Mozambique

Land tenure is theoretically safe for communities and smallholders. However, the emergence of state and private "mega-projects" in agriculture (e.g. Prosavana), forest plantations (e.g. Portucel), mining (e.g. Coal Exploitation in Tete - Vale, Gas Exploration in Palma - ENH and Anadarko), construction of public infrastructure (Maputo-Katembe Bridge, Moamba Dam, etc.) has results in the increase in the number of land conflicts between the private sector and the communities as well as between communities and the Government.

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78,638,000 ha

1,295.2 USD

29,495,962

36 %

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63.5 %

56.9 %

2.4 %

4,829,766 ha

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Job Opportunities: Land Portal Seeks Researchers and Analysts for Open Data Project

27 July 2021

The Land Portal Foundation and Open Data Charter intend to implement the Open Up Guide for Land Governance in the period 2021 - 2024. As part of this project, we seek to develop State of Land Information (SOLI) reports for 10-12 countries in Africa and Latin America. The SOLI reports will provide…

“Scaling community legal literacy, land rights certification and climate resilience”: Introducing the LAND-at-scale Mozambique project

9 July 2021

Centro Terra Viva, Terra Firma Lda and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) are excited to announce their partnership for a LAND-at-scale project in Mozambique. Starting this year, the project will run for three years focusing on three components, namely scaling community legal literacy, land…

Ambitious $104 million program targets land degradation in Africa and Central Asian countries

16 June 2021

Main photo: Farmers at a FAO anti-desertification project in Burkina Faso, one of 11 countries targeted by the Global Environment Fund Initiative The global launch of a $104 million initiative signals an ambitious effort by a range of partners to safeguard drylands in the context of climate change,…

Mozambique

projects

LAND-at-scale

Value: €32,000,000.00

Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Good Financial Governance in Decentralized Administration in Rural Areas

Value: $2,140,000.00

Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

MOLA (Mozambique Land Action)

Value: $8,440,000.00

Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Acting for the sustainable use of natural resources

Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Land Tenure Services Project

Value: $39,500,000.00

Donors: United States Agency for International Development

Transnational Nature Reserves - Great Limpopo Park V & VI

Value: $2,091,000.00

Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Climate and Forced Displacement: Land, energy & clean water challenges of communities displaced from high-risk natural disaster and war zones in Mozambique

5 July 2021

This session was inspired by the Idai and Kenneth cyclones that hit Mozambique in 2019, as well as military instability in the north of the country, resulting in massive displacements. In this session, presenters discussed the consequences of and prospects for resettlement legislation and…

Webinar: Realizing women’s land rights in Africa

In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources. This event coincided with the launch of a campaign of the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) to reach the target of…