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State of Land Information in Mozambique

An Open Data Assessment

Reports & Research
December, 2023
Mozambique
land administration
land information systems
cadastres
geographical information systems
cadastral register
cadastral administration
land governance
government
land practitioners
open data
In Mozambique, the law recognizes certain forms of occupation as constituting legal tenure and nationals can claim this recognition of their right to occupy and use land allocated through customary norms/practices. Local communities can also claim rights over land which they have customarily occupied, used, and managed. These rights are not prejudiced by their lack of titling or documentation and may be defended on the basis of oral testimony.
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Paralegals and the Protection of Land Rights in the Communities of Manhica and Massingir, Southern Mozambique

Reports & Research
October, 2023
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land law
property law
conflicts
land conflicts
community land rights
legal empowerment
The race for the exploitation of natural resources has brought challenges of different natures, including land conflicts, mainly between investors and the local population. In some cases, the resolution of problems has been unfair due to the lack of legal knowledge and representation to help the vulnerable population. It is in this context that the paralegal figure was established, endowed with solid knowledge to voluntarily provide basic legal support to community members.
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Women’s Land-Related Human Rights in Mozambique:

The Gap Between Commitments de Jure and Local Practice

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2022
Mozambique
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
customary law
women
Mozambique is a State Party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Over the last two decades, the government of Mozambique has developed legal and policy frameworks to align its legislation with core human rights instruments, promote gender equality, and foster women’s land rights. Mozambique has gained considerable international recognition for these important efforts.
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Scratching the surface: Tracing coloured gemstone flows from Mozambique and Malawi to Asia

Reports & Research
November, 2021
Malawi, Mozambique, Thailand, Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
sustainable development
mining
land investments
land stakeholders
This paper provides an overview of the supply chains and flows that run from the mines of northern Mozambique and Malawi, to the international trade hubs of Sri Lanka and Thailand. Analysis of the political and economic environment in which mining and trading take place gives a contextual understanding of gemstone flows both within and out of the region as well as the various actors involved.

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The Big Picture: Land and Gender Issues in Matrilineal Mozambique

January, 2011
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
women
land tenure
land
women
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Diamonds in the Delta

Manifesto

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2021
Mozambique, Colombia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Netherlands
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
urbanization
climate change
water
local communities
Diamonds in the Delta (DiD) is an international research-action network of scholars, water professionals and civil society advocates who are concerned about how climate change compounds problems of flooding and subsidence in delta cities. We – the people in the network – are united in our conviction that the needs, experiences and aspirations of communities that are actually or potentially most affected by these problems should be the focus when designing and implementing solutions.
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Land and climate change: Rights and environmental displacement in Mozambique

February, 2020
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
land tenure
women
land
tenure security
development
This commentary highlights the importance of land tenure security for women and indigenous peoples. Land titles are often used as a proxy for women’s land security;but focusing on titling alone does not lead to greater tenure security for women. To ensure tenure security;the development community;policymakers and practitioners must expand the range of interventions that address constraints women face when exercising their land rights.
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LAND-at-scale Mozambique

Scaling community legal literacy, land rights certification and climate resilience

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2021
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
cadastres
land cover mapping
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
sustainable development
adjudication
tenure security
capacity development
legal empowerment
local communities
This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Mozambique. This project is implemented by Centro Terra Viva and Terra Firma, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.
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Where Bottom-Up and Top-Down Meet: Challenges in Shaping Sustainable & Scalable Land Interventions

Conference Papers & Reports
June, 2021
Egypt, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Chad, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Vietnam, Palestine, Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
sustainable development
tenure security
land stakeholders
government
local communities
LAND-at-scale is a land governance support program for developing countries from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, which was launched in 2019. The aim of the program is to directly strengthen essential land governance components for men, women and youth that have the potential to contribute to structural, just, sustainable and inclusive change at scale in lower- and middle-income countries/regions/landscapes. The program is designed to scale successful land governance initiatives and to generate and disseminate lessons learned to facilitate further scaling.
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In the Face of Threats and Invasions in the Forests, Communities Defend and Reclaim Their Life Spaces

WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2021
Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
poverty
sustainable development
land-use planning
environment
climate change
fisheries
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
mining
land dispute
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
Indigenous Peoples
land rights activists
local communities
extractive industries
women
The articles in this Bulletin are written by the following organizations and individuals: National Coordinator for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM), Ecuador; Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakya (Bentala Raya Heritage Foundation), Indonesia; Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology and members of the WRM international secretariat in close collaboration with several allies who are part of grassroots groups in different countries.