Mozambique loses around 267,000 hectares of forest every year - which represents 0.79% of its total forest area. According to the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, quoted by AIM, this deforestation leads to the emission of 40 million tons of greenhouse gases. The source, who was speaking in Maputo last...
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Mozambique already has 153 million dollars to manage the Miombo Forest
The Mozambican government already has 153 million dollars of the 500 million needed for the sustainable and integrated management of the country's Miombo Forest. The information was given yesterday, Thursday (20), in Maputo, by the Minister of Land and Environment, at the opening of the fifth Coordinating Council of the institution, where she announced that...
Government guarantees that construction work on the Matlemele landfill will start in October
The government, through the Ministry of Land and Environment, said on Friday (22) that construction work on the Matlemele landfill, in Maputo province, should start next October. The construction of the new landfill aims to replace the Hulene dump, which continues to receive solid waste despite signs of saturation....
Terra Segura Project: Government has issued more than 800,000 DUAT titles in the last two years
The government, through the Ministry of Land and Environment (MTA), has issued 854,337 Land Use Right (DUAT) titles since 2022, out of a target of two million set within the framework of the Mozland-Terra Segura Project. According to the head of the department, Ivete Maibasse, in addition to DUATs, 648 communities have been delimited...
"Mozambicans must prepare to save lives in natural disasters"
The population of Mozambique has to "implement strategies to save lives" during natural disasters, such as the heavy rains that affected the country last week, the Minister of Land and Environment said today. Speaking at an international conference in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, quoted by Lusa, Ivete Maibaze recalled that Mozambique "is being...
COP27: Mozambique defends more investments for vulnerable nations
Mozambique wants to see more financial resources allocated to nations vulnerable to the impact of climate change, aiming at their adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and energy transition. The information was advanced by the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, in the framework of the 27th Conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), which is taking place...
Maputo declaration on miombo woodlands approved
The Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, has just presented the Maputo declaration on miombo forest, a document approved by 10 countries of the region, in what was the highest point of the first regional conference on sustainable and integrated management of miombo forest held in the capital of the country. The governor referred that the intention of the...
"There needs to be strengthened integration of climate change issues"
The Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, argues that strengthening the integration of climate change, green, blue and circular economy issues in planning and budgeting processes is of utmost importance to realize global sustainable development goals. The minister was speaking Monday at the Second Segment of the 5th Session of the...