Sector informal de comercialização de combustível lenhoso (lenha e carvão) na Província e Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

Although apparently recent, the Informal Sector is an area of ​​economic activity that has been developing for many years. The sector is composed of a set of economic activities that, although not formally registered, have always coexisted with formal economic activities, both in the production and distribution processes. The study of this sector in recent years, particularly in the 60s-70s; 80-90, is due to the fact that from that time onwards it gained another dimension for reasons related to the global economic context, which followed the oil shocks in the late 60s and early 70s, as well as the economic reforms that have been introduced in most developing countries. The Informal Sector, although common to different countries, has greater proportions in Developing Countries where the impact of the reforms referred to above was also greater. In Mozambique, the Informal Sector for the Commercialization of Ligneous Fuel (Coal and Firewood) has been developing since the period before Independence, without the same characteristics as the current ones, differing only in the volume of production and, consequently, in the social and economic impact. The excessive exploitation of the basic resource for this activity was aggravated by the war of destabilization that ended in 1992, since the majority of the population that took refuge in the provincial capitals found in wood fuel the main source of energy, for the preparation of food and for the sale. Today, it is already possible to do some studies thanks to the intense research that has been developed in recent years, either by the Eduardo Mondlane University - Faculty of Agronomy, or by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, more recently by the Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Action among other institutions. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that much remains to be investigated, as the sector is quite complex and has several particularities that each by itself constituted or would serve as a specific research subject. The debate over the activity of Production and Commercialization of Ligneous Fuel in the Informal Sector and its tendency to remain in this sector, has been very little explored in the literature, even so, the little existing literature recognizes, on the one hand, the importance of the Sector and for on the other hand, the impacts of the activity of this sector on natural resources and the environment. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)