Policy processes of a land grab : at the interface of politics ‘in the air’ and politics ‘on the ground’ in Massingir, Mozambique

<p>The creation and enforcement of policies have been proposed as necessary to protect rural dwellers from dispossession by land grabs. Failing to consider the influence of the micro-politics of the policy implementation phase, these policies are insufficient. Based on an in-depth case study from southern Mozambique of a collision between a green grab and a land grab, this paper describes how two policies were used, first to facilitate a land grab and then to rescind the land concession. At a shifting intersection between politics ‘in the air’ and politics ‘on the ground’, convergence and later divergence among powerful groups shaped the space for policy enactment.</p

Participation is not the answer:epistemic violence and authoritarian practices in conservation-forced displacement

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the first 13 years of conservation-forced resettlement negotiations in the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. It documents four strategies used by the state to disable peoples’ voices: delegitimizing their preferences, delimiting negotiations, coercing them into consent and disengaging from participatory policy. It shows how invited spaces of induced participation amplify epistemic violence and entrench authoritarian practices. It argues that, while the normative belief in the value of participation remains largely unquestioned, participation in fact legitimizes displacements. It calls for decolonial approaches to conservation that do not rely on and cause displacement.<br/

Aprendizajes de una campaña agroecológica y feminista. #SOScampesinado

La crisis detonada por la COVID-19 ha provocado el refuerzo de los poderes y las formas de hacer tradicionales y hegemónicas, pero también han emergido una diversidad de procesos espontáneos de autoorganización, apoyo mutuo y articulación entre movimientos sociales y ciudadanía para dar respuesta a una realidad socioeconómica crítica. En el caso de los movimientos agroecológicos, una de esas respuestas ha sido la campaña #SOSCampesinado, de la que compartimos reflexiones y aprendizajes.Peer reviewe