Abstract
Within the context of Mozambique, this paper examines the state of forest ecosystem services, the dependency of the population on these systems for their well-being, if an adaptive governance regime is being created which will ensure the resilience of the forest ecosystem services including the legal framework, the institutions operating within this framework, the tools available and their functioning, and how cooperative governance is operating.KEYWORDS: Ecosystem services, Mozambique, legal framework for ecosystem services; cooperative governance and ecosystem services; government institutions and ecosystem services; adaptive governance and ecosystem services; forest ecosystem services and resilience
Highlights
Box 1 -Definition of forest and woodlandsThe UN Framework Convention on Climate Change defined forests and woodlands as having between 10% to 40% canopy closure.FAO (2000) defines forest ecosystems as areas that are dominated by trees, where tree cover exceeds 10% and the area is larger than 0.5ha and includes areas for production, protection, multiple use or conservation, and stands on agricultural land
Within the context of Mozambique, this paper examines the state of forest ecosystem services, the dependency of the population on these systems for their well-being, if an adaptive governance regime is being created which will ensure the resilience of the forest ecosystem services including the legal framework, the institutions operating within this framework, the tools available and their functioning, and how cooperative governance is operating
According to Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sitoe and Salamao,86 the REDD+ process in Mozambique has largely been driven by Mozambicans and not consultants, as the draft REDD+ strategy was written before Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) support of the Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) development
Summary
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change defined forests and woodlands as having between 10% to 40% canopy closure. FAO (2000) defines forest ecosystems as areas that are dominated by trees (perennial woody plants taller than 5m at maturity), where tree cover exceeds 10% and the area is larger than 0.5ha and includes areas for production, protection, multiple use or conservation, and stands on agricultural land. This was the basic definition used by the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (2005). The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005 carried out between 2001 and 2005) defined ‘ecosystem services’ as ‘the benefits people obtain from ecosystems’.1 It identified four categories of ecosystem services, including provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting. Within the context of Mozambique, this paper examines the state of forest ecosystem services, the dependency of the population on these systems for their well-being, if an adaptive governance regime is being created which will ensure the resilience of the forest ecosystem services including the legal framework, the institutions operating within this framework, the tools available and their functioning, and how cooperative governance is operating
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