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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Seagrass meadows globally as a coupled social–ecological system: Implications for human wellbeing
Cullen-Unsworth, L. et al.
2013
N/A; Maputo (cidade)
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Seagrass ecosystems are diminishing worldwide and repeated studies confirm a lack of appreciation for the value of these systems. In order to highlight their value we provide the first discussion of seagrass meadows as a coupled social–ecological system on a global scale. We consider the impact of a declining resource on people, including those for whom seagrass meadows are utilised for income generation and a source of food security through fisheries support. Case studies from across the globe are used to demonstrate the intricate relationship between seagrass meadows and people that highlight the multi-functional role of seagrasses in human wellbeing.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Seagrass meadows globally as a coupled social–ecological system: Implications for human wellbeing
Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals
Krause, D. et al.
1997
N/A
Nature
Consistent with geophysical evidence for the breaking up of Pangaea, it has been hypothesized that Cretaceous vertebrates on progressively isolated landmasses exhibit generally increasing levels of provincialism, with distinctly heightened endemism occurring at the beginning of the Late Cretaceous. The Cretaceous fossil record from the southern supercontinent of Gondwana has been much too poor to test this hypothesis with regards to mammals.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals
Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land
IUCN
2010
N/A
Earthscan
This book has come together during the past three years, starting with its initial genesis at a meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) in May 2007. During this time, the volume’s core subject – local and national institutional struggles over natural resource use, tenure and control – has increasingly been a subject of debate and public attention, both within African countries and more widely around the world.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Communication and Public Awareness; Environmental Education; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land
Influence of Human Exploitation of Intertidal Mollusk Resources on the Selection and Utilisation of Gastropod Shells by the Hermit Crab Clibanarius longitarsus (de Haan) in Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo
Pereira, M. & Gonçalves, P.
2000
N/A; Maputo (cidade)
2000
The use of gastropod shells by the hermit crab Clibanarius longitarsus at Costa do Sol Mangrove was investigated. Particular attention was paid to the influence of human collection of intertidal gastropod resources on the availability and utilization of shells by C. longitarsus. Three main methods were used in this study: crab field collections, shell selection laboratory experiments and interviews with local women who collect intertidal mollusk resources. A total of 23 shell types were used by C. longitarsus at the Costa do Sol mangrove, the most common being Volema pyrum, Murex brevispina and Terebralia palustris. Gastropod shells were a limiting resource for hermit crabs.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Influence of Human Exploitation of Intertidal Mollusk Resources on the Selection and Utilisation of Gastropod Shells by the Hermit Crab Clibanarius longitarsus (de Haan) in Costa do Sol Mangrove, Maputo
Marine biological research at inhaca island, Mozambique: an interim report
Kalk, M.
1954
N/A; Maputo (cidade)
South African Journal of Science
This paper mentions the different types of biological research now in progress at the Laboratory for few studies have yet been published. It gives the first general account of conclusions reached regarding the different littoral biotopes and the affinities of the faunas. The composition of the faunal belts is discussed and it is shown that the, universal' zones of a rocky shore can be recognized on the east coast, which is lapped by the Indian Ocean.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Marine biological research at inhaca island, Mozambique: an interim report
Gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos em moçambique, responsabilidade de quem?
Langa, J.
2014
N/A
Este texto apresenta o cenário da responsabilização dos vários atores na GRSU em Moçambique, tendo como caso a cidade de Maputo. Com base em pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e visitas técnicas em empreendimentos (Recicla, Fertiliza, ComSol, Amor e Pagalata) foi elaborado este texto. De modo geral, estes projetos iniciativas positivas, embora sua contribuição ainda seja pouco considerável nos três setores: social, ambiental e econômico, para muitos já demonstram uma possibilidade de ação.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
General Information
Environmental Education
None
Gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos em moçambique, responsabilidade de quem?
Cyanophyceae associated with mangrove trees at Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Silva, S.
1991
N/A
Bothalia
A survey of the Cyanophyceae associated with two of the five mangrove trees and their associated Bostrychieta at Inhaca Island, Mozambique, was undertaken. Sixteen taxa belonging to 12 genera were identified. Of these, six taxa were new records for Mozambique, three at generic and three at specific level. Thirteen taxa of Cyanophyceae were found growing on Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. and four on Ceriops lagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson. Chamaecalyx leibleiniae (H. Reinsch) Komarek & Anagnostidis was the only Cyanophyceae to occur on both species of tree.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Cyanophyceae associated with mangrove trees at Inhaca Island, Mozambique
New Forms Of South African Mammals
Roberts, A.
s.d.
N/A
The following new forms of mammals have been brought to light by recent acquisitions from various contributors, whose names will be mentioned hereafter, and as a result of special explorations of Ubombo and Ingwavuma Districts, Northern Zululand, by the author under two special grants from the Union Research Grant Board. A report upon this special exploration will be published at a later date, as a final exploration may be carried out to clear up dubious points and complete the survey of this most interesting corner of the Union.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
New Forms Of South African Mammals
Reef Resilience Workshop Report. Programa Primeiras e Segundas – Angoche, Moma e Pebane
Armando, Cremildo
2014
Nampula; Zambézia
Funded by TNC Primeiras and Segundas MPA, finalized de workshop about Reef resilience in his first stage. It was in Nampula province, Angoche district were about 24 participants of fisherman, government officers, private sector, Fish Association, Fishing Community Council, had one day for discuss issue of reef management including resilience and another day for field trip.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Reef Resilience Workshop Report. Programa Primeiras e Segundas – Angoche, Moma e Pebane
Scale, perception and resilience in Gorongosa, Mozambique
Lynam, Tim
2004
Sofala
The Resilience Alliance
Powerpoint presentation with: • Overview of Gorongosa • Timeline of key changes and events • Discussion of resilience analysis • Key messages
English
Not applicable
General
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas; Threats to Biodiversity
Gorongosa National Park
Scale, perception and resilience in Gorongosa, Mozambique
Vulnerabilidade Climática nas Zonas Costeiras. Caso de estudo: Delta do Zambeze
Maueua et al
2007
N/A
Este relatório apresenta o estudo da avaliação da vulnerabilidade da zona costeira às mudanças climáticas para Moçambique no âmbito da Convenção-Quadro da Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas. O objectivo do projecto é fornecer orientações precisas para adoptar políticas e medidas que reduzam os impactos das mudanças climáticas no desenvolvimento sócio-económico do País. O presente estudo é parte das actividades do projecto The Netherlands Climate Change Assistance Programme – NCAP' e os seus resultados servirão de inputs na preparação da Segunda Comunicação Nacional.
Portuguese
Not applicable
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
None
Vulnerabilidade Climática nas Zonas Costeiras. Caso de estudo: Delta do Zambeze
Realizações do Sector das Pescas
Ministério das Pescas
2013
N/A
2005-2012
A acção do Governo no sector das Pescas, no período de 2005 a 2012, esteve orientada para medidas que visam contribuir para a segurança alimentar, disponibilizando o pescado para o consumo e para a melhoria das condições de vida das comunidades pesqueiras. Neste sentido e tomando como base os objectivos do Programa Quinquenal do Governo (PQG), neste documento destacam-se as grandes realizações ocorridas no período em análise.
Portuguese
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
Realizações do Sector das Pescas
Fishing Forever? Social and Biophysical Implications of No-take Fishing Zones. Case Study in Moma District, Nampula Province, Mozambique
Fisher, Brendan
2014
Nampula
Report to the Rockefeller Foundation from the CARE-WWF Alliance (2014). Grant Number: 2013 OCE 202.
Between September 2013 and February 2014, the CARE-WWF Alliance undertook both biophysical and household surveys in the Moma Estuary. The goal was to understand the livelihood dependencies on the marine system in the area, as well as the biophysical impacts of marine management.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Fishing Forever? Social and Biophysical Implications of No-take Fishing Zones. Case Study in Moma District, Nampula Province, Mozambique
Designing a transfrontier conservation landscape for the Maputaland centre of endemism using biodiversity, economic and threat data
Smith et al
2008
N/A
Biological Conservation 141 (2008) 2127 – 2138
Biological Conservation
A number of global priority region schemes have been developed, but local assessments are needed to identify priority areas for conservation within these regions. Here, we describe results from a conservation assessment for Maputaland, part of a biodiversity hotspot in southern Africa that is also the focus of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) initiative between South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. The TFCA seeks to establish new state-, private- and communally-managed conservation areas to boost economic development through nature-based tourism and game ranching.
English
Not applicable
General
Peer-reviewed article
Protected Areas
None
Designing a transfrontier conservation landscape for the Maputaland centre of endemism using biodiversity, economic and threat data
National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
MICOA - Ministério para a Coordenação da Acção Ambiental
2015
N/A
National Report submitted on the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Uruguay, 2015
National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Mozambique.
English
Not applicable
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
None
National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Impacto da produção e comercialização de tabaco nas comunidades rurais do norte da provincia de Tete – o caso de Furancungo
Ferrão, Cesário
2005
Tete
1995-2004
Projecto de pesquisa apresentado em cumprimento dos requisitos exigidos para a obtenção do grau de licenciatura em Antropologia pela Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
O presente trabalho constitui o resultado de um levantamento preliminar e pretende fornecer elementos que permitam estabalecer as directrizes a seguir na execução ou desenvolvimento de futuros trabalhos. Contém uma reflexão sobre as causas da adesão ao cultivo e comércio do tabaco pelas comunidades rurais desse distrito, bem como sobre os fenómenos ligados à divisão social de trabalho, composição e residencialidade do agregado familiar e conflitos existentes, persistentes e extintos e que se fundamentem com base no fomento, produção e comercialização dessa cultura de rendimento.
Portuguese
Not applicable
General
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Impacto da produção e comercialização de tabaco nas comunidades rurais do norte da provincia de Tete – o caso de Furancungo
The contribution to local enterprise development of infrastructure for commodity extraction projects: Tanzania’s central corridor and Mozambique’s Zambezi Valley
Perkins, D. & Robbins, G.
2011
N/A
MMCP Discussion Paper No. 9, March 2011 Making the Most of Commodities Programme (MMCP)
This report investigates in what way the provision and management of infrastructure (or shortcomings therein) has constrained or enabled mining investment and local firm linkages to this mining activity (with a primary focus on the recent experience on Tanzania's Central Development Corridor and the Zambezi Valley in Mozambique). The usefulness of the development corridor approach to enhance the scope for linked small enterprise development and more diversified economic development is explored in the context of increased minerals investment.
English
Not applicable
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
None
The contribution to local enterprise development of infrastructure for commodity extraction projects: Tanzania’s central corridor and Mozambique’s Zambezi Valley
Exploitation of Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean
Frazier, J.
1980
N/A
Human Ecology, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1980
Human Ecology
Marine turtles long have been o f great value to peoples of the Indian Ocean, nutritionally, economically, and culturally. Once directed primarily toward subsistence, the hunting of marine turtles for international trade has increased; today their populations are often so depleted that they are not only insignificant as resources, but are endangered. An understanding o f exploitation is imperative to guarantee future populations, yet available information is sketchy. "Subsistence hunting "is an ambiguous term, since the most intense exploitation is for export.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Exploitation of Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean
Transboundary MPAs: a challenge for the twenty-first century
Silva et al
2012
N/A
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 23 Iss: 4 pp. 328 - 346
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
The Convention on Biological Diversity set specific targets for halting biodiversity loss, including the need to establish 10 per cent of coastal/marine areas conserved through, among other things, well-connected systems of protected areas by 2020. The reality is that whereas nearly 15 per cent of land is protected, just over 1 per cent of marine space is similarly protected. The challenge is to reach “a global representative system” of Marine Protected Areas. The purpose of this paper is to address the options and trends for countries to develop transboundary cooperation through MPAs. The authors address several case studies, focusing on political, governance and financing frameworks.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Protected Areas; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Transboundary MPAs: a challenge for the twenty-first century
Co-Management of Fisheries in a Marine Protected Area: The Case of the Quirimbas National Park in Mozambique.
MARGov Project – Collaborative Governance of Marine Protected Areas (pp. 163-172), ISBN: 978-989-8745-58-3.
Sustainability in the 21st Century – The Power of Dialogue
In the Quirimbas National Park, created in Mozambique in 2002, a few no-take areas were implemented in coral reef areas as a way to protect marine biodiversity and help rebuild fish stocks. Many fishers contested the creation of no-take areas, and fisheries management authorities supported them. This document briefly shows what are the threats to coral reefs inside the QNP, what was the criticism of fishers and fisheries management authorities to sanctuaries, what motivated the QNP to change its strategy, and what results fisheries co-management has already produced in the conservation of coral reefs and in the promotion of fisheries.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Protected Areas; Community Use of Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity
Quirimbas National Park
Co-Management of Fisheries in a Marine Protected Area: The Case of the Quirimbas National Park in Mozambique.
Satellite telemetry suggests high levels of fishing-induced mortality in marine turtles
Hays et al
2003
N/A
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Vol. 262: 305 – 309, 2003
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Long-term records of nesting numbers, or proxies to nesting numbers, show a precipitous decline in the size of many sea turtle populations. Population declines are most frequently attributed to fisheries bycatch, although direct quantification of this level of mortality is rare. We used satellite-tracking records for turtles in the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans to identify when turtles had been captured. Evidence for capture came from a combination of an increase in good quality locations from transmitters, transmitters moving inland to coastal towns and villages, and on-board submergence data, showing that transmitters had come out of the water.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Satellite telemetry suggests high levels of fishing-induced mortality in marine turtles
Influence of ocean currents on long-distance movement of leatherback sea turtles in the Southwest Indian Ocean
Leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea spend most of their life in oceanic environments, whose physical and biological characteristics are primarily forged by sea current circulation. Water mass movements can mechanically act on swimming turtles, thus determining their routes, and can differentially distribute their planktonic prey. By integrating satellite tracking data with contemporaneous remote-sensing information, we analysed the post-nesting journeys of 9 leatherbacks with respect to oceanographic surface conditions.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Influence of ocean currents on long-distance movement of leatherback sea turtles in the Southwest Indian Ocean
Local people’s perceptions of Marine Protected Areas: a case study of Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique.
Gaspar, Alselmo
2008
Maputo
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the academic requirements for the degree of Master of Environment and Development, in the Centre for Environment, Agriculture, and Development, School of Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
This study investigated respondents’ perceptions of the Ponta do Ouro – Kosi Bay MPA. The Marine Protected Area (MPA) is part of the now proclaimed Lubombo Trans-frontier Conservation Area (TFCA). An interviewer - administered questionnaire was used to obtain primary data from 35 respondents, all resident in the study area and who are involved in various activities based on the coastal area and its marine resources. The focus of the study was on awareness regarding the establishment, impacts of the MPA, the setting of priorities for the MPA and lastly, respondents’ roles and responsibilities.
English
Not applicable
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Protected Areas; Community Use of Biodiversity
Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve
Local people’s perceptions of Marine Protected Areas: a case study of Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique.
Cats in Mozambique
Tello, José
1988
N/A
Mozambique has suffered grievously from the war between the government and Renamo rebels. Its people have suffered many depredations, as well as famine. Not surprisingly the once flourishing wildlife has declined sharply, and a promising management program to cull herbivores for food has collapsed. José Tello has prepared a detailed report for WWF International on the current status of protected areas and large mammals.
English
Not applicable
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Gender and Biodiversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Cats in Mozambique
O Meio Ambiente em Moçambique
Serra, C. et al.
2012
N/A
Ao disponibilizar um resumo actualizado das políticas e legislação actuais e os desafios relacionados com as questões ambientais, as oito notas seguintes destinam-se a contribuir para um debate a nível do Governo e entre o Governo e as instituições, bem como com os parceiros de desenvolvimento de Moçambique. Pretende-se que estas notas sirvam para alimentar o processo de elaboração dos programas governamentais, com destaque para o Plano Quinquenal do Governo e para a Estratégia de Redução da Pobreza (PARPA).
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
O Meio Ambiente em Moçambique
Monitorização E Modelação Da Evolução Costeira Em Moçambique: Práticas E Desafios
Palalane, J. et al.
2013
N/A
2005-2012
zona costeira de Moçambique tem sido nos últimos anos alvo de elevados investimentos, com a construção e reabilitação de infraestruturas portuárias e de proteção costeiras nas grandes cidades que, em alguns casos, tem implicado mudanças na dinâmica sedimentar costeira com efeitos notáveis a diferentes escalas temporais e espaciais. Esta comunicação sintetiza as práticas adotadas em diferentes estudos de monitorização e modelação da evolução costeira realizados para Moçambique, documentando as diferentes metodologias neles aplicados, avaliando a qualidade de informação e a sua utilidade para a compreensão e previsão das alterações que se têm verificado na zona costeira.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Monitorização E Modelação Da Evolução Costeira Em Moçambique: Práticas E Desafios
Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief – Mozambique
Wingqvist, G.
2011
N/A
Sida's Helpdesk for Environment and Climate Change
This policy brief is based on a desk study and has been written by Gunilla Ölund Wingqvist at Sida’s Helpdesk for Environment and Climate Change at the request of Tomas Andersson, Sida. The intention of the document is to feed into Sida’s Poverty Development Analysis (or Assessment Draft to Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the preparations for a new cooperation strategy for Mozambique. The aim is to facilitate integration of environment and climate change risks and opportunities into Swedish Development Cooperation. The policy brief also aims to provide a useful reference when discussing individual interventions under the future strategy, both among Sida staff and where appropriate cooperation partners.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Climate Change and Biodiversity; Environmental Education
None
Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief – Mozambique
20 Passos para a Sustentabilidade Florestal em Moçambique
Mourana, B. & Serra, C.
2010
N/A
Amigos da Floresta/Centro de Integridade Pública
Havendo necessidade de participar e contribuir activamente no Fórum Nacional de Florestas, que decorreu no dia 16 de Junho de 2009, foi tomada a decisão de reunir num documento 20 sugestões e recomendações dirigidas à melhoria do sector florestal em direcção a uma maior e melhor sustentabilidade florestal.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.); Environmental Education; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
20 Passos para a Sustentabilidade Florestal em Moçambique
R-Package Multi-stakeholder Self-Assessment of REDD+ Readiness in Mozambique
MITADER
2017
N/A
2015-2016
The REDD+ Readiness Framework Assessment provides a common framework to measure countries’ relative progress on core readiness activities. It was developed over two years of discussions in the Participant’s Committee (PC) of the FCPF, and informed by country experiences to date in formulating and implementing their R-PPs and existing good practices. This current document is the Readiness Assessment for Mozambique of December 2016, and has been conducted with inputs from a wide variety of stakeholders.
English
No Restrictions
General
Official Government Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.); Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
R-Package Multi-stakeholder Self-Assessment of REDD+ Readiness in Mozambique
Definição de Florestas, Desmatamento e Degradação Florestal no âmbito do REDD+
Falcão, M. & Noa, M.
2016
N/A
2014
O presente trabalho visa elaborar uma proposta da definição de floresta, desmatamento e degradação florestal para Moçambique olhando para o actual estado de utilização dos recursos florestais no País e naquilo que será a implementação do REDD+ de acordo com as cinco actividades definidas no Acordo de Cancun. Importa referir que há necessidade de centralizar o foco do estudo nos diferentes tipos de ecossistemas existentes no País, considerando a sazonalidade, regeneração natural, sucessão e que os parâmetros que daí advirem estejam alinhados com os critérios preconizados na UNFCCC.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
Definição de Florestas, Desmatamento e Degradação Florestal no âmbito do REDD+
Economic Value of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands
Turpie et al
1999
N/A
IUCN Regional Office for Southern Africa Zambezi basin wetlands conservation and resource utilization project
IUCN
This report covers Phases I and II of the resource economics study, which is being conducted in two phases. The main aims of the study were:
• to assess and contribute to resource economics capacity, especially pertaining to wetlands valuation, in the region;
• to review wetlands valuation methodology;
• to assess the economic value of wetlands goods and services in four Zambezi Basin wetland areas, the existing disincentives for their sustainable use, and to provide recommendations for their future management;
• to assess the influence of existing policies on wetland resource conservation and use;
• to provide an economic assesssment of current ZBWCRUP initiatives in the project areas.
English
Not applicable
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
Economic Value of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands
Local Names of Pan-African Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus: Polydaedalus)
Bayless, M.
2008
N/A
1960-2006
Biawak
African monitor lizards have a Pan-African distribution (Bayless, 2002). These lizards are known from generalized to specific habitats across Africa (Bayless, 1997). If studying zoology, herpetology, epidemiology, parasitology, or ethnography, it is helpful to know the local and regional names of these reptiles. To date, the most comprehensive listing of local names for Varanus has been written by Auerbach (1995:243-245). The following compilation includes the local names for each monitor lizard species listed by country, tribe, language, and source.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Local Names of Pan-African Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus: Polydaedalus)
PLANOS LOCAIS DE GESTÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE
Ferreira, R.
2017
Zambézia
Universidade de Évora
Na atualidade, os Planos Locais de Gestão da Biodiversidade (PLGB) constituem-se como um importante instrumento operacional de aplicação das políticas, programas e estratégias no contexto da salvaguarda do património natural. O seu uso é transversal à generalidade dos projetos que, direta ou indiretamente, impactam o Meio, independentemente de se localizarem em áreas com estatuto especial para a proteção da natureza. Na presente dissertação, avaliam-se os conceitos estruturantes que moldam a conservação da biodiversidade na atualidade, as questões que condicionam o processo da sua gestão e enquadra-se de forma abrangente a pertinência da exequibilidade dos PLGB à escala local.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
PLANOS LOCAIS DE GESTÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
MICOA - Ministério para a Coordenação da Acção Ambiental
2007
N/A
The occurrence of extreme climate events in Mozambique constitutes a great barrier to swift sustainable economic development due to human and material damages. The Government of Mozambique, NGOs and Humanitarian Agencies have been working to reduce the impacts of extreme events through the elaboration of various action plans and programmes. The present document includes summaries of 4 initiatves, for various economic and social development sectors, with special emphasis on the prevention of natural disasters and Alert and Early Warning Systems; the agricultural, fisheries, energy, environmental and water sectors; coastal zones; and erosion control.
English
Not applicable
General
Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management Plans, Biodiversity Counterbalance Plans, and the like
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.); Climate Change and Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity
None
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Body Scars and Dorsal Fin Disfigurements as Indicators of Interaction Between Small Cetaceans and Fisheries Around the Mozambique Channel Island of Mayotte
Jeremy, K. et al.
2008
N/A
2004 - 2008
Cetacean bycatch in fisheries occur in all oceans of the world and may have both lethal and non-lethal consequences (body injuries). In the lagoon of Mayotte (12o50’S, 45o10’E), in the northern Mozambique Channel, two main types of fisheries occur: handlining (inside the lagoon) and longlining (outside the barrier reef, over the ‘continental’ slope). The level of interactions between small cetaceans and fisheries in this area were characterised using identification photographs taken from July 2004 to April 2008 during dedicated cetacean surveys. Photographs were taken of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) and short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus).
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Body Scars and Dorsal Fin Disfigurements as Indicators of Interaction Between Small Cetaceans and Fisheries Around the Mozambique Channel Island of Mayotte
How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests? A snapshot from Mozambique
Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.; Sitoe, A. & Salomão; A.
2011
N/A
2008-2010
CIFOR
In 2008, Mozambique prepared and submitted to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) a Readiness Plan Idea Note (R-PIN). A National REDD+ Working Group was established in 2009. The working group’s initial work plan was revised in March 2010 to accommodate 1) the emerging priority of developing a national REDD+ strategy to inform the implementation of pilot projects whilst 2) allowing the preparation of the Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP). The two processes were subsequently merged.
English
No Restrictions
General; Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Communication and Public Awareness; Environmental Education; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity
None
How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests? A snapshot from Mozambique
Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique
Naess, L. et al.
2015
N/A
Despite the growth in work linking climate change and national level development agendas, there has been limited attention to their political economy. These processes mediate the winners, losers and potential trade-offs between different goals, and the political and institutional factors which enable or inhibit integration across different policy areas. This paper applies a political economy analysis to case studies on low carbon energy in Kenya and carbon forestry in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique
A DINÂMICA DOS SISTEMAS LITORAIS DO SUL DE MOÇAMBIQUE DURANTE OS ÚLTIMOS 30 ANOS
Moreira, M.
2005
N/A
1970-75 & 2001-2002
Finisterra
A erosão é o fenómeno que domina a dinâmica actual dos sistemas litorais de Moçambique, onde, em mais de 90% da extensão da costa, é devida a causas naturais. A passagem de depressões e ciclones tropicais, e a elevação recente do nível médio do oceano são as causas fundamentais. A transgressão oceânica manifesta-se no estreitamento das praias, no entalhe dos cordões dunares que migram para o interior, assoreando as lagunas anexas, na segmentação das restingas e ilhas-barreira, no recuo rápido das arribas vivas e na reactivação das mortas, no desmantelamento das microformas de bio-erosão das plataformas areníticas da entre-marés, no estreitamento dos mangais, na sinalizaçãodos aquíferos salobros das planícies litorais e das ilhas.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Ecosystem Restoration; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity
None
A DINÂMICA DOS SISTEMAS LITORAIS DO SUL DE MOÇAMBIQUE DURANTE OS ÚLTIMOS 30 ANOS
Further breeding records for birds (aves) in Angola
Dean et al
2013
N/A
Durban Natural Science Museum Novitates 36: 1-10.
Durban Natural Science Museum
Some details of records of nests, eggs and nestlings of 167 (possibly 168) species in the bird collection at Lubango, Angola are given. This includes 23 species for which there were no Angolan breeding records at all, and one possibly new breeding species (Slaty Egret). The data also confirm the breeding of another 20 species strongly suspected of breeding in Angola, but that lacked egg or nestling records.
English
Not applicable
General
Peer-reviewed article
Gender and Biodiversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Further breeding records for birds (aves) in Angola
Artisanal Fisheries Promotion Project (ProPESCA)
East and Southern Africa Division Programme Management Department, IFAD
2010
Cabo Delgado; Gaza; Inhambane; Nampula; Sofala
The design of the project has evolved from a participatory stocktaking process involving participants from each of the coastal provinces which captured experience and lessons learned from the three ongoing artisanal fisheries projects – Sofala Bank Artisanal Fisheries Project (PPABAS), Northern Nampula and Cabo Delgado Artisanal Fisheries Project (PPANNCD) and the Artisanal Fisheries Project for Gaza and Inhambane (PPAGI). The resulting project reflects and responds to government’s strategy for the sector and is consistent with the IFAD Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP).
English
Restricted
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Threats to Biodiversity