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Elephant barrier behaviors in response to conflict mitigation fences. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation issue, particularly in lower income countries, where it affects marginalized people and leads to the extirpation of threatened species. Managers increasingly use fences to reduce this conflict but lack evidence on the effectiveness of these barriers, especially on whether this reduces the number ...
Gonçalves D, Smith RJ, O'Neill HMK.
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Cash grants to informal firms after Cyclone Idai: beyond the null. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract This study investigates the effects of unconditional cash grants on informal manufacturing firms’ recovery after Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique in 2019. Using a novel stratified adaptive cluster sampling approach, we collected representative panel data from firms in Beira (heavily affected) and Chimoio (less affected).
Berkel H, Fisker P, Tarp F.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Factors Influencing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Results in Mozambique: A Multivariate Approach to Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Cultural Influences. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background HIV/AIDS has been a significant health issue among the population in Mozambique, Sub‐Saharan Africa. Although there are studies in the region that have investigated the determinants of HIV testing, very few have covered Mozambique with current and comprehensive information.
Hossain MR, Hossain K, Hossain R, Islam I, Akter N, Akanda MOR.   +5 more
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Vertical dynamics of planktonic communities at Sofala Bank, Mozambique

, 2009
Tese de mestrado, Ecologia marinha, 2009, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de ...
Leal, Miguel Albuquerque da Costa 1986-
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Mozambique's Colonial-Era Non-Human Primate Collection at the National Museum of Natural History and Science of Lisbon: Taxonomy, Provenance, and Historical Context. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives This study reviews Mozambique's non‐human primate collection housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) in Lisbon. The collection originates from the Zoological Missions of Mozambique (1948 and 1955) carried out under Portuguese colonial administration. The objectives of this work were to: i.
Osório M, Veracini C.
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Fertility rates and social media usage in sub‐Saharan Africa

Population, Space and Place, Volume 29, Issue 4, May 2023., 2023
Abstract This study examines the connection between social media usage and fertility behaviour in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Whereas the link between traditional media and fertility behaviour has been firmly established, the link between social media and fertility is yet unclear, although social media has expanded enormously in recent years and provides
Jet Wildeman, Sandor Schrijner, Jeroen Smits   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resisting agrarian neoliberalism and authoritarianism: Struggles towards a progressive rural future in Mozambique

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 185-203, January 2023., 2023
Abstract After nearly two and a half decades with a Land Law widely considered progressive, Mozambique is preparing to revise its legal framework for land. Land activists accuse the government of pursuing an authoritarian approach, excluding civil society participation, and falsifying public consultations.
Boaventura Monjane
wiley   +1 more source

Political ecologies of resettlement in river deltas

Geography Compass, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2022., 2022
Abstract In river deltas, human interference with regional and global socio‐ecological systems has led to a plethora of gradual and more abrupt environmental changes that result in inundation, coastal and river bank erosion, land loss and, ultimately, displaced people. Often apolitically framed as protective, state‐led transfer of people to new housing
Friedrich Nikolaus Neu, Hartmut Fünfgeld   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of the uptake of sustainable climate‐smart aquaculture in sub‐Saharan Africa

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 57, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract As climate change reshapes agriculture and food systems across the globe, aquaculture in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is at a turning point. Sustainable climate‐smart aquaculture (SCSAq) aims to make fish farming more productive, resilient to climate change, and environmentally friendly while also improving livelihoods and nutrition.
Arnold Ebuka Irabor, Toritseju Begho
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying Mozambique's Peace Dividend: An Application of the Synthetic Control Method

Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 847-864, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Using the synthetic control method and data from 20 African countries, this study quantifies the peace dividend in Mozambique, a country that experienced over 15 years of civil war. More specifically, we use data from 1977 to 2018 to investigate whether the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992 brought significant benefits to the country ...
Tendai Gwatidzo, Aldo Sitoe, Busani Moyo
wiley   +1 more source