State of sanitation one of Mozambique’s main environmental problems – Minister

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State of sanitation one of Mozambique’s main environmental problems – Minister

5:20 CAT | 07 Jun 2024

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Mozambique’s Minister of Land and Environment sees sanitation as one of the biggest environmental problems in urban and rural areas.

“We can look a little at the impacts of climate change and agree that environmental sanitation is one of the main problems,” Minister Ivete Maibaze said Wednesday in Maputo during the inauguration ceremony of a photovoltaic electricity supply source, as part of the celebrations of World Environment Day.

The Minister also highlighted erosion, especially of coastal areas-, and deforestation as environmental problems.

“We also have the problem of erosion, which is a reality in our country, particularly coastal erosion. We can also, in this case, look at deforestation, which is the result not only of the practice of agriculture, but also of the exploitation of forest resources to obtain wood for fuel,” she said.

Maibaze said that, to address these problems, the government had developed activities aimed at restructuring and reforestation, with emphasis on planting 10,000 hectares since June 2023, particularly in the provinces of Zambézia, Tete and Nampula.

The inauguration of the photovoltaic plant in Maputo coincided with World Environment Day 2024, which was celebrated on Wednesday (June 5) under the motto, “Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience”.

Minister Maibaze said the inauguration of the photovoltaic electricity supply would contribute to the sustainability of investments made within the framework of electronic governance of land and other natural resources in the country.

The 200-kilowatt photovoltaic plant, made up of 325 solar panels occupying an area of 1,288 square metres, is already providing renewable energy to the National Directorate of Land and Territorial Development building and at the CENACARTA data centre, while simultaneously reducing impact on the environment and the costs associated with the consumption of electricity from the national grid.

Source: AIM Moçambique