Yet well-meaning westerners – health experts, development workers, sustainability folk and so on – are wont to wince at the sight.
In recent years, a fierce intellectual battle has raged between experts, development banks and activists on the best way to solve this problem.
Similarly universities want to attract the best staff talent, and find themselves competing with industry for competent managers, communications experts, development people and technology specialists.
Occupational exposure assessment will use several complementary methods: case-by-case evaluation of exposure by experts; development and use of algorithms to assess exposure from the questionnaires; application of job-exposure matrices.
It aims to promote discussion among experts, development practitioners, policy makers and development partners on the specific challenges and potentials of sustainable management of island mountain ecosystem services, when compared to their continental counterparts.
The workshop was attended by scientists and technical experts, development and conservation specialists, representatives of governmental, national and international non-governmental organizations, and by a range of other stakeholders from Anglophone African countries.
