Sistema Informativo e de Comunicações para o Aviso Prévio de Queimadas em Moçambique

The report identifies a critical lack of coordinated institutional frameworks and systematic information flow regarding wildfires in Mozambique. While satellite data exists, it is not effectively disseminated from national to local levels. The document recommends establishing a national Fire Danger Rating System, enhancing the capacity to process MODIS and MSG satellite data, and integrating community-based fire management and traditional knowledge to reduce vulnerability to uncontrolled burns.

• Wildfires in central and northern Mozambique have increased in frequency, with estimates suggesting almost all forests in these areas burn at least once per year, compared to a previous regional return cycle of approximately 12 years.
• The increase in fire frequency is attributed to population growth, which has raised the demand for land and income, as well as the gradual collapse of traditional land-use management systems due to political changes.
• Mozambique lacks a clear institutional framework and coordinated planning for fire management; although the 2007 National Action Plan for Fire Prevention and Control exists, efforts lack systematic institutional coordination and effective execution.
• Information flow regarding fires is fragmented: national-level data from Web Fire Mapper Services is primarily used by the Ministry of Agriculture's Forest Inventory Unit, but there is no systematic process to analyze or disseminate this information to provincial or district government organizations.
• At the provincial and district levels in Sofala, satellite-based fire information is only accessible to a few entities with satellite internet, such as the Catholic University of Beira and Gorongosa National Park.
• Local communities often do not report fires because they perceive burning as a normal part of the landscape and a daily land management tool rather than a problem.

APA

Hoffmann, A. A. (2009). Sistema Informativo e de Comunicações para o Aviso Prévio de Queimadas em Moçambique. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mozambique_fire_warning_system_pt.pdf

Chicago

Hoffmann, Anja A. Sistema Informativo e de Comunicações para o Aviso Prévio de Queimadas em Moçambique. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mozambique_fire_warning_system_pt.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hoffmann2009sistema, author = {Hoffmann, Anja A.}, title = {{Sistema Informativo e de Comunicações para o Aviso Prévio de Queimadas em Moçambique}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2009}, month = mar, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mozambique_fire_warning_system_pt.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }