Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
The Universidade Eduardo Mondlane is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The UEM is located in Maputo and has about 27,000 students. The Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), as a multidisciplinary institution for the training of professionals of higher education, research, extension and mastery and cultivation of human knowledge, has the honor to present itself to the entire University Community, its national and And society as a whole. They are a university open to the Region and the World and they intend, with this portal, to offer another channel of interaction and communication with the whole society. Their services and products only have value and make sense when it can contribute to the development of society and cherished by their employees and partners.
Salomão Bandeira holds a PhD from Gothenburg University (Sweden), currently Associate Professor at UEM, Mozambique and was visiting to University of Cape Verde PhD program (2014-2017).
Senior Expert for Operational Hydrology and Water Allocation Training holding a Doctorate degree in Civil Engineering (2008), a Master degree in Engineering Hydrology (1998) as well as a Honours diploma in Civil Engineering (1995) with more than 20 years of professional experience in national/international, partly IFI-funded projects in the water sector in Mozambique and in many SADC countries for lecturing (university level) and training (project
Mangroves are important ecosystems for communities in coastal Mozambique through the various goods and services they provide including food, fuelwood, coastal protection, and temperature regulation, among others. These important ecosystems are however threatened by anthropogenic activities such as over-harvesting, coastal development and conversion of mangrove areas for urban development.
Project Summary:
Over the past 15 years, economic growth in several areas in Mozambique has been increasingly relying on the extractive sector with minimal translation of such growth to an equivalent increase in living standards. Most of the rural population thus remains highly dependent on natural resources and their associated ecosystem services for which rainfall and river flows are key drivers.