Good afternoon. The row over the Niassa Special Reserve should be read as more than a provincial secretary of state losing discipline. Silva Livone’s threats against operators and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) are the most visible sign of a wider change in Mozambique’s politics of conservation: protected areas are increasingly being spoken of as obstacles to development, mining and local control, rather than as national assets requirin…
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