AFD, in partnership with the French Global Environment Facility (FGEF), is supporting a biodiversity conservation and community development project in the Chimanimani National Park Conservation Area, based on an integrated approach combining natural resource conservation and income enhancement for local communities.
Context
With 6,000 species of plants and 1,196 species of terrestrial vertebrates, Mozambique boasts a high level of biological diversity, despite having suffered several decades of civil war. The Chimanimani Conservation Area (ACC), made up of the Chimanimani National Park (PNC) and its buffer zone, suffers from gold mining, illegal land clearing, mainly for agricultural purposes, and illegal logging.
To reduce these pressures and ensure sustainable management of natural resources, a process of involving local communities in biodiversity management has been underway for several years.
Description
The project aims to support biodiversity inventories, as well as actions to promote natural and cultural heritage to the widest possible audience. The project supports the reduction of deforestation by strengthening local involvement in natural resource management and securing community land rights in buffer zone villages, particularly for women, by issuing land certificates.
The MICAIA Foundation also supports honey producers in the production and marketing of their product.
Lastly, a mechanism for prioritizing the compensation of impacts on biodiversity and a study on Payment for Biodiversity Services (PBS) are being developed.
Ecosystems (PES) of the water resource are developed in order to evaluate potential sources of sustainable funding for the CNP.
Impacts
The main aim of the project is to achieve a balance between improving the socio-economic conditions of local populations and conserving biodiversity, by:
- Biodiversity inventories, particularly of elephants, and cultural heritage, as well as promotion initiatives to raise awareness of the park's riches.
- Territorial planning to strengthen local participation in the sustainable management of natural resources, and to guarantee the right of communities, particularly women, to use and enjoy land by issuing land use permits.
- Strengthening honey production and marketing capacities, and developing other biodiversity products.
- Setting up a pilot site to compensate for biodiversity losses and carrying out a study on payment for eco-system services from water resources.
24/07/2020
Project start date
24/07/2025
Project end date
5 years
Sectors
Chimanimani National Park Conservation Area - Manica Province
Financing tool
4 200 000
EUR
Ongoing
BIOFUND (Fondation pour la Conservation de la Biodiversity in Mozambique); ANAC (National Administration of Conservation Areas); MICAIA Foundation
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