Africa-Press – Mozambique. This announcement was made on Wednesday in Washington by the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, at the closing of the International Conference on Sustainable and Integrated Management of the Miombo Forest.
Filipe Nyusi assured that Mozambique will continue to develop actions aimed at preserving ecosystems. Mozambique is part of the countries belonging to the world biosphere reserve, through the Quirimbas Reserve, in the province of Cabo Delgado.
The Miombo forest is a primary source of income for millions of people.
The Mozambican head of state recently stated that the risks of biodiversity degradation arise from climate change, forest exploitation, pollution, deforestation, energy sources, industrial expansion, and population growth.
“Be careful with deforestation and uncontrolled burning, but there is still much we have to do to help these communities not to cut down, because if they have no alternative for cooking, they have to cut wood, they have to make charcoal. And so, we have to create alternatives, that is the vision we all have to start having, to be able to protect nature,” he said.
In August 2022, at a regional conference held in the Mozambican capital, ten SADC countries and the Republic of Congo adopted the Maputo Declaration advocating for the promotion of the sustainable integrated management of the Miombo forest and the protection of the Zambezi River Basin.
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