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Mozambique: Investment bank donates €491,000 to climate change project – Lusa
8:10 CAT | 26 Feb 2021
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The African Climate Change Fund, supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a donation of US$600,000 (€491,000) to Mozambique for the implementation of climate change resilience projects in Zambezia province.
“This project aims to contribute to the identification of climate resilience models at the community level, which are needed to feed Mozambique,” said Pietro Toigo, resident representative of the AfDB, quoted in the Bank’s statement sent to the media on Thursday.
This project aims to improve the livelihood systems of the inhabitants of 10 rural and vulnerable communities, about 100 families, living in coastal and marine areas of that central Mozambique province.
The communities are from the First and Second Islands Environmental Protection Area, in Pebane district and the buffer zone of Mocubela district, in Zambézia province.
According to the document, the project, aligned with local and provincial priorities, will train women and young people to implement “low carbon initiatives and recovery of degraded ecosystems” initiatives.
According to the statement, the project, which started at the end of 2020 and lasts for two years, will promote an integrated system of agriculture, agroforestry, fish farming, and beekeeping.
The country is going through a rainy and cyclonic season, which occurs between October and April, with winds coming from the Indian Ocean and floods originating in the basins of southern Africa.
Natural disasters in recent months have deeply affected central and southern Mozambique, in the provinces of Sofala, Manica, the southern part of Zambezia, Inhambane and Gaza.
The most severe were storm Chalane in late 2020 and cyclone Eloise in January, with a total official tally of 19 deaths. Reports from local authorities point to double that.
Last weekend, cyclone Guambe passed off the Mozambican coast and affected several districts in the southern area.
Source: Noticias
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