Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development
National Directorate of Forestry

Forest resource management challenges andtechnical solutions in Mozambique

Joaquim A. Macuácua
Head of Mapping and Data Management Division
COP25, Madrid, 11th December, 2019
ITTO/FFPRI Side EventOutlines Contextualization;
 Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation;
 Solutions under implementation;

 Concept of establishment of Forest resource Platform; Current model of FMP; New Approach in pipeline; Techniques of forest monitoring Challenges;
 Conclusion.

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Contextualization• Mozambique is East country of Africa covered by dry tropical forest,
which is highly vulnerable to the risks of climate variability, such astemperature rises, heavy rainfall and drought;• Population is about 28 Million, about 82% of the population live and still
depend on forest;• Over the last few decades, the vulnerability has affected especially thepastoral, agro-pastoral communities, urban areas, with millions ofpeople suffering from famine caused by drought which has worsened
since 2015 due to El Nino and cyclic cyclones in 2019 such as (Idea aKenneth) causing death, homeless from floods and strong winds,
starvation from crops washout and others;• The forest cover 52% of the country with deforest rate 0.58% (219000ha/year)• Forests are an essential factor for rural development through theprovision of goods and services to the local and national economy,
through informal employment, income generation, non timber products,
food security, housing and others. Similarly forests contribute to theeconomy of the urban population mainly through the provision of
biomass energy,

3Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation

8%
12%

All of the those activity actions have to beoriented for its realization with minimum impactof deforestation and forest degradation;

7% 8%
65%

Expanssion of agriculture- shifting cultivation
Expansion of residential areas and infrastructure development

Unssutainable timber explotation
Firewood and charcoal production
OthersExample of expansion of Agriculture due to shifting cultivation,
residential and infrastructure development

4Solutions under implementation• Temporally in hold of acceptance of new forest concessions and suspension of logging of over exploited
species those being pressurized by the demand of market such as (Pau ferro and others);• Elaboration of forest Policy and revision of forest low and it rule of implementation;• Both concession and conservation industries have promoted concessions management as a solution tochaotic land turner and widespread of illegal logging of minimum acceptable diameters;• Maximum per area unit harvested intensity and minimum diameter felling limit, seeds tree retention rate,
and 40 years rotation cut cycle.
• Reduce illegal logging by setting up a timber tracking system using bar codes a project initiated in Beiracorridor funded by ITTO in Sofala province;• Introduction of cashew nuts production project to generate different source of income to the charcoal
producers;• Implementation of REDD+;• Commitment of NDC.
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Concept of establishment of Sustainable Forest Resource
information Platform
Forest management is asystem of actions for
supplying different products
and services for society,associated to the preservationof additional forest resources,
including wildlife, soil andwater conservation, recreation
etc. Forests are the repositories
of aesthetic, ethical culturaland religious values.

Measurement
ReportVerification

Monitor
Policy andmeasures

Nationalforest
MonitoringSystemFREL/REL
Established
ForestResource
information
Platform for
REDD +Safeguards
NationalForest
Inventory

The country have developed, establishedelaborated the relevant information
system to monitor forest accordingly tothe UNFCCC requirements
6Current model of Forest Management plans and Forestry industry– from questionnaire 99% of operators are just requirements• Minimum
investment• Quick profit

40 or 90 000
ha
20 or 50 years• Customer determines
what the forest
should offer• Timber Tracker
and Chainsaw
operator

2018 - 225
68% operational

increase
the number

2015-134

ForestConcession

Industry

10 000 ha- Reduce- To eliminate

1997- Obsolete- Inefficient- Unused waste
2018 -778
57% operational

SingleLicense

2015 - 565

1997
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New Approaches in pipeline….
Forest Policy Mission
Bidding- of what?
Cancel all current
contracts to implement
this new approach (?)
Termination ofrepopulated contracts
and creating incentives
for improvements
Awareness and Negotiation- inclusion, participation,formal involvement of theparties, clarity of rights,
obligations and responsibilities• promote the production, management
and sustainable use of forest heritage (?)• adding value• well-being and meeting the needs ofpresent and future generations, based onland zonning

SustainableForest
Management

Vision: Forests
contribute to thesustainablesocioeconomic
development of
the country.
ODS - universality• Green Growth economic• Decent job• Gender equity• Climate change mitigation
and adaptation• Restoration of degradedareas8ForestInformation
SystemTechniques of forest monitoring

MRVUT

Establishment ofinteroperability among
existing systems

Base map 2013

Map of changes 2016

FRIP

Use of temporal satellite images (before and after as well as semi-real time information provided by JJ-Fast9Challenges• Fulfil at initial stage the principles for robust with transparency, accuracy, consistency comparability
completeness for forest monitoring system (technical and political perspective);• Reduction of high demand of fuel wood and charcoal production as well as shifting cultivation requirepolitical and financial support to secure livelihood of the community.
• Looking to the forest as business as usual widely employed in the country by the logging industry and does
not ensure sustainable-yield timber production notably the absence of wide natural forest plantation
practice, forest restoration promoting growth and regeneration in logged stands;• Implement forest management plan of the new designed model under pipeline according to the landzoning;

10Conclusion
The boundaries of the causes of deforestation and forest degradation
at landscape level and resource users are blurred requiring an
integrated approach to the implementation of viable, inclusive,efficient and sustainable actions and models for forest monitoring .

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“It always seems impossible until it's done.”― Nelson Mandela

Thank you!
joaquimmacuacuac@gmail.com
Department of Inventory of Forest Resource