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1. The context, covering why mines were placed.
Defensive - military. Defensive - infrastructure to defend power lines, bridges, buildings, railway lines, observation points, etc. Defensive - to defend crops and settlements. Route and area denial. Banditry. Individual defensive. Offensive (ambush).

2. Basic mine and UXO information.
Explaining the appearance of each type and how it may be set off. Covering AP blast, AP fragmentation (stake mounted), AP fragmentation (bounding), AP fragmentation (directional), anti-vehicle mines, UXO, and generic identification of other ordnance. Also covering the kinds of injury associated with mines.

3. Official and improvised marking.
Covering official warning signs, fencing and examples of the locally improvised marking in use.

4. Indicators of suspect areas.
Evidence of military presence and/or fighting. Visible parts of mines/UXO. Evidence of defensive works in the form of mounds, hollows or trenches. Unmaintained areas alongside roads where ambushes were carried out. Parts of clothing or footwear. The remains of camps, latrines or temporary structures. Wire defences. The debris of vehicles damaged in fighting or explosions (civilian). Abandoned military vehicles and equipment. Remains of ammunition cases or packaging and munition boxes, ration tins, etc. Ruined buildings marked by battle. Road damage in ambush or checkpoint areas. Unused/abandoned areas close to land that is used. Fruit and nut trees that are not harvested. Wooded areas close to villages where wood is not gathered. Unexpected diversions on roads or paths. Abandoned roads and paths. Abandoned buildings, especially where items of value (contents, but also doors, window-frames, guttering and roofing material) have not been removed. Washout areas where water may have carried items from their original place. Casualties - people and animals (remains or victims).

5. Technical detail.
Direct indicators of mine and UXO use in the area such as packaging, wires, spools, stakes, safety pins/caps and parts discarded when munitions are used.
Mines, detailing the common mines and UXO found in Mozambique and covering how mines age, fuzes and detonators, and booby traps.

A list like this will leave many readers cold. Using the same teaching approach as the resource, the examples on this page “show” you what the resource is like.

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Example 1: Recognizing Mined Areas

For most audiences, a trainer will want to show how to recognise areas that are obviously dangerous. The scenes above all include an obviously suspicious area.
There is not enough space to explain each image here. The general message is that while sometimes you can recognise a suspicious area, more often you can tell when an area is safe, which is just as useful.
Example 2: Levels of Detail

Example 2: The resource uses appropriate scenes like these to introduce each topic.

The pictures are selected from both the Angola and the Mozambique packs.
The introductory pages are followed by pages in which mine and ordnance are clearly shown. Technical audiences want to know more about the devices and how they work. So in many cases a third level of detail is included.