Impactos ambientais e socioecónomicos da produção de carvão vegetal no distrito de Magude

Abstract

The predominant vegetation type in the Magude district is open forest of the savanna formation, which has long been subject to a process of degradation resulting from human activity. Most of the unsustainable use of this resource also originates from the felling of trees for the production of charcoal that supplies the peri-urban and urban areas of Maputo City and Maputo Province, mainly Matola. From an economic point of view, the district's population has a strong dependence on the native forest, which is being exploited irrationally. The importance of charcoal in the production chain is indisputable, but the productive method in use is debatable. On the one hand, the traditional charcoal production system, considered primitive from a social and economic point of view, where workers are subject, in many cases, to work without the right to legal benefits, and low efficiency of the production process. Therefore, the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of charcoal production in the Magude district will be analyzed.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)