Mozambique’s Forests and Landscapes at UNFCCC COP21
The REDD+ process in Mozambique
Mozambique is one of 47 countries eligible for the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) whose aim is to access the fund to implement emission reduction strategies from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD +).
In December 2008, the Government of Mozambique represented by the Coordinating Ministry of Environmental Affairs (current MITADER - Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development), the National Directorate of Land and Forests, the Ministry of Agriculture (now the MASA - Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security) jointly started the preparation process of the Emission Reduction Plan for Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD +) by Note (R-PIN) funded by the Norwegian Embassy in Maputo with the technical support of INDUFOR and underwent the process the FCPF in March 2009 and was subsequently adopted in May 2009. After the approval of the R-PIN, increased the expectation of the Government of Mozambique in relation to the FCPF that continued the creation of a National REDD Strategy + in which Mozambique can participate and submit a proposal preparation (R-PP).
MICOA (current MITADER) and the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) of Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intent to adopt the draft Bolsa Floresta Juma, Brazil to the Mozambican context. The Norwegian Government through its Embassy in Maputo provided funds to make this collaboration called South-South.
Over 70% of Mozambique's population lives in rural areas and depend heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods. The five main objectives of the National REDD + Strategy have been established and validated in consultation with stakeholders, and are as follows:
Increasing productivity agriculture is essential so that increased production does not mean increasing the cultivated areas and forests live side by side with agriculture. In this context, conservation agriculture is an alternative option to shifting cultivation.
Tree planting is a very important task not only for carbon storage, but also for local use, such as for example in coastal protection in the mangroves, the combination with agriculture in the form of agroforestry, community plots of crops or family for the production of piles and poles, and industrial crops for industrial production of wood and its derivatives.
The Sustainable Forest Management means adding value to forest products, creating jobs for rural communities, and reduces exports of forest products. The logging with long-term concessions in base provides the promotion of rural industry and associated infrastructure as well as the allocation of 20% of the logging rate to neighboring communities.
Conserving forests to conserve biodiversity and develop eco-tourism initiatives. Community participation in community lodges management is a common practice and can be encouraged to improve and diversify the sources of income of rural households.
The use of new and renewable energy, starting with the increased efficiency in the use of fuelwood, using stoves saves firewood, biofuels, solar panels, and the use of natural gas (which despite being a fossil fuel has low emissions). Read more on www.redd.org.mz.