Comunidades locais e gestão de recursos costeiros em Moçambique, 1992 - 2003: estudo de caso da povoação comercial da Praia do Tofo em Inhambane

Abstract

This paper is the result of a one-year research project on "Local Communities and Coastal Resource Management in Mozambique, 1992 - 2003. Case Study: Tofo Beach J&V. The main concern of the research is to analyse how the Tofo community participates in land management and to try to understand the various forms of access and use of land in the current context of the new Land Law (Law n.19/97). To achieve the objectives and a better understanding of the work, the text was divided into chapters, which in a way allows the different parts of the argument to be understood separately. Thus, in the first chapter, the introduction, the general research questions are presented, where we try to problematise, define and delimit the theme. In the same part we make the bibliographical recession and the definition of the key concepts. In the second chapter we describe our research area geographically, as well as characterising the local community economically, socially and culturally. In the third chapter we try to gather some historical information, to understand the dynamics of the emergence of the village of Tofo. In the following chapters, i.e. chapters four, five and six, the core of the research, we analyze how the community of Tofo participates in land management, discuss the various forms of access land use and management, the existing conflicts and the impact of the implementation of tourism ventures without taking into account the interests of the the interests of the local community. The last part presents the conclusions, followed by additional information in annexes and the sources consulted. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)