At the same time, and not surprisingly, these disempowering processes have generated mistrust and resistance. Freedom’s revolutionary commitment to the development of tools and ideas to «grow more maize» and refusal to be objectified by scholars or images of hunger and poverty, speaks to community frustration and anger, but more importantly, to community strength and determination to reclaim what has been taken away. What they both say is that managing natural resources in the difficult times ahead will require a clear recognition of the mistakes and abuses of the past. The «local» has to have an influential, indeed powerful, seat at the NRM table, and previous patterns of exclusion.
