“The media have an important role to play in raising
awareness”, he said, “particularly when the content is made available in the
languages that Mozambicans speak”.This was the consensual position of the
journalists attending the seminar, who also argued that there should be
specific government funding for this purpose. The seminar was organized by
Radio Mozambique, as part of the celebrations of its 40th anniversary.Meanwhile,
the fight against poaching took a step forward with the appointment of one of
the country’s most prominent environmentalists, Carlos Serra, as National
Director of the Legal Office of the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural
Development.“I accepted this new challenge after much thought and
consultation”, Serra wrote on his Facebook page. “I shall do my best in drawing
up and revising legislation, and in training professionals in the sector”.He
pledged that he would remain linked to environmental activism and to academic
work, despite his new government responsibilities.Serra was one of those who
insisted that ivory and rhino horns seized from poachers must be destroyed,
lest they once again fall into the wrong hands. The government eventually
agreed, and on 6 July the authorities incinerated 2.4 tonnes of illicit
wildlife produce seized from poaching gangs. 618 elephant tusks and 82 rhino
horns were consigned to the flames.
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