Abstract ID: 3.9297 | Accepted as Poster | Talk/Oral | TBA | TBA

Mozambique is a poor country and the target of major tropical cyclones such as Gombe, Idai, Eloise, Kenneth, Shallane, Dineo, Freddy, Álvaro Filipo, Gormane, El Nino, Olga and is currently being ravaged by the major tropical cyclone Chido. This is putting biodiversity in danger of extinction and putting the Mozambican population in a humanitarian crisis. With the project called Youth Led Ocean Protect, funded by the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, we have already restored more than 200 hectares devastated by the great tropical cyclones (recovery of lowlands for agricultural production and environmental management), creation of agro-livestock associations (inclusion of marginalised women, girls and young people in the creation of self-employment through agricultural production and job creation through the green economy), mapping and micro-zoning of community lands, creation of community agendas for the sustainable use of land and other natural resources, creation and formalisation of natural resource management committees, sensitisation of communities to combat uncontrolled burning, sensitisation of communities to plant trees and mangroves in areas devastated by major tropical cyclones. Our activities are being carried out in the villages of Ngoo, Chia, Mbueca and Mala in the Partial Reserve of Lake Niassa, Mozambique.