Yet evidence shows that countries with an abundance of natural resources have lower levels of inclusive economic development and growth
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We need alternatives because unrestrained development is not compatible with life
Although South Africa no longer practices ‘fortress conservation’, the shift to to protecting resources for people is criticised for incorporating nature in a neoliberal capitalist system in which nature is expected to produce profit