Em 2013, o Centro Terra Viva (CTV) iniciou a monitoria dos processos e procedimentos seguidos pelas instituições do Estado para o licenciamento ambiental e de uso da terra de empreendimentos económicos que recaem sobre as áreas ocupadas pelas comunidades locais.
Desde meados de 2013, temos assistido a confrontações militares que, de novo, opõem os protagonistas da guerra civil terminada em 1992.
Com o frenesim da indústria extractiva em Moçambique, ficou instalada a percepção generalizada de que, tirando as empresas extractivas, todas as outras partes interessadas (incluindo o governo) possuem conhecimento bastante limitado sobre os contornos da pesquisa, prospecção, exploração e comercialização dos recursos extractivos do paí
Um clima de agitação, ansiedade e incerteza, suscepơvel de levar a sérias tensões sociais, tem estado a crescer junto das comunidades do Distrito de Palma, nomeadamente da Vila-Sede e povoações circunvizinhas.
The current Regulation governs Petroleum Operations pursuant to Law n° 21/2014, of 18 August, and establishes the rules for awarding rights to perform the respective activity, with a view to securing that Petroleum Operations , and any infrastructure belonging or held by the right holder or by third parties, used in connection with Petroleum Operations , subject to Mozambican
This project is to support in the development of the legal framework for the LNG projects
Mozambique currently has one of the highest rates of land concessions throughout Africa. In the coming years, if large-scale land concession grants to private investors are not carefully controlled, the amount of land still held and managed by rural Mozambicans will decrease significantly, with associated negative impacts on already impoverished rural communities.
This guide aims to help communities who face, or have suffered from, evictions by providing guidance on how to prepare for negotiations. Communities can use this guide to negotiate and advocate for solutions or alternatives to eviction that improve the lives of the whole community.
The Project Compliance Mechanism (PCM) is the EBRD's accountability mechanism for the assessment and follow-up of complaints about project financed by the bank. The PCM is a grievance mechanism for civil society, local groups and individuals that may be directly and adversely affected by a bank project.
This study examines the effects of land tenure systems on resource-use productivity and efficiency in the Upper East region of Ghana with data drawn from the Ghana Agricultural Production Survey. A stochastic frontier model is employed to analyse resource-use productivity and efficiency of the rice farms.
This chapter aims to overcome the gap existing between case study research, which typically provides qualitative and process based insights, and national or global inventories that typically offer spatially explicit and quantitative analysis of broader patterns, and thus to present adequate evidence for policymaking regarding largescale land acquisitions.
A practical guide to help governments negotiate contracts to reduce the harmful effects of large-scale land investments. Proposes model contract clauses that can fill gaps in domestic law and contribute to promoting more sustainable foreign agricultural investment. Based on more than 3 year investigation of 80 agricultural investment contracts.