Mozambique loses at least 540
million US dollars as a result of illegal timber exports, mainly to China,
during a period of ten years (2003- 2013).A study carried out by the
organization WWF Mozambique, and quoted by the newspaper "Diario de
Mozambique", reveals that this figure relates only to the illegal export
of logs to China.The report points out surveillance deficiency and high levels
of corruption in the public sector as some of the factors that most contribute
to the unsustainable situation of exploitation of Mozambican forest resources.Compounding
the scenery is great demand for wood fuel, shifting cultivation, uncontrolled
fires and even non-use plans and land use."At a time when complaints arise
public, WWF considers it urgent state intervention for the control of logging
activities in the country," the document said.The study indicates that the
WWF-Mozambique is supporting a trial initiative timber forest operators, hoping
this will allow the suspension of the agents acting outside the norms
prevailing in the country.With technical and financial support from
WWF-Mozambique, the operation was initiated by the Ministry of Land,
Environment and Rural Development (MITADER) involving brigades composed of
frames that institution, non-governmental organizations and journalists.Billed
as an unprecedented initiative by the involvement of civil society, the action
took place between November 2015 and January 2016, and received a grant of $
100,000 from the Swedish Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique through the WWF.The
evaluation course was targeted at a wider debate between public bodies and
timber forest operators, collecting the approval of all parties involved in a meeting
organized by MITADER in Manica, the November 13, 2015.The initiative falls
within the framework of the Forestry Reform that the Mozambican government is
developing, and recognizing the environmental, social and economic impacts of
illegal logging in Mozambique.
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