Centro Terra Viva (CTV) has extensive experience in actions aimed at promoting the defence of communities' rights to land and other natural resources, namely monitoring environmental licensing processes for land-based investments (extractive industry), accompanying resettlement processes, public and community consultations, research and studies in the context of biodiversity protection and conservation, particularly in the areas of conservation, legal assistance and advice, including training programmes. In this sense, CTV's perception of the context and challenges about the management and administration of land and other natural resources is profound, yet there is a need to share the results and strategies used in order to improve and contribute to better land governance in Mozambique.

In fact, in 2021, with the support of the Dutch government, a series of actions began, with an impact at district level, with the main objective of increasing the legal literacy of communities in Mozambique, around land rights and the use of natural resources. This work was carried out as part of the LAND-at-Scale programme, funded by RVO as part of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. CTV has managed to implement strategic activities and achieve important results. 

A key component of this project has been the knowledge management coordinated by the KIT Institute, which embarked the project implementers and other key players on a process of analytical reflection that allowed them to look critically at the work carried out, reviewing its methodological paths, strategies, obstacles, and main results, as well as the main lessons learnt.

The analysis of the main results of this process were documented by the project partners themselves during a four-day write shop and resulted in this knowledge document. In this way, the aim is to share experiences and lessons learned with other organisations wishing to implement similar interventions, as well as with the main donors and government authorities, offering specific recommendations to all these actors and generally contributing to the improvement of approaches and strategies.