Country information
Basic facts on marine waters
- Territorial sea (12 nm zone): 572 000 km2
- Exclusive Economic Zone: 508 092 km2, an area that may change depending on the layout of the EEZ of other countries (Madagascar and South Africa), which is pending negotiation.
Strategic documents related to MSP
- Maritime Spatial Plan-POEM, Approved by Resolution No. 63/2024 of 15 November
- Sea Policy and Strategy – POMAR, Approved by Resolution No. 30/2017 of 14 September
- Decree No. 21/2017 of 24 May, the Regulation Establishing the Legal Regime for the Use of National Maritime Space (RJUEM)
- Strategy and Development of the Blue Economy – EDEA
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management (EGIZC) 2016-2025
- Law of the Sea
- Law of the Sea, approved by Law No. 20/2019 of 8 November
- Decree No. 21/2017, of 24 May, the Regulation Establishing the Legal Regime for the Use of National Maritime Space (RJUEM)
Technical resources related to MSP
Relevant MSP projects
- Special Territorial Planning Plan for the Primeiras and Segundas Islands (APAIPS) and the District of Mocubela- under development
Current status of MSP
Name of the plan |
Plano de Ordenamento do Espaço Marítimo Nacional |
|---|---|
Year of approval
|
2024 |
Size of planning area in km2
|
N/A |
Authority leading the MSP process
|
National Institute of the Sea, IP (INAMAR, IP) |
Current status |
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|---|---|
Pre-planning |
Status: Completed |
Assessments for planning |
Status: N/A |
Plan development |
Status: Completed |
Plan completion |
Status: Completed |
Plan approval |
Status: Completed |
Plan implementation |
Status: Underway |
Plan review |
Status: N/A |
Tipología de la PEM |
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|---|---|
Escala (Local /Subnacional /Nacional)
|
Nacional |
Alcance /Zona costera /Costero y marino /Marino)
|
Costero y marino |
Propósito (Estratégico /Zonificación /Completo)
|
Zonificación |
Compromiso político (Informal /Decisión ejecutiva /Estado jurídico)
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Estado jurídico |
Marco de aplicación (Orientación/Legalmente vinculante)
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Orientación |
Objectivos principales (Conservación de la biodiversidad /Desarrollo económico /Objetivos múltiples)
|
Objectivos múltiples |
Asignación espacial (Limitada /Asignación parcial /Asignación detallada)
|
Limitada |
Partes interesadas (Limitado /Sectores clave /Sectores y público)
|
N/A |
Proceso participativo (Informativo /Consulta /Colaboración)
|
Colaboración |
Financiación (Gubernamental/Público-Privada /Subvenciones)
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Subvenciones |
National authority in charge of MSP |
National Institute of the Sea, IP (INAMAR, IP) |
Governmental funding |
Partial |
External funding |
World Bank |
Public-private funding |
N/A |
Total size of planning area |
Not defined |
Time required to complete the plans |
2 years |
Main issues that led to the adoption of MSP (drivers) |
Sustainable use of maritime space and its resources |
Stakeholder engagement activities |
Government sectors, Civil society, Private sector, Academia |
Sectors included in planning |
Environment, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Tourism, Science and Technology, Transport and Communications, Energy and Mining, Public Works, Agriculture, State Administration; Water Resources, Defense and Security |
Articulation between MSP and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
|
Extremely articulate |
Articulation between MSP and marine conservation (including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework |
Predicted |
Articulation between MSP and sustainable blue economy |
Well articulated |
Articulation between MSP and climate change (including the Paris Agreement) |
N/A |
Plan approval process |
Council of Ministers |
Legal status of the plan (guiding or legally binding) |
Guiding |
Plan review process |
Is planned |
Performance monitoring and evaluation |
Presents the intermediate and final monitoring and evaluation plan |
Interactions with neighbouring countries in the context of MSP attending transboundary coherence approaches |
Interaction with the countries part of the North Channel of Mozambique under the Nairobi Convention is ongoing |
Legal framework
- Law 20/2019 of November 8 – Law of the Sea
- Decree n° 21/2017 of 24 May, the Regulation Establishing the Legal Regime for the Use of National Maritime Space (RJUEM)
- Resolution n° 39/2017 of 14 September approving the Policy and Strategy for the Sea
- Law n° 5/96 of 4 January creating the Maritime Courts (under review)
Contact
National Institute of the Sea, IP (INAMAR, IP)
Moniz Munguambe – Director of the Division of Maritime Planning and Administration