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Stephanie Hanes and Stephen Sapienza, for the Pulitzer Center
Gorongosa, Mozambique
So a question from St. Louis:
"I was reading about your time over in Mozambique and I was wondering if you could describe what exactly you are seeing and how it is affecting you physically and emotionally."
Stephanie Hanes and Stephen Sapienza, for the Pulitzer Center
Gorongosa, Mozambique
Yet another complication for the Carr Foundation crew:
Officially, the rural communities that live around the park don't really exist. They've been around for generations, and have traditional rules about land use, but they've never registered with the government, and have never mapped out their land in any modern or formal way.
Stephanie Hanes and Stephen Sapienza, for the Pulitzer Center
Gorongosa, Mozambique
Stephanie Hanes, for the Pulitzer Center
Gorongosa, Mozambique
Hi there.
Thanks so much for the great questions.
Q: My question is similar to those posted below. How do the local residents feel when Carr, who is an outsider, comes to give them a presentation about why they should change their way of life? You mentioned in a photo caption that some villagers were "suspicious." I'd be curious to hear more about the range of reactions. Thank you!
Nathalie Applewhite, Pulitzer Center
Hi Class,
Thanks for being such a good group last week!
This is a blog for our latest project. Check out the main project page for Mozambique (there's a video that introduces the issues and many other related resources) and then post your questions here for Stephanie and Steve who are in Mozambique now and ready to answer questions.
Thanks!
Nathalie
Stephanie Hanes and Stephen Sapienza, for the Pulitzer Center
Gorongoza, Mozambique
Stephanie Hanes and Stephen Sapienza, for the Pulitzer Center
Gorongosa, Mozambique
Today we met Tendai Loja, a man cutting grass with a big machete in Gorongosa's Chitengo camp. He used to be a poacher – the boss of a group of villagers who would go into the park and snare protected animals, which they would sell at local markets. But he was arrested after some of his colleagues ratted him out, and he was sentenced to six months of manual labor in the park.
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