2. Social organizations contribute to achieving the rights and freedoms of citizens, as well as towards the raising of
individual and social consciousness in the fulfilment of civic duties.
CHAPTER 4ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Article 35
1. The ownership of natural resources located in the soil and the subsoil, in interior and territorial waters, on the
continental shelf, and in the exclusive economic zone is vested in the State.
2. The public domain of the State shall also include:
a) the maritime zone;
b) the airspace;
c) archaeological heritage;
d) nature conservation zones;
e) hydro-power resources;
f) energy resources;
g) other property and assets classified as such by law.
Article 36
The State shall, with regard to the national interest, promote the inventory, the knowledge and the development of
natural resources and shall determine the conditions for their use and enjoyment.
Article 37
The State shall promote efforts to guarantee the ecological balance and the conservation and preservation of the
environment for the betterment of the quality of life of its citizens.
Article 38
Through the participation of citizens and the efficient use of human and material resources, the objective of State
economic policy shall be to lay the fundamental bases for development, to improve the living conditions of the
people, to strengthen the sovereignty of the State, and to consolidate national unity.
Article 39
1. In the Republic of Mozambique agriculture is the basis of national development.
2. The State shall guarantee and shall promote rural development in order to meet the diverse and increasing needs
of the people and to ensure the economic and social progress of the country.
Article 40
In the Republic of Mozambique industry has a dynamizing role in the development of the national economy.
Article 41
1. The economic order of the Republic of Mozambique shall be based on the value of labor, on market forces, on the
initiatives of economic agents, on the participation of all types of ownership, and on the role of the State in regulating
and promoting economic and social growth and development in order to satisfy the basic needs of the people and to
promote social well-being.
2. The national economy includes the following complementary types of ownership:
a) state ownership;
b) cooperative ownership;
c) joint private-state ownership;
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