"It said the land would be buried under millions of tons of mine waste that would render it sterile and totally unusable for agriculture, grazing or any other purpose... They said it would make it impossible forever for them to reclaim their ancestral lands and provide for the subsistence of their families from the land."
This is an article off of iol.com that is talking about a small town in south Africa whose lands and rivers are being destroyed by a local mine. This has to do with importance of the land. The native people of these lands are trying to preserve it so that it will keep providing for them but the mining companies are making that hard. These natives know that if their land is ruined and not treated well, it will be useless to them and they will have to uproot themselves and their families to land that has not been ruined so it can provide for them. It relates to the very first chapter in the book because it is talking about how the people overused the land and it won't provide for them anymore and that is what is happening to these people.
Where's the article? Did I miss the link?
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