Mozambique Impact Brief

The CARE-WWF Alliance implemented community-based management and climate-smart agriculture in Mozambique, leading to the 2012 designation of the Primeiras e Segundas archipelago as a protected area and improving food security and credit access for local populations.

• The CARE-WWF Alliance facilitated the 2012 government declaration of the Primeiras e Segundas (P&S) archipelago as a protected area, which was the largest coastal marine reserve in Africa at that time. The resulting management plan includes zoned fully protected reserves and community conservation areas, with legal recognition for community-managed no-take zones.
• Community-based natural resource management empowered 65 communities across four districts and two provinces, establishing a foundation for sustainable livelihoods for over 215,000 people. Specifically, more than 70% of local fishers reported increased catches in areas adjacent to community-managed no-take zones.
• Agricultural interventions, including nearly 100 farmer field schools, increased the adoption of climate-smart conservation agriculture. Participating farmers doubled their cassava production and were twice as likely to recover from food shocks and have sufficient food for 10 months of the year.
• The Alliance improved economic inclusion for women through the establishment of nearly 300 village savings and loan associations (VSLAs), where 61% of members are women. As a result, participating women are 7.5 times more likely to access credit, reducing the gender credit gap by half.
• Environmental outcomes included an increase in mangrove coverage between 2002 and 2014, driven by community replanting and selective harvesting.

APA

WWF International (2018). Mozambique Impact Brief. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/2623/PS-Impact-Brief1.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. Mozambique Impact Brief. 2018. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/2623/PS-Impact-Brief1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2018mozambique, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{Mozambique Impact Brief}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2018}, month = nov, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/2623/PS-Impact-Brief1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }