Serving People, Preserving Nature
Posted in Ezine articles on September 10th, 2002 by Christine Jalleh – Be the first to commentLettie Mathebula wakes up every morning to prepare maize porridge for her family. She gets her maize from the wild and cooks it using firewood. Water is drawn from a nearby well that fills up partially depending on the rainfall.
Nature is Lettie’s local hypermart. But will Lettie be able to continue grocery-shopping like she always has?
To help answer this question, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is taking stock of ecosystems at the local, regional and global levels.
It’s like a complete health check-up for Mother Earth; only this time, her children are beside her in the doctor’s room – governments, communities, indigenous peoples and the average Jamal or Jo Yin.
