Deal #1570

Ribáuè: Kurime, Mucocola, Tapata, Nachipalapa, Lancheque, Meparara, Namacuco. • Mecuburi: Mutapua-Namina, Nicala, Melola, Nachipala, Ratane, Nhatuco, Intatapila, Cupela, Naculue, Nanrele, Tcaveliua. • Rapale: Muthita, Namaita, Minicua.

Three organizations have collaborated to draft a petition with a primary demand: that companies like Green Resources and Portucel, along with all others aiming to acquire vast expanses of fertile land for tree plantations in East and Southern Africa, return such land to local communities. This action is proposed as a means to address existing territorial disputes and forestall potential future conflicts.

"GRM maintains that all these species are not invasive and therefore do not afect biodiversity. However, this argument is unconvincing because you cannot reduce the impact of plantations only to their invasiveness or lack thereof, since there are other elements such as planting conditions, the infuence it has on the water bodies, the proximity to the basin river, reduction of wild habitat, the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, etc." From data source '“The Progress of Forest Plantations on the Farmers Territories in the Nacala Corridor: the case of Green Resources Moçambique”.

The local government and the provincial court have mandated a compensation payment of 900,000 meticais, which remains partially unpaid. Additionally, the company has adjusted the value of cassava cutting from 8 to 20 meticais.

The company adjusts the value of cassava cutting 8 to 20 meticais.

The activities have focused on agricultural support, where inputs and market access for new high yielding crops and varieties have been provided for almost 1,000 farms.

More than 50% of the respondents reported owning motorized bicycles, attributing this to the establishment of LGR. For instance, in Ribáue, specifically in the village of Lancheque, LGR pledged to renovate a hospital that remains in ruins to this day, with no action taken.