Maputo, 3 Apr (AIM) – The Mozambican government and its partners have invested about 4.4 million meticais (69,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate) in the construction of a “Wall of Biodiversity”, in order to stimulate and enhance the potential of national conservation areas to practice nature-based tourism.
The Wall, which includes a total of 45 murals each eight meters long and three meters high, was inaugurated on Friday, in Maputo, by the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze.
According to the Minister, the project emerges in the context of the urgent need to protect the national wealth in the face of the challenges imposed by poaching, uncontrolled bush fires, and unsustainable exploitation of forests.
“With this wall, we are once again raising our voice to the cause of protecting plants and animals, with the aim of promoting mass education and the dissemination of good environmental management practices”, she said.
The project has an annual maintenance cost estimated at around 120,000 meticais.
“Considering the importance that this work has for society, we want to encourage the continuity of the partnership between the actors involved, in order to continue with the requalification of other public spaces, as well as the implementation of educational environmental initiatives”, the minister explained.
For his part, the Mayor of Maputo, Eneas Comiche, said that the strategic location of the Wall will attract travellers and visitors and will also make the citizens proud, strengthening the commitment of Maputo to join the universal cause of environmental protection.
“I believe that the mural will have a strong impact on travellers and visitors to Maputo, gaining a new sense of welcome and hospitality”, he said, recognizing that conservation stands out as one of the most serious global challenges for the future of humanity.
(AIM)
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