As pressure on Mozambique's biomass resources is increasing Mozambique Biomass Energy Strategy aims to reverse the process by developing the multiple and complementary solutions to ensure a sustainable biomass supply well into the near future. This will allow Mozambicans to continue using biomass for as long as they like, or switch to using other forms of energy if and when they like. Not acting now is a real and realistic scenario, which necessarily means that problems with the supply of biomass will start, sooner or later - and indeed has started in some areas already.
The first chapter describes the current state of the biomass energy in Mozambique. After an introduction, the strategy document begins with the contextual information on Mozambique, its geography, socio-economics, and strategies for achieving growth and development (Chapter 2).
Chapter 3 summarizes the current biomass energy supply and demand situation, prior to a more detailed presentation in the chapters that follow.
Chapter 4 provides information on the policy, legal, and regulatory context of the biomass energy sector, highlighting relevant energy and forestry legislation.
Chapter 5 provides a stakeholder analysis of the institutions and actors in the biomass energy sector.
Chapter 6 balances the information with supply and demand-side estimates, placing the consumption figures in context and highlighting the key issues related to the greatest sustainability challenges.
Chapter 7 presents the elements of biomass energy strategy including a package of suggested interventions to improve management of the biomass energy sector that cover the supply-side, demand-side and institutional arrangements.
Chapter 8 proposes a biomass energy state for Mozambique, including costs and benefits for a number of different development scenarios.