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Date: 02/02/01 19:42
RE: Managing Land, Managing Water - 3 March
MANAGING LAND, MANAGING WATER
An informal workshop on the floods in Mozambique and Zimbabwe and the
practical action that can be taken by local communities.
ALL WELCOME
SATURDAY 3 MARCH, 2pm-5pm
At the SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES (SOAS)
(look for room number on foyer notice board)
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1
(nearest tubes: Russell Square or Gower Street)
Organised by the Britain Zimbabwe Society and the Britain Mozambique
Society in association with the Mozambican Association
Resource persons include
JOE HANLON, journalist and writer, co-author of Mozambique and the Great
Flood of 2000 (forthcoming, James Currey)
ROGER HIGMAN, senior climate and transport campaigner, Friends of the
Earth
JOHN WILSON, sustainable land management activist, Zimbabwe
A year ago, Mozambique and parts of southern Zimbabwe were devastated by
torrential rains and the worst floods the region has experienced in
recorded history. Hundreds of people lost their lives and immense damage
was done to crops and livestock, communications and livelihoods.
This practical workshop will look at:
What might have been done to contain the devastation?
How should cyclones be managed in future to prevent such disasters?
If local communities managed land and water resources differently would it
help prevent floods? Or droughts?
How can they be empowered to implement different methods of natural
resource management?
Is there a link between global warming and changing weather patterns in
the Southern African region?
Are international campaigns around climate change relevant for people in
Zimbabwe and Mozambique?
How can activists in North and South work together to prevent global
warming?
How can people-to-people links help to achieve a sustainable global
enviroment?
PROGRAMME
Session One: The issues - why did the floods happen? Will they re-occur?
Session Two: The responses - how do communities deal with flood reality
and threat?
Break for refreshments
Session Three: Long term strategies - local, regional and international
co-operation
Registration 3 pds waged/2 pds unwaged - includes refreshments
Further information from:
Margaret Ling, Britain Zimbabwe Society, 25 Endymion Road, London N4 1EE
Tel: 020 8348 8463 Fax 020 8348 4403 E-mail
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Kate Gifford, Britain Mozambique Society, 82 Arlingford Road, London SW2
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Tel 020 8678 6955 Fax 020 8674 6502 Email [log in to unmask]
Advance registration not necessary but it does help with the organisation
if you can let us know if you are coming.
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Margaret Ling, Chair, Britain Zimbabwe Society
25 Endymion Road, London N4 1EE
Tel +44 (0)20 8348 8463 Fax +44 (0)20 8348 4403
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