“What kind of development is it when the people lead shorter lives than before? They catch HIV/AIDS. Our children are beaten in school and won't go. Some become prostitutes. They are not allowed to hunt. They fight because they are bored and get drunk. They are starting to commit suicide. We never saw that before. Is this "development?"”

— Roy Sesana

Source: Progress can kill http://assets.survival-international.org/static/lib/downloads/source/progresscankill/short_report.pdf, Botswana, 2005

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