NAMULI 2 - Creation of a new protected area around Mount Namuli in Mozambique
Partners
Main goals
Set up a sustainable agricultural development model in the territory of Namuli to guarantee the resilience of family farming and food security, facing climate change, through the implementation of fair and sustainable agricultural value chains, and to guarantee the conservation of Namuli's ecosystems and biodiversity, which provide services on which local communities rely
Specific objectives
OS1. Agricultural trajectories, vectors of deforestation, are curved through the development of productive, sustainable and resilient production systems integrated into territorial dynamics
OS2. Namuli's communities lead the elaboration and the implementation of inclusive management and development plans for their territory, reconciling conservation, agricultural and development issues.
Beneficiaries
- The 12,000 inhabitants of the Namuli Mountains who will benefit from sustainable resource management (mainly villages of Murrabué and Mucunha-Sede by benefiting from sustainable management and development plans for their territories)
- 3 Natural Resources Management Commitees in 3 villages (Murrabué, Mucunha-Sede and Murresse) around Namuli. Nitidae will focus on these three villages because they are the ones who have recognized land rights on the Namuli highlands and/or who make use of Namuli highlands resources.
- 1000 rural households benefiting from direct agricultural support;
- 2500 students from 4 schools.(including 20 students benefiting from scholarships);
- More broadly, all Mozambicans and companies who benefit from the ecosystem services offered by Namuli and their economic benefits
Throughout its duration, the project will continue to give particular importance to the inclusion of women, young and vulnerable people in its activities as well as in community discussions and decision-making.
Results
R1. Income-generating commercial agricultural value chains, which encourages conservation and restoration of forests, are integrated into the territory, in partnership with the private sector
R2. The economic performances and resilience of family subsistence farming systems (particularly those run by farmers in vulnerable situations) is strengthened to ensure their adaptability to climate change and their food security
R3. The territory governance of Namuli is strengthened
R4. Communities Land Management and Development Plans are elaborated and implemented in Namuli territory
Activities
A1. Scale-up the honey value chain in Namuli (launched in 2020)
A2. Launch pilot tests of coffee cultivation in agroforestry systems with the aim of reconverting degraded land
A3. Ongoing research, on the field, with the farmers, to find local solutions to local production and marketing problems, with a network of “producers experimenters”
A4. Scale-up of the replicable innovations validated through these experiments, on a larger scale, by providing technical assistance with a network of "producers trainers"
A5. Capitalization of the replicable innovations validated during the first phase of the project (July 2019 - June 2023) for partners
A6. Creation a legalization of new Natural Resources Management Committee respecting gender parity to also fight against the widening of gender inequalities caused by the erosion of natural resources
A7. Capacity building of Natural Resources Management Committees (governance, organization, financial management, gender inclusion)
A8. Organization of awareness-raising campaigns, involving NRMCs, including the scale-up of an environmental education program in schools in partnership with teaching staff
A9. Cartographic analyses of the territory (based on data already acquired by Nitidae such as the popular cadastre) to reflect on the integration or the scale-up of new value-chains in wider territorial dynamics. These maps will be produced using remote sensing techniques and are intended to serve as decision-making tools for local stakeholders (local committees and authorities)
A10. Supporting local NRMCs to lead community debates to develop and formalize Management and Development Plans for their territories
A11. Organization of multi-stakeholders roundtables to enable Namuli’s communities NRMCs to present and advocate their Lands Management and Development plans and work with their partners (including local authorities) to implement them
A12. Support for the implementation and monitoring of community land management and development plans, including key social aspects with a focus on education
Related documents
Land Use and Land Cover Map of Mount Namuli and surroundings 2022
Our intervention strategies support to reduce Mount Namuli farmers’ dependence on natural resource (highland forest)
Mount Namuli - Community conservation area in the Republic of Mozambique
Landscape Dynamics Assessment of Mount Namuli Region
Namuli Initiative Progress Report January 2020 on creation of a new protected area in Mozambique
Namuli Initiative Progress Report January 2020 on creation of a new protected area in Mozambique
Land Use and Land Cover Map of Mount Namuli and surroundings
Diagnosis of agrarian dynamics on the Eastern slope of Mount Namuli & Analysis of agricultural practices into deforestation dynamics and d…
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Jean-Baptiste Roelens
Holder of a master Tropical environment and Biodiversity, he worked for 3 years in French Guyana, notably as forest ecology and soil science research officer at CIRAD. From 2008 to 2016 he worked at the WWF in Madagascar, France and Democratic Republic of Congo as Forest and Climate program manager. At WWF, he supported conservation, forest landscape restoration and REDD+ projects, he also conducted campaign and advocacy work on forest policies and energy infrastructure development. He joined Etc Terra - then nitidæ - in May 2016 as MOZBIO project manager around the Gilé national reserve in the Zambézia province in Mozambique.
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Margaux Béringuier
Agricultural Engineer graduated from the “Institut des Régions Chaudes” from Montpellier Supagro School, specialized in the management of agricultural resources and rural development in the South, Margaux joined the Nitidæ Mozambique team in January 2019, bringing her field expertise to the diagnosis of agricultural dynamics and to the definition and implementation of support measures for producers in our Nitidæ intervention zones in Mozambique. Today, she manages the NAMULI project and the second component of the ACAMOZ II project in the macadamia sector
Filimonio Felizardo Jonasse
Filimonio is a graduate technician from the Agronomic Professional Institue of Gurué (Zambézie). A native of Mount Namuli, he has been working for the conservation of the mountain since 2018. In particular, he has worked to secure the land rights of local communities, during a land demarcation program between 2020 and 2022. Since January 2024 he has been the new coordinator and Monitoring and Evaluation assistant for the Namuli project
Dias Antovano
He is graduated in agronomy (specializing in plant health) from Cuba's "Angel Galanena" Polytechnic Institute of Agronomy in 1988. Before working for development projects on the link between agriculture and environmental conservation, he accumulated experience in the private sector, notably in the tea (production and processing), vegetable and cereal sectors, in Mozambique and abroad. He has been involved in the Mount Namuli conservation effort since 2016, working on a wide range of issues including securing land rights, coordinating community land management and development plans, and agricultural development
Aurélio Ratibo Brito
An agricultural engineer, he is a graduate of the Zambézie Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences. Before joining the team, he worked in agricultural trade, as well as on land delimitation and natural resource management projects. Aurelio joined Nitidæ in January 2021, and has since been working on a wide range of issues including securing land rights, coordinating community land management and development plans, and agricultural development
Quinito Jerónimo
he is a graduate of Agronomic Professional Institute of Gurué, in Zambézie, Mozambique. Before joining the Nitidæ team, he worked for the Serviço de Vulgarização Agronomico de Gurué, for the Agrivalor company, for the Inovagro (Inovação Agronómica) program, for the UMOJA program and then for Codosa. He has also been a theater enthusiast for over 20 years, and has even taken part in Mozambique's National Culture Festival! He joined the Nitidæ team in October 2020 and has hard to secure land rights for Namuli communities between 2020 and 2022. Now trained in beekeeping, he provides technical assistance to agricultural producers and beekeepers in the mountains.
Jonito Joaquim Talca
He is a graduate of the Agronomic Professional Institute of Gurué, in Zambézie, Mozambique. Before joining the Nitidæ team, he worked in market garden and beekeeping production, in agro-ecology projects, and for the reforestation of degraded areas in Mozambique. Since September 2020 he has been working as a technician on the Namuli team, providing technical assistance to agricultural producers and beekeepers in the mountains
Fáusia Higino José
A graduate of the Agronomic Professional Institute of Gurué, Zambézia, Mozambique, she joined the Namuli Project team in October 2020. After working for three years as a field technician, she is now our new administrative assistant.
Palmira Marinho Gravata Vitória
Graduated in economics and education from the Pedagogical University of Mozambique, with 7 years of experience as an administrative assistant, since 2019 she has been responsible for administration, finance, human resources management and relations public.
Manuel Uiliamo
Holder of a master's degree in Control and Automation Engineering from the University of Sidi Bell Abbes - Algeria with strong skills in global IT. His training allowed him to acquire an excellent knowledge of a variety of programming languages and the basics of industrial electricity. He is also a motivational content creator with basic knowledge in audiovisual editing. On the LUCCIA project in Mozambique he was able to provide his expertise in computer programming and spatial analysis. Since January 2024, he has been working on the ACAMOZ 2 project as GIS and IT Development manager.
Sá Nogueira Lisboa
Earned a BSc in Forestry and an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management of Tropical Ecosystems at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. His main research interest is forest dynamic, emphasizing ecological and human processes, trade-offs among ecosystem services and biodiversity. He has over five years of experience working with rural communities, NGOs, national governments, and international agencies. He brings his expertise in landscape-scale spatial modeling using innovative tools to address challenges related to land use change and environmental impacts.
Aniceto Buck
A graduate in Agricultural Sciences with over eight years' experience in the sector, he has worked on crop management, soil improvement and community engagement projects. He is passionate about natural resource management and socio-environmental safeguarding and has extensive experience in sustainable agriculture and climate change resilient practices. He also has skills in data management contributing to initiatives on sustainable agricultural development in Mozambique
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Frédérique Montfort
Doctor of AgroParisTech in environmental sciences, she brings her expertise on the biodiversity component and on the degradation and restoration of forest landscapes. She joined N’Lab de Nitidæ in 2017 to carry out her thesis with the association, UR Forêts & Sociétés and UMR Tétis on the degradation and restoration of Miombo forest landscapes in Mozambique. She is currently conducting studies and technical support (capacity building, technology transfer) on various projects of the association
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Noémie Rullier
Holder of an Engineering diploma in Agronomy, specializing in Sustainable agricultural & Agri-Food systems for the South, from Montpellier SupAgro- Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC), she brings her expertise to support technical changes and development processes in rural area; to support farm advisory, training engineering and plant biology research
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Valéry Bourotte
Graduate Engineer Agronomist, Sustainable Agrifood and Agronomic Systems in the South (SAADS) of the Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC) Montpellier SupAgro, he brings his expertise to the teams' methodological support on the diagnosis realization at the territory and plot scalesto co-construct projects with producers
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Bertrand Descours
Graduated with a Master 1 in International Projects Coordinator (ESCD 3A LYON), he started as a humanitarian logistician from 2016, first in the NGO ACTED as well as at the French Red Cross and at Solidarités International. He then specialized in emergency epidemic or conflict missions through his missions abroad. He moved to the Lyon region and joined the team in September 2023
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