeram dificuldades financeiras, e os seus membros têm de encontrar formas de sustentar as suas atividades. O turismo pode ser a solução para as comunidades de Nampula, Alto-Molocué, Quelimane, Milevane e Gurué, nas províncias de Nampula e Zambézia. O objetivo geral é concluir se existem possibilidades turísticas nas comunidades dehonianas presentes no centro e norte de Moçambique, através de uma análise SWOT.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Comunidades dehonianas no Norte e Centro de Moçambique. Possibilidades turísticas
Coastal climate change mitigation and adaptation through REDD+ carbon programs in mangroves in Mozambique: Pilot in the Zambezi Delta. Determination of carbon stocks through localized allometric equations component
Bosire, J; Bandeira, S. & Rafael, J.
2012
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
1990-2002
WWF
Resilient aquatic ecosystems not only play a crucial role in binding carbon, they are also important to economic development, food security, social wellbeing and provide important buffers against pollution, and extreme weather events. While mangroves support livelihoods of millions of people in the tropics, these blue carbon sinks also sequester about five times more carbon than any forest ecosystem. These ecosystems, however, are being degraded and disappear at rates 5–10 times faster than rainforests. The Zambezi mangroves have reduced in cover by 50% between 1972 and 2002, which is significant considering that the Delta has about 50% of the total mangrove cover in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Coastal climate change mitigation and adaptation through REDD+ carbon programs in mangroves in Mozambique: Pilot in the Zambezi Delta. Determination of carbon stocks through localized allometric equations component
Indigenous Fire Use to Manage Savanna Landscapes in Southern Mozambique
Shaffer, L.
2010
Gaza; Inhambane; Maputo (cidade); Maputo
Fire Ecology
Prescribed burn regimes for protected areas in southern Africa are often based solely on modeling of historic data and onsite experimentation. Most rural communities in this region continue to rely on fire to manage natural resources for subsistence needs, yet relatively few detailed studies of local fire knowledge and practices exist. The long history of anthropogenic fire in southern Africa suggests that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of fire could provide further insight into location-specific anthropogenic contributions to fire-savanna interactions. This study used an ethnographic approach to investigate how local people think about and manage fire as part of their daily activities in two rural communities in southern Mozambique
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Indigenous Fire Use to Manage Savanna Landscapes in Southern Mozambique
Negotiated Conservation and Development: Lessons and Recommendations for the CARE-WWF Alliance from Past Programs Addressing Livelihoods and Biodiversity
Wright, R.
2011
N/A
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005 posited “that people are integral parts of ecosystems and that a dynamic interaction exists between them and other parts of ecosystems, with the changing human condition driving, both directly and indirectly, changes in ecosystems and thereby causing changes in human well-being.”
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Negotiated Conservation and Development: Lessons and Recommendations for the CARE-WWF Alliance from Past Programs Addressing Livelihoods and Biodiversity
National Report to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20)
MICOA
2012
N/A
MICOA
The United Nations General Assembly, at its 64th Session on 31 March 2011, through Resolution A/RES/64/236, decided to hold, in 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference). The present report forms part of the preparation for Mozambique’s participation in this conference. It assesses the degree of implementation of the decisions taken at the main summits on Sustainable Development (Agenda 21 in the Rio summit in 1992 and the Johannesburg Implementation Plan at the Johannesburg Summit in 2002). Throughout the presentation, the report deals with the achievements and challenges in implementing decisions on sustainable development.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
National Report to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20)
Parque Nacional das Quirimbas – Censo dos agregados Familiares
Ad
2007
Cabo Delgado
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
General Information
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park
Parque Nacional das Quirimbas – Censo dos agregados Familiares
Community Based Natural Resources Management in Mozambique: A Theoretical or Practical Strategy for Local Sustainable Development? The Case Study of Derre Forest Reserve
Nhantumbo, I.; Norfolh, S. & Pereira, J.
2003
Zambézia
Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa Programme
Through work in southern Africa this research programme has explored the challenges of institutional, organisational and policy reform around land, water and wild resources. The case study sites have been in Zambezia Province, Mozambique, the Eastern Cape Wild Coast in South Africa and the lowveld area of southeastern Zimbabwe
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
Forest Reserves
Community Based Natural Resources Management in Mozambique: A Theoretical or Practical Strategy for Local Sustainable Development? The Case Study of Derre Forest Reserve
Censo Geral da População – Indicadores Básicos, Cabo Delgado
INE
2007
Cabo Delgado
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Censo Geral da População – Indicadores Básicos, Cabo Delgado
Papel das Florestas Sagradas para as Comunidades Locais: Uma abordagem geral
Inguane, A.
2008
N/A
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Este trabalho em forma de monografia, baseado na revisão de literatura faz o reseumo dos diversos pontos de vista dos diferentes autores sobre a protecção de Florestas Sagradas que possuem especial modelo de gestão, baseado nas culturas e tradições locais e que apresenta uma grande importância na conservação da biodiversidade.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices
Forest Reserves
Papel das Florestas Sagradas para as Comunidades Locais: Uma abordagem geral
Report on the Millennium Development Goals – Mozambique – 2010
Ministério de Planificação e Desenvolvimento
2010
N/A
This report basically intends to evaluate progress achieved in Mozambique to meet the MDGs and identify the main challenges and priorities for action at policy or implementation level to accelerate the achievement of the millennium goals. Though the MDGs aim at evaluating progress since 1990, in the case of Mozambique there is no comprehensive statistical (i.e., at national scale) and reliable information covering the initial years of the implementation of the MDGs. This is due to the armed conflict suffered by Mozambique until 1992. After the General Peace Agreement, Mozambique was able to start a more comprehensive and reliable statistical data collection process.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Report on the Millennium Development Goals – Mozambique – 2010
Strategic Plan for the Development of Tourism in Mozambique (2004 – 2013)
MITUR
2004
N/A
MITUR
The ‘Strategic Plan for the Development of Tourism in Mozambique’ (SPDTM) results from a two-phased process of reflection in the tourism sector in view to establishing the foundations for the implementation of the Tourism Policy and Strategy. The first phase, executed between July 2002 and February 2003, dealt with the policy and strategy review and update, and the second led to the establishment of the present Strategic Plan for the Development of Tourism in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Tourism and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Strategic Plan for the Development of Tourism in Mozambique (2004 – 2013)
Plano Mestre de Turismo do Distrito de Sussundenga
MITUR
2011
Manica
MITUR
Tal como foi recomendado na política e estratégia de desenvolvimento turístico de Moçambique e, em particular, no Plano Estratégico para o Desenvolvimento do Turismo em Moçambique (2004-2013), é essencial ter em consideração que conservação e turismo têm de interagir para a potenciação de sinergias, porque, por um lado, o turismo é o gerador de receitas, mas, por outro lado, são as áreas de conservação que determinam a atracção de turistas. Estes factores, entre outros, levaram o Governo de Moçambique a identificar as Áreas de Conservação Transfronteiriças (ACTF) como Áreas Prioritárias para o Desenvolvimento de Turismo.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Protected Areas; Tourism and Biodiversity
Chimanimani National Reserve; Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Plano Mestre de Turismo do Distrito de Sussundenga
Influência do número de aplicações de insecticidas no rendimento e qualidade de fibra de algodão (Gossypium spp.) em Morrumbala
Chiule, R.
1999
Zambézia
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Influência do número de aplicações de insecticidas no rendimento e qualidade de fibra de algodão (Gossypium spp.) em Morrumbala