The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs
Mozambique had 60,000 hectares of large-scale commercial planted forest in 2009, supporting about 3,000 full-time-equivalent jobs. Very little growth in large-scale commercial planted area has occurred since 2009, unlike what would be required to m...
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okr-10986-317532021-05-25T09:24:03Z The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs Serzedelo de Almeida, Leonor Delgado, Christopher PLANTATIONS FORESTRY PLANTATION FORESTRY LAND USE ACCESS TO LAND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COMPETITIVENESS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY Mozambique had 60,000 hectares of large-scale commercial planted forest in 2009, supporting about 3,000 full-time-equivalent jobs. Very little growth in large-scale commercial planted area has occurred since 2009, unlike what would be required to meet predictions at the time of 1,000,000 hectares planted by 2030. Labor costs are three to four times lower in plantation forestry in Mozambique than in Brazil, South Africa, and Uganda. Yet, unit costs per cubic meter of eucalyptus timber produced in Mozambique are higher due to lower tree volume growth rates, skills gaps, and employee absenteeism up to 50 percent. Yet, deforestation and imports of high-end wood products are rekindling interest in plantation forestry, with recognition of the need for community involvement. Integration of smaller-scale forestry into community land use patterns is taking off. Recommended actions include: matching grants financed by public resources to leverage private investment and contract farming through community woodlots; empowerment of an independent third-party organization funded by companies to analyze, broker and communicate amongst relevant stakeholders; private sector mobile agroforestry schools for training in remote areas; community land-use plans developed with local stakeholders, delimiting different kinds of land and different rights; and strengthening of community-based organizations that deal with land. 2019-05-30T20:46:47Z 2019-05-30T20:46:47Z 2019-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/269431559132547929/The-Plantation-Forestry-Sector-in-Mozambique-Community-Involvement-and-Jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31753 English Jobs Working Paper;No. 30 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Mozambique |
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PLANTATIONS FORESTRY PLANTATION FORESTRY LAND USE ACCESS TO LAND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COMPETITIVENESS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY Serzedelo de Almeida, Leonor Delgado, Christopher The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs |
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Mozambique had 60,000 hectares of
large-scale commercial planted forest in 2009, supporting
about 3,000 full-time-equivalent jobs. Very little growth in
large-scale commercial planted area has occurred since 2009,
unlike what would be required to meet predictions at the
time of 1,000,000 hectares planted by 2030. Labor costs are
three to four times lower in plantation forestry in
Mozambique than in Brazil, South Africa, and Uganda. Yet,
unit costs per cubic meter of eucalyptus timber produced in
Mozambique are higher due to lower tree volume growth rates,
skills gaps, and employee absenteeism up to 50 percent. Yet,
deforestation and imports of high-end wood products are
rekindling interest in plantation forestry, with recognition
of the need for community involvement. Integration of
smaller-scale forestry into community land use patterns is
taking off. Recommended actions include: matching grants
financed by public resources to leverage private investment
and contract farming through community woodlots; empowerment
of an independent third-party organization funded by
companies to analyze, broker and communicate amongst
relevant stakeholders; private sector mobile agroforestry
schools for training in remote areas; community land-use
plans developed with local stakeholders, delimiting
different kinds of land and different rights; and
strengthening of community-based organizations that deal
with land. |
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Serzedelo de Almeida, Leonor Delgado, Christopher |
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Serzedelo de Almeida, Leonor Delgado, Christopher |
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Serzedelo de Almeida, Leonor |
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The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs |
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The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs |
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The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs |
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The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs |
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The Plantation Forestry Sector in Mozambique : Community Involvement and Jobs |
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plantation forestry sector in mozambique : community involvement and jobs |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/269431559132547929/The-Plantation-Forestry-Sector-in-Mozambique-Community-Involvement-and-Jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31753 |
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