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This is an eloquent, engaged and extremely well informed narrative
of the environmental and natural resource conservation and
management issues in Mozambique. While the topics in this volume
are diverse, they are all explicitly designed to move beyond the
routinized blame of natural resource mismanagement and
environmental degradation on local communities, and to rethink
ecosystem destruction, land degradation and natural resource
over-exploitation in Africa and beyond. Never losing sight of the
major causes of environment and resource mismanagement in
Mozambique, the book advances the thesis that environment and
resource problems are a result of compound factors such as poor
governance, poverty, corruption, low education levels, and
disregard of endogenous conservation epistemologies. A combination
of all these factors makes the whole terrain of conservation even
more complicated than ever; hence the need for urgent action by all
social actors. This is a valuable book for environmental
conservationists, land resource managers, social ecologists,
environmental anthropologists, environmental field workers and
technicians, practitioners and students of conservation sciences.
The poems in this collection dissect and cut across psychological
and cultural spaces as the poet reflects on the profundity of his
experiences and encounters. The thoughtful reflections provide a
snapshot of what it means to live in a world of where difference
and sameness are never to be taken for granted. Though written from
Africa, the poems transcend the geographical, cultural and
emotional landscapes that have inspired the poet's creative genius.
The poems reflect a wide gamut of themes such as love, anomy, hope,
megalomania, treachery, education, vigilance and other tussles of
everyday life. All those who cherish the moral rectitude of peace,
culture, faithful questioning and critical thinking will find value
in this enticing collection.
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