Mozambique National Indicators

Agents and Indirect Causes

• Increased demand for agricultural products (tobacco, cotton, soybeans)
• Infrastructure expanding
• Political factors

Main degradation activities

• Selective wood cutting
• Firewood collection
• Hunting
• Pastures
• Fires

Main deforestation activities

• Large-scale production of sugarcane. producing vegetables, corn, soybeans, bananas
• Small scale agriculture in a Outgrowing-system cotton, cashew, tobacco

Results

• Deforestation for establishing the commercial agriculture and forest degradation

Agents and Indirect Causes

• Population Growth
• Increased domestic Demand for agricultural product
• Technological Development

Main degradation activities

• Selective wood cutting
• Firewood collection
• Hunting
• Pastures
• Fires

Main deforestation activities

• Shifting cultivation
• Yield crops
• Residential Areas

Results

• Deforestation for itinerant agriculture and Forest Degradation

Agents and Indirect Causes

• The increasing international demand for wood and its derivatives
• Political factors and governance
• Population growth

Main degradation activities

• Illegal logging
• Firewood collection
• Selective cutting

Main deforestation activities

• Forest concessions (native wood)
• Forest Plantations

Results

• Deforestation for or extraction of timber and products derivates and Forest Degradation

Agents and Indirect Causes

• Population Growth
• Infrastructure expansion
• Increased energy needs

Main degradation activities

• Firewood collection
• Coal Production
• Collection

Main deforestation activities

• Firewood collection and unsustainable charcoal production
• Expansion of housing and infrastructure areas

Results

• Deforestation by accumulation of impact over time collecting firewood and charcoal production and Forest Degradation

Agents and Indirect Causes

• Population Growth
• Economic Factors
• Migration urban rural areas
• Tourism
• Political Factors

Main degradation activities

Main deforestation activities

• Infrastructure expansion (eg roads, housing, tourist accommodation)
• Industry expanding

Results

• Deforestation for establishing urban Forest Degradation

Agents and Indirect Causes

• Increasing international demands for minerals
• Job search/migration

Main degradation activities

Main deforestation activities

• Mineral extraction
• Settlements in residential areas
• Infrastructure for exploration and flow

Results

• Deforestation related to mineral extraction Forest Degradation

Agents and Indirect Causes

• Standard increase in the local population consumption
• Animal products for domestic consumption
• Technological Development

Main degradation activities

• Pastures of small scale and in wooded areas
• Firewood Production
• Hunting
• Fires

Main deforestation activities

• Extensive grazing of cattle

Results

• Deforestation r elated to the creation of cattle, goats, swine, birds and Forest Degradation