When residents of the island village of St Estevam found that they were going to lose their land to a jetty for loading coal, and almost certainly also to builders, they decided to stop protesting and take decisive action.
Led by the young on the island, they decided that the best strategy would be to put the land to use by cultivating paddy which would provide financial returns and also make acquisition difficult.
Young people lend a helping hand in the nursery . . .
