Maputo: More than four million meticais spent on construction of ‘biodiversity wall’

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Maputo: More than four million meticais spent on construction of ‘biodiversity wall’

8:56 CAT | 04 Apr 2023

Photo: Ministério da Terra e Ambiente

The Mozambican government and partners have invested around 4.4 million meticais (US$69,000 ) in the construction of a Biodiversity Wall.

The initiative aims to stimulate and enhance the potential of national conservation areas for the practice of nature-based tourism.

The wall, which comprises a total of 45 murals eight metres long and three metres high, was inaugurated in the city of Maputo today by the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the construction of the wall arises from the urgent need to protect the country’s natural wealth in the face of the challenges imposed by poaching, uncontrolled fires, and unsustainable exploitation of forests.

“With this memorial, we are once again raising our voices for the protection of plants and animals, with the aim of promoting mass education and the dissemination of good management practices and environmental management,” Minister Maibaze said.

In addition to its approximately 4.4 million meticais implementation cost, the wall will entail annual maintenance estimated at around 120,000 meticais.

“Considering the importance of this work for society, we want to encourage the continuation of the partnership between the actors involved, in the sense of proceeding with the requalification of other public spaces, as well as the implementation of similar didactic environmental initiatives elsewhere,” she said.

Speaking next, Mayor of Maputo Eneas Comiche said that the strategic location of the wall would attract visitors and make the capital’s citizens proud, reinforcing Maputo’s commitment to the universal cause of environmental protection.

“I believe that the mural will have a strong impact on travellers and visitors arriving in Maputo, fostering a new sense of welcome and hospitality on the part Mozambicans and Maputans,” he said.

With conservation one of the most serious global challenges for the future of humanity, the preservation of biodiversity must be a responsibility shared by all, Comiche said.

Source: AIM