Mozambique: Demolitions begin on the sides of the N1 - report
FILE - Minister of Land and Environment of Mozambique Ivete Maibaze speaks at the opening of the fifth Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Land and Environment, in Maputo city, on June 20, 2024. [File photo: Ministério da Terra e Ambiente]
Around 781,755 land titles – Land Use and Benefit Rights (DUATs)- were delivered across the country in the years 2020 to 2024, Minister of Land and Environment Ivete Maibaze has announced. Of this number, 43% went to women and 57% to men.
During the same time period, 773 local communities were delimited and their respective unofficial certificates issued, giving them more proactive participation and recognition of their contribution to the management of natural resources.
“We prepared the first National Territorial Development Plan (PNDT) and the Special Territorial Planning Plans (PEOT), namely, the PEOT of the Zambezi Valley and that of KaNyaka Island and part of the Matutuíne district, both approved by the Assembly of the Republic,” said Minister of Land and Environment said at the opening of the ministry’s Coordinating Council on Wednesday.
Minister Maibaze explained that the development of these instruments aims to ensure strategic planning in land use, contribute to the reduction of regional asymmetries in the country’s development and prevent the risks of marginalization and unbalanced and unsustainable use of land and other natural resources.
“At the same time, we prepared 18 Urban Structure Plans, three Provincial Plans, four Community Land Use Plans (PCUT) and began the process of preparing the Special Territorial Planning Plan for the Environmental Protection Area of Primeiras and Segundas Islands,” the minister added.
Speaking about conservation and biodiversity, Maibaze highlighted the construction of management infrastructure and improving working conditions in Parks and Reserves.
“Over this five-year period, we have undertaken efforts that culminated in the construction of management infrastructures and improvement of working conditions at the level of Parks and Reserves, namely Zinave National Park, Chimanimani National Park, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park , Maputo National Park and, very recently, in the Environmental Protection Area of Primeiras and Segundas Islands,” she said.
Ivete Maibaze also spoke about the translocation of 1,416 animals from South Africa, including rhinos, buffaloes, elephants, lions, wild dogs, leopards, cheetahs, elands and hyenas, highlighting the Zinave National Park, which became the only National Park to be home to the terrestrial “Big Five” of elephant, lion, leopard, hippo and rhino.
“We re-categorized the Chimanimani National Reserve, in Manica, the Gilé National Reserve, in Zambézia, and the Niassa National Reserve, moving into the categories of Chimanimani National Park, Gilé National Park and Niassa Special Reserve, respectively. With this act we intend to further value these conservation areas and ensure their inclusion in the legal regime, creating opportunities for partnerships and sustainable investments,” the minister highlighted.
During the period in question, at least 21 people, including drug traffickers and poachers, were handed exemplary prison sentences ranging from 12 to 30 years.
READ: Mozambique: National Parks received more than 1,400 animals from South Africa
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