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Deal #1571 Version #54259

Mozambique

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2020-11-30

Last full update

2025-02-12

Recognition status of community land tenure

Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government

Consultation of local community

Comment on consultation of local community

Some community members report being pressured into signing.

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Presence of land conflicts

Yes

Comment on presence of land conflicts

armed threats from suspicious people, and communications from Portucel announcing agreements with communities that had been reached in bad faith. cemetery mapping without support from the community.

Negative impacts for local communities

Environmental degradation, Cultural loss

Comment on negative impacts for local communities

armed threats from suspicious people, and communications from Portucel announcing agreements with communities that had been reached in bad faith. cemetery mapping without support from the community. Dams built mean community rivers run dry.

Promised benefits for local communities

Capacity building

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

The company met with civil society in 2015 to discuss the community development program. In September 2015, the company signed an agreement for the establishment of an advisory committee which creates a platform where civil society, the company and the community can hold discussions. Promised technical training.

Materialized benefits for local communities

Comment on materialized benefits for local communities

By late 2019, Portucel had invested more than $6 million in its Social Development Programme between this deal and deal #3893.