Title:
Sao Sebastiao Penininsula, Mozambique
Proposed by: Vance Martin
Seconded by: Serge Rajaobelina

WHEREAS,

The government of Mozambique has approved for a South African businessman a nature tourism initiative in Mozambique's Sao Sebastiao Peninsula, which calls for the removal of over 2,000 people from the area, after which the area will be fenced and stocked with wildlife;

The local people of the area, the Quewene have not been consulted properly and have registered a formal grievance with their District Administrator; and

Clear indications exist of incompatibility of large wildlife ungulates with the typically acid grasslands of the east coast;

THEREFORE, the 7^th World Wilderness Congress

Understands that nature-based tourism, if done properly, is an important element of sustainable revenue for local rural communities;

Commends the Mozambique government for trying to expand sustainable tourism, and hereby

RESOLVES, that

The Government of Mozambique and private investors involved in the Sao Sebastiao Peninsula project should listen to and accommodate the expressed needs of the local inhabitants, follow internationally accepted standards for a comprehensive and independent EIA process, and adopt any and all recommendations of these two procedures including, if indicated, abandoning or relocating the project.

Proposed by:

Vance Martin
The WILD Foundation
PO Box 1380
Ojai CA 93024 USA
info@wild.org

Seconded by:

Serge Rajaobelina
Director
FANAMBY
Antannanarivo, Madagascar
+261 22 288-78