Mozambique continues to struggle with the complex legacies of conflict stemming from a bitter anti-colonial war, followed by decades of civil strife and the current armed insurgency in Cabo Delgado. Mozambique is a fertile and mineral rich country which is also highly vulnerable to the accelerating impacts of climate change. It was recently ranked as the 35th most vulnerable and the 24th least ready country to address climate change effects. Despite having progressive land laws which entrench community land rights, these have proved difficult to implement. There is significant evidence of large scale corporate agricultural, mining and conservation investments which have displaced rural people, undermined livelihoods and fuelled discontent in the countryside.
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Land Area
78,638,000 ha
GDP/Capita
1,226.8 USD
Total population
32,077,100
Urban population
36 %
Land-related indicators
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Agricultural land
63.5 %
Perceived tenure security
56.9 %
Women owning land
2.4 %
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23 January 2024
Nous sommes fiers d'annoncer la publication de trois rapports sur l'état de l'information foncière, qui détaillent l'état de l'information foncière au Mozambique, au Libéria et au Soudan. Ces rapports détaillés fournissent une analyse approfondie des systèmes actuels d'information foncière, des…
23 January 2024
Nous sommes fiers d'annoncer la publication de trois rapports sur l'état de l'information foncière, qui détaillent l'état de l'information foncière au Mozambique, au Libéria et au Soudan. Ces rapports détaillés fournissent une analyse approfondie des systèmes actuels d'information foncière, des…
23 January 2024
Temos o orgulho de anunciar o lançamento de três relatórios sobre o Estado das Informações Fundiárias, que detalham a situação das informações sobre terras em Moçambique, Libéria e Sudão. Esses relatórios detalhados fornecem uma análise aprofundada dos atuais sistemas de informações sobre terras,…
Mozambique continues to struggle with the complex legacies of conflict stemming from a bitter anti-colonial war, followed by decades of civil strife and the current armed insurgency in Cabo Delgado
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05 December 2023
En la jornada inaugural de la #COP28, organizamos un seminario web titulado "Aumentando la Resiliencia Climática mediante una Gobernanza de la Tierra Inclusiva", en el que se profundizó en el papel crucial que desempeña una gobernanza de la tierra inclusiva en el aumento de la resiliencia…
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Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just.
There is a growing…
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