Integration of Ecosystem Services into Land Use Planning in Mozambique

The Ecosystem Service (ES) concept needs to be expressed and communicated effectively successfully integrated into decision-making. In this paper, we conducted a review of relevant documents Mozambique’s spatial planning by performing content analysis based on ES categories. Results revealed that the seven Land Use Planning (LUP) analyzed, only National Development Strategy referenced explicitly. However, all made implicit references provisioning ES. Five out LUP referred regulating cultural None any explicit or supporting A Strengths, Weakness Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) towards integration in these showed major strength was acknowledging need preserve ecological equilibrium ensure sustainability. periodical revision tools participatory approaches opens opportunities for integrating processes. This could achieved establishing SEA legal framework Environment frameworks assisted set common consider as an additional indicator applied Mozambique.