**6. Conclusion**

Despite its contemporariness, Mozambique's Land Law is failing to guarantee secure tenure to land for its local communities, especially in areas perceived to be valuable for agriculture or biofuel production. This is primarily because of the government's inadequate political will to enforce the land law's statutes; ineffective civil society to protect communities against the booming private interest in land for investment in agribased businesses; blind loyalty of community members to their
