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Overview

Coastal Livelihoods and Climate Resilience Project

The CLCR Project focuses on restoring ecosystems and habitats degraded by human activities — such as mining and harmful fishing practices — introducing sustainable economic activities, and promoting an enabling regulatory environment, addressing both ecological health and community livelihoods.

  • Restoring coastal ecosystems and habitats degraded by human activities such as mining and harmful fishing practices.

  • Introducing sustainable economic activities for coastal communities.

  • Promoting an enabling regulatory environment for the management of coastal resources.

  • An integrated approach that reconciles ecological health with community livelihoods.

Components

Project Components

The project's activities are organised into two complementary components:

  • Coastal Livelihoods

    Supports local communities in the effective management and modernisation of fishing, improving fishing gear, the supply chain and the governance of harvesting areas — including the creation of sanctuaries to replenish stocks. This component is implemented mainly by ProAzul, selected through a competitive process and with broad experience supporting communities in the sector.

    Objective

    Strengthen the livelihoods of coastal communities through better, more sustainable management of fisheries resources.

  • Climate Resilience

    Strengthens community-based management to protect and restore crucial coastal ecosystems and habitats, promote new conservation and reforestation practices, and expand marine protection zones, so that Mozambique can meet its laws and international commitments. This component is led by BIOFUND together with partners such as Conservation International, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Gorongosa National Park and Terra Firma.

    Objective

    Protect and restore coastal ecosystems and expand marine protection zones.

Lines of action

Key lines of action

  • Blue-green value chains

    Strengthening artisanal fishing and its alignment with the semi-industrial sector to support self-sustaining livelihoods.

    • Better handling, conservation, processing and market access.
    • Promotion of sustainable aquaculture and mariculture adapted to local conditions.
    • Support for complementary coastal-economy activities (logistics, services, marketing and inputs).
    • An in-depth assessment of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Zambézia, conducted by ACDI/VOCA.

  • Sustainable fishing practices

    Practices grounded in the preservation of marine biodiversity and long-term economic viability.

    • Use of selective gear, exclusion zones and respect for closed seasons and Marine Protected Areas.
    • A programme of actions to ban beach-seine nets, in line with national fisheries legislation.
    • Definition and approval of new Marine Protected Areas.

  • Expanding protected areas

    The "Zambézia+" area holds extensive coastal and marine biodiversity, with 10 Protected Areas and two Key Biodiversity Areas (Primeiras e Segundas; the Gorongosa-Marromeu Complex).

    • Restoration of, and support for, existing Protected Areas.
    • Creation of new Conservation Areas and community-identified marine protection zones.
    • Increased fisheries production and a more diversified economic base over the Compact.

  • Monitoring coastal mining

    Local government and communities monitor coastal mining within the project area.

    • Preparation of the map and geographic coordinates of the implementation area (by Terra Firma, with MCA and MCC).
    • Engagement with MIREME and INAMI to define and approve the project area — a condition precedent for the Compact's entry into force.
    • A preliminary INAMI survey identifying 553 mining titles within the proposed area.

Cross-cutting

Cross-cutting commitments

  • Social analysis and risk management

    • Identification and management of social risks across all preparatory Phase 1 activities.
    • Social review of baseline studies and social validation of technical studies.

  • Gender equality and inclusion

    • Equitable participation of women and men in coastal activities.
    • Sex-disaggregated data and the protection of women's safe participation in consultations and fieldwork.

  • Prevention of SEA, SH and trafficking in persons

    • A Risk Assessment for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Sexual Harassment and Trafficking in Persons.
    • Special attention to women, young people and other vulnerable groups.

  • Biodiversity and ecosystems

    • Preservation of marine biodiversity through conservation and protected areas.
    • Protection of vulnerable livelihoods and coherence between conservation and community safety.

  • Compliance and institutional coordination

    • Alignment with MCC's Social Analysis Approach.
    • Technical and social-compliance review of partner and consultant deliverables to ensure the social sustainability of future interventions.

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