{"id":8653,"date":"2021-11-09T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2021-11-09T15:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:17:01","slug":"governor-condemns-forest-burners-fooling-around-hunting-for-rats-ikweli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/governor-condemns-forest-burners-fooling-around-hunting-for-rats-ikweli","title":{"rendered":"Governor condemns forest-burners\u2019 \u201cfooling around\u201d, hunting for rats  \u2013 Ikweli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The governor of Nampula, Manuel Rodrigues, is concerned about the damage to the ecosystem caused by the traditional practice of setting fire to the bush to flush out wild animals, especially mice and rats for consumption<\/p>\n<p>The practice is common in Nampula, especially during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sad and feel powerless in the face of the malicious people who daily burn our province, who burn our towns and our districts. Every district we go to, we see the flames; our entire province is on fire,\u201d the first elected governor of the country\u2019s largest constituency complains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people burn our forests in search of animals such as mice and rats to satisfy their apetite for a treat, they say, and this delays the development of our province,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>In another development, the governor of Nampula said: \u201cWe want to appeal to agrarian producers to carry out their activities on top of the mountains to avoid eliminating the vegetation that normally protects the dams and also our rivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the trees that protect our dams are cut down, the water can get cloudy, because when it rains the mud is led to the water sources we have. This is a call to attention to our agrarian producers,\u201d Manuel Rodrigues concluded.<\/p>\n<p><b>By<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Herminio Raja<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. 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