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Mozambique: Ratified Conventions Will Impact On the State Budget
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Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
16 April 2008
Posted to the web 16 April 2008
Maputo
The implementation of two conventions on the protection of natural species and resources, that were ratified by the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic this Wednesday, will have an impact of about 1.3 million meticais (52,000 US dollars) in this year's state budget.
These are the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, and the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
It is estimated that to implement the Convention on Migratory Species will cost the state 709,000 meticais.
Of that amount, 375,000 meticais are to be used to produce brochures, 180,000 in regional workshops for divulgation of the convention, 150,000 in the production of reports on natural species in Mozambique, and 4,000 meticais will be for the payment of the convention quotas.
Presenting the document, Environment Minister Alcinda Abreu described the Migratory Species as essential components of the ecosystems that support life on earth.
She said that these species, that may be effective indicators of climate changes, are under human pressure through a non-sustainable small-scale hunting and fishing, which causes the loss of thousands of these animals.
The need for international cooperation for the conservation of migratory species was acknowledged in 1972, during a United Nations Conference on Environment.
AIM learnt that acknowledging this need determined the production of the convention, in 1979, known as 'Bona Convention'. The document entered into force in November 1983, to protect endangered migratory species.
Because of its geographic position, on the coast, Mozambique is the natural habitat of a number of marine migratory species, such dolphins, turtles, whales and dugongues, and land mammals, that include the African elephant, leopards, the African wild cats, among others, and also migratory birds.
According to Abreu, of the 77 endangered species across the world, 39 are found in Mozambique.
In some countries, migratory species play an important role in their economy, particularly through tourism.
Abreu explained that this is the only convention dedicated specifically to the conservation of migratory animals and the places where they need to live.
She also stressed the importance of technical assistance that this convention can bring to Mozambique in case of threat of a pandemic caused by migratory species.
For the Convention on Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the state will use about 555,000 meticais.
A document of the Finances Ministry says that of this money, 375,000 meticais are for the production of brochures, and the remainder 180,000 will go into paying for regional workshop for the divulgation of the document.
The objective of this convention is to promote conservation, utilization and development of soils, water, forests, and wild life, based on scientific principles and interests of the respective populations.
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