Following the 2018 approval by the Council of Ministers, a 39% multiple-use zone (MUZ) was stipulated within Coutada 7. This zone was created to exercise socio-economic activity that would integrate the communities into the project. The MUZ is bifurcated into the following divisions;

Info: According to the legislation on forests and wildlife, a buffer zone is a “territorial portion bordering on a protection area, which forms a transition belt between the protected area and the multiple use areas with the objective to check and reduce the impacts provoked by human activities on the respective protected area.”