This is a very interesting story narrated by the responsibilities and decisions of two people. The first, Amadou Diarra is an agent for the Service des Eaux et Forets (Forest Service). His job as an agent was to manage the nation’s forests and enforcing the forest protection laws. While enforcing these laws he could either make a tribe/person pay the fine or take a bribe. The next key person is the chief of Sogolonbougou, Djokolo Coulibaly. He also was in a very tough situation. He had to someway figure out how to manage the land available to the village to produce enough crop to keep the villagers fed. In doing so he sometimes had to break some forest service regulations to reach the villages harvest goals, which in return could greatly …show more content…
Since the average income for a Malian was $260, paying the fine would greatly hurt the tribe, sending the chief to jail is out of the question, and in this situation the authorities won’t take a bribe.
This is a very bad situation from the start. Almost every aspect of this situation is bad. The people are poor, the land is of poor quality, and production of foods and materials is getting tougher and tougher.
What are the people of Sogolonbougou to do? They are simply trying to raise enough crop to keep from starving and the Forest Service keeps bothering them? Whats the Forest Service to do? They are simply trying to keep environmentally healthy by setting a few laws and regulating them? These are the questions that need to be answered to solve the conflict between the Forest Service and Sogolonbougou.
In my opinion, I realize that it must be tough on the chief of Sogolonbougou to have to try to keep a village up and running. But as a chief he needs to find other ways to do things. Instead of trying to clear more land maybe he needs to use the land he has more efficiently. For the forest service they do have to enforce the laws they set. But I feel the leaders of both groups need to put their heads together and find a better solution. It seems rather stupid for both
Academics, Attitude, and Effort are what I learned to help me achieve my targets in high school, and will be the same for college. What I want to experience at CBU is their immense amount of resources that will benefit me in a major or career that I want to be in, however, right now I am undecided. With my attitude at CBU will help me experience great effects on what I could do to exceed in life. With my effort I know my experience will be a tremendous including social life, so knowing I will get to know my professors with the ratio being 17:1 in almost every class at CBU.
The Mohawk that were protesting to protect their traditional land, were bombarded with thousands of aggressive army members. The peaceful standoff turned violent and bloody when the army made contact with the protesters. Both sides of the standoff would be faced with conflicting loyalties because of their culture and nationalities. The Mohawk would be conflicted between defending historical property or being nationalistic to Canada. In the same view, the army would want to follow orders but could be conflicting between standing up against fellow Canadians. The source shows the tension between the contending groups, but also shows how each party felt about the matter. Their faces show the pain that is felt because of the land claim. When the government made the choice to expand a golf course onto the Oka land, even after Mohawk people formed complaints, they were cutting all ties with the Aboriginal group and creating tension within a
The forests have an independent watchdog(?) named British Columbia’s Forest Practices Board (BCFPD). The board oversees the activities of forest companies, their private contractors, and the government on public land. The board audits randomly selected forestry companies to be audited for compliance and enforcement with forest practice requirements, audits the enforcement of the government forest practices requirements, addresses public complaints on forestry practices, and conducts special investigations on forestry issues (mr113). All the work that the BCFPD does has led to notable positive changes in BC forestry. Some of these positive changes include: Less disturbance from logging, smaller cut blocks, better logging roads and proper maintenance, and more deactivation of logging roads (mr113). While reports have noted these improvements, the board still believes that there is room for improvement. Policies and changes are continually evolving to make BC’s forest as competitive and sustainable as possible. Some of the changes that are believed to be needed include new policies for efficiency, more timber availability to smaller organizations, such as first nations or small communities to help long-term economic development, and many others(mr113).
of this is happening because they are not self sufficient. These people do not have the
After September 11, 2001 I’ve had trouble finding what makes me more angry; the way the authorities handled the hurricane of Katrina or the way the Arabs were treated. I have herd countless stories related to the 9/11 attack and until today I see the way that has affected the lives of many. Through Eggers story, I was able to comprehend more about the tragedy in New Orleans and even though I thought I already knew about the aftermath that Katrina brought, Eggers grabbed my attention by introducing me to the story of a Syrian-American middle aged man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. He was a father of four, married to an American wife Kathy and owned a
The Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) First Nation is an Ojibwa First Nation located north of Kenora, ON. The community has been fighting against environmental injustices imposed on them from various actors over the last 40 years (Rodgers, 2009, para. 10), involving issues with mercury poisoned fish (para. 1) clear cutting of their lands (para. 27) and subsequent degradation of their land, water and food sources. This essay will detail the environmental justice struggles of the Grassy Narrows First Nation, point out the unfair treatment and environmental racism they have been subject to and will also question the role that authority, power and litigation have played within the community.
Have you even judged someone on who he or she is or what they looked like? And have you ever had a bad experience or traumatic experience happens and you looked for someone or something to blame, but in reality there was nothing to blame? Well, a natural disaster can be blamed on no one, but in times like that emotions run wild and blame can be put on someone who fits a certain profile. Racism and Hurricane Katrina were two forces that clashed together to create an even bigger problem for the victims. This is caused by an insecurity of the situation at hand. In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, racism and racial profiling is the underlying themes in the story. These themes are also the underlying themes of people who are subjected
This account told of violence, derision, humiliation, and rape (Doc 4). Another account from a Mojimba African chief described the British attacks upon the village. The chief recounted that after hiding out in the forest for the duration of the attack, they returned to “…: our brothers, dead, bleeding, our village plundered and burned, and the river full of dead bodies”(Doc 9). Other accounts of more mild wrongdoings. An Ashanti queen spoke to other chiefs of their Kings being taken away (Doc6). Many of these injustices performed against the Africans caused an uprising in their society; several tribes began to resort to violence.
Before the loss of springbank clover Coast Salish people ecologically managed the site by selective harvesting of root vegetables, weeding, and clearing which are all practices of stewardship. Creating my plant creation I was able to see that ethnobotany can be a bridge to reconciliation through practices of stewardship. Stewardship relates directly to the principle that Chief Adam Dick (Kwaxsistala) practices, teaches and values deeply, “Keeping it living”. By stewarding and “Keeping it living” we are not resentfully harming plants or animals by overharvesting and we are allowing them to continue to grow and reproduce. Furthermore, we are maintaining and sharing the knowledge at a global level to continue to encourage sustainable resource
The story by Abani is set in an African background. It may be unfair to render the people as backward automatically, but their decision to act arbitrarily and against the wishes of the elders speaks of weakness regarding civility. Like the villagers in Jackson’s story, the bloodthirsty mob carries out an illogical and crude act with no regard for the life of the man they perceive to be a thief in the hope that the children will learn a valuable lesson.
Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 to the Ibo people of the Benin Empire, which was located along the Niger River. He was the youngest of the son’s, and was aspired to become chief of his village. Equiano’s family owned slaves themselves, but unlike what he endured in the story, they treated them like they were their own family. Slavery by what Equiano states was common among most African tribes, and the fear of being enslaved was widely shared among his people. This is exactly what happened, while their father and others in the village were working, two men and a woman came and kidnaped Equiano and his sister then fled into the woods. Equiano never saw his family again. Kidnaping like this were common with all the tribes. The abductors would wait till the moment when the children were left alone, then they would take them where they would be
Through their campaigns they try to convince shareholders in corporations, institutional financial institutions and government to consider the rights of indigenous people over the projects of exploiting the rain forest. They communicate with indigenous cultures, who up until recently knew very little about modern life. They teach the indigenous cultures about international and national affairs so they can better themselves to establish and understand their rights as a human being on this planet. One way of achieving this is by campaigning to permanently protect areas of the rain forest. They aim to educate people ,through websites and media coverage, that a new more Optimal economic system is needed because the one we have now is deeply damaging our
Tara answers to this by showing that the refugees were turned down to every option regardless the situation. “No, you cannot have 3 months to pay your taxes. No, you cannot have more seed if you cannot pay. No, you cannot stay here anymore.” said the landlord, seed provider, and tax collector.(Sullivan) After being told that they would be evicted Habo, his sister Asu, mother, and little brother Chui had to start their journey to Mwanza to live with his aunt. The question reappears in the book when they have to make their trip across the Serengeti national park to get to their aunts. They use all the money they have to go as far as they can on the bus until they run out. They have to disguise as locals to get across the Serengeti. They then accept a ride with a man that didn’t know was a witch doctor. The poacher later pulls over to kill a elephant to leaves the corpse to to rot and take the
Raw Materials Unavailability: Raw materials are less available or unavailable. It may be gathered from distance sources that incur high expenses. Poor infrastructure for production of product & services: Due to undeveloped mode of every sector , Production infrastructure is not suitable. Markets are not available: Market for products are not available. People want low cost product because they have less sources of income. Customers are less available for good products: High quality products are costly. They are not beared by customers because their purchasing power is low. More dependent families: Less people earn and more people want to consume. It means more people are dependent upon income generating members. Lands are not suitable for agriculture: Lands are mostly barren due to poor irrigation system, mismanagement of water, unavailability of modern agriculture methods application and tools, etc. People depend upon still upon ancient irrigation system. Cheap labors are available: Labors are easily available at low costs but they are mostly unskilled. So they are useless in technical works or in high rated projects.
The story of Sundiata, tells the story of the founder of Mali, and a puissant prince who is exiled from his home, only to return