Mozambique: government suspends license issuance for logging
(AGI) - Maputo, 26 nov. - The government of Mozambique hasannounced it will suspend for a period of two years theissuance of new licenses for logging as a way to stem the rapiddeforestation which currently reaches about 220 thousandhectares per year. "If we do not take effective action we risklosing the forestry potential that we have, with serious damageto local communities, the environment, our economy and aworsening of the situation of vulnerability to climate changein the country", said minister of Land, Forestry and RuralDevelopment, Celso Correia. According to the government, the