Livaningo Livaningo means lighthouse.  It is a progressive and innovative NGO which is working for the sustainable management of environment, natural resources and for community’s social welfare and social justice. Livaningo’s strength is promoting campaigns against illegal exploration of land/forests and environmental pollution.  Livaningo´s strategic plan for 2016-2025 has four intervention areas; monitoring and transparency of government of natural resources, promote good urban governances, adaption to climate change and renewable energies, organizational development. Livaningo develops activities in 4 of 11 provinces, they also monitor some processes and mega projects in one more province (Tete).<p></p> Monitoring and transparency of government of natural resources; Livaningo continues in the campaign Não to proSavana, this year Ministry of Agriculture showed new initiatives and invited civil society organizations to discuss the program. Livaningo contributed to the New National Mangrove Strategy and participated in discussions on  the national standard definition of forest certification under FSC. Thanks to Livaningo´s activities some communities got the right to use a small part of revenues from the extractive industry for the benefit of the community, interaction between extractive industry companies and civil society has increased and government has an increased awareness in monitoring license processes.</p><br> On local level, thanks to Livaningo´s activities natural resource management committees strengthened their role and rights in relation to new concessions and compensations, in one province a dialogue platform between civil society and government was established which improve transparency around management of forest and faunistic resources. Communities have improved knowledge in advocacy and how to negotiate with investors’, strengthened their capacity for local social and economic development, natural resources management.<p></p> Promote good urban governance; Livaningo managed legal assistance for resettlement to 246 families affected when a waste landfill site collapsed. Local development committees are now independent and manage to find solutions on local problems without Livaningo´s support. Local committees work for families affected by the destruction of the land fill site. A zinc sheet and plastic factory has reduced the pollution thanks to work done by Livaningo and community. A march against open air waste landfills directed to the government and in solidarity with the victims from the above mentioned accident gathered 1600 persons.<p></p> Adaptation to climate changes and renewable energies; Livaningo focused on activities related to alternative energy sources for rural and semi-urban communities reducing their consumption of woody bio mass and consequently the pressure on forests. Among other activities, 2 workshops on clean energy   resulted in actions from the government as an Integrated Energy Master Plan, National Strategy for Electrification and a Platform for solar energy.<p></p> The government reacted positively on civil society group, where Livaningo is active, which addressed  not to accept import or export of GMO products. Since last year Livaningo opened 5 more sale site for environmentally friendly stoves totalizing more than 2 500 families now using these stoves and reducing the use of firewood.