The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi said that the country has managed to secure more than 500 million dollars for the protection of the Miombo forest. The amount was raised on Monday night at a fundraising session in the United States of America. In fact, this was also one of the other objectives that the Head of...
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Carlos Mesquita defends sustainable use of natural resources and the Miombo forest
The Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources has called on the Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) to commit to joint efforts to ensure the sustainable management and use of natural resources and the Miombo forest, which covers two thirds of Mozambique's surface. Mesquita made the invitation during the opening of the 11th Meeting of the...
Mozambique satisfied with results of international Miombo conference in Washington
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, has made a positive assessment of the International Conference on the Management of the Miombo Forest, held on April 16 and 17 in Washington, DC, by producing a consensual Letter of Intent. The letter, according to Rádio Moçambique, sets out some of the key issues...
Mozambique takes miombo to international conference in the USA
The Mozambican government, in partnership with some international institutions linked to conservation and biodiversity, is holding the International Conference on Sustainable and Integrated Management of the Miombo Forest in Washington DC, USA, from April 16 to 18. According to an official press release quoted by Terra magazine, "the aim...
Measures needed to contain forest devastation
The national miombo forest may decline over time if mitigation measures are not taken to use this resource. This warning was made, this Thursday, by Mozambican researcher Almeida Sitoe in the continuation of the first regional conference on sustainable and integrated management of miombo woodlands. The miombo trees represent 2/3 of the...