Contents LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 7 OVERVIEW OF MOUNT NAMULI .................................................................................................................... 10 Conservation Priority ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Geography and Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Biodiversity SigniFicance ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Ecosystem Services ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Cultural SigniFicance ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 OPERATING CONTEXT .................................................................................................................................... 16 Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ......................................................................................................... 16 Conservation Targets ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Threats and Impact on Conservation Targets ................................................................................................................ 16 Threat Rating .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Very High and High Threats ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Expert Opinion on Status oF Conservation Targets and Threats .................................................................................... 19 Community Relationship to Resources and Perception of Threats ................................................................................ 20 Stakeholders and Governance ................................................................................................................................... 21 Communities and Land Rights ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Local Power Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Legal Context .................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Community Members as Conservation Partners ........................................................................................................... 25 Community Engagement by Legado: Namuli ................................................................................................................. 26 STRATEGIC APPROACH .................................................................................................................................. 29 Theory of Change ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Conservation Targets, Goals, and Objectives .............................................................................................................. 31 Strategies and Priority Activities ................................................................................................................................ 31 2017 – Preparation For a Conservation Agreement ....................................................................................................... 31 2018-2020 – Establish a Conservation Agreement Limiting Extractive Activities .......................................................... 33 Beyond 2020 – Thriving Future For Namuli’s Communities and their Conservation Area ............................................. 36 IMPLEMENTING THE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT ....................................................................................... 38 Shared Objectives with the Conservation Agreement ................................................................................................ 38 Capacity in anticipated activities ................................................................................................................................ 39 Legado ............................................................................................................................................................................ 39 LUPA ............................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Additional Partners .................................................................................................................................................... 40 PROJECT FINANCE ......................................................................................................................................... 42 Financing Options and Sustainability ......................................................................................................................... 42 Legado: Namuli: Mount Namuli, Mozambique 2 Conservation Agreement Feasibility Study Resource Governance and Legacy Leadership – Protected Area Creation and Management ....................................... 42 Economic Viability – Community Socioeconomic Incentives ....................................................................................... 43 Opportunity Cost of Conservation and Community Benefits ...................................................................................... 44 Project Budget ........................................................................................................................................................... 45 MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY ................................................................................................................... 48 What are the prospects for long-term management of the conservation agreements? .............................................. 48 Community Legacy – Sustainable Natural Resource Management ............................................................................. 48 Namuli Resource Governance Council ........................................................................................................................ 48 Conservation Committees ......................................................................................................................................... 48 Community Governance Strengthening ..................................................................................................................... 49 Exit Strategy .............................................................................................................................................................. 49 FEASIBILITY STUDY SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 50 APPENDIX A. Detailed Proposed Priority Activities ........................................................................................ 53 APPENDIX B. Letter of Support from Namuli Communities (February, 2017)…………………………………………………62 APPENDIX C. Mount Namuli Legado Conservation Report, Jonathan Timberlake…………………………………………. 64 APPENDIX D. Mount Namuli Species Checklist…………………………………………………………………………………………..… 76 Legado: Namuli: Mount Namuli, Mozambique 3 Conservation Agreement Feasibility Study LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Mount Namuli Location ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 2. Mount Namuli Geography ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 3. Namuli Watershed Interaction ................................................................................................................................ 13 Figure 4. Deforestation Progression on Namuli MassiF (2006 – 2016) ................................................................................... 17 Figure 5. Community Boundaries ........................................................................................................................................... 22