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Community Organizations Justiça Ambiental
Justiça Ambiental
Justiça Ambiental
Acronym
JA
Civil Society Organization

Location

Maputo
Mozambique
Working languages
English
Portuguese

Justiça Ambiental (JA!) means environmental justice, while ‘JA’ means ‘now’, in Portuguese. JA! was formally registered in 2004, but founded by a group of friends who were concerned about the manner in which Mozambique was developing in the unregulated global economy.

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Resources

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Whose development is it?

Reports & Research
November, 2012
Mozambique

Since 1999 foreign governments have given large financial and political support to the building of the Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique. Half the costs of building Mozal came directly from publicly owned institutions, or were guaranteed by them. In return, they and the private investors have received large returns in profit and interest. But the Mozambique government has been left with very little.

Jatropha! A socio – economic pitfall for Mozambique

Reports & Research
June, 2009
Mozambique

In Mozambique, the debate on agrofuels has steadily advanced over the last five years, fueled by industry speculation and demand, grand promises and foreign interests. Investors have applied for rights to close to 5 million hectares in Mozambique in 2007 alone, nearly one-seventh of the country’s officially defined “arable” land and is rushing to create favorable conditions for investors at the cost of civil rights of Mozambicans.