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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s Ministry of Land and the Environment may revoke the environmental licence granted to the company Top Logistica to build a luxury condominium on a mangrove area in the Maputo neighbourhood of Costa do Sol, according to a report on the independent television station, STV.<\/p>\n

Despite the official government commitment to protecting the country\u2019s mangrove forests, both the Environment Ministry and the Maputo Municipal Council authorized construction of the condominium.<\/p>\n

But the Ministry may be having second thoughts. The National Director for Climate Change, Jadwiga Massinga, told STV that the Ministry might annul the licence granted to Top Logistica.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the licence was issued, there was probably a reason, but nobody said it\u2019s set in stone\u201d, said Massinga. \u201cWe can always re-analyse, review and, if the decision was not appropriate, retreat. But right now I cannot say yes or no\u201d.<\/p>\n

STV asked how the Environment Ministry could issue a licence to build in a sensitive ecosystem, at a time when the Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries is leading a campaign to restore the mangrove forests. Did that not mean that the two Ministries are contradicting each other over protection of the mangroves?<\/p>\n

Massinga replied that decisions on granting environmental licences are taken by a commission on which the Ministry of the Sea also gives its opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries sits on the commission which assesses undertakings that need an environmental licence\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

It seems clear that the Top Logistica proposal violates the country\u2019s environmental legislation which bans the building of homes that have a significant negative impact on the environment. It also forbids the issuing of land use titles (known as DUATs) for zones that are totally or partially protected, such as mangroves.<\/p>\n

The Top Logistica project seems doomed, since the Maputo City Attorney\u2019s office has already instructed the Municipal Council to revoke its authorization, given the sensitive nature of the mangrove ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambique\u2019s Ministry of Land and the Environment may revoke the environmental licence granted to the company Top Logistica to build a luxury condominium on a mangrove area in the Maputo neighbourhood of Costa do Sol, according to a report on the independent television station, STV. 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