The politics of LNG

Domination, Collaboration and Conflict in Cabo Delgado's History of Extractivism

“…11 This has also been a particular concern for authors on Mozambique, specifically in relation to the large-scale coal mining in Tete province, 12 but also in the case of the preparations for the gas industry in Cabo Delgado. 13 In addition to traditional forms of dispossession, Lesutis discusses how the extractivism of Mozambique's coal mining operations in the Tete province also involve 'violence of capital that promises a "better life" whose actual realisation, directly implicated in circuits of "free" market economy, is constantly deferred to the future' . 14 The mirage of prosperity never realised is how it is experienced by poor women and men in the areas with a heavy presence of the extractive industries.…”

Introduction to Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa

“…This may take the form of direct procedural rights involving due compensation for resettlement or environmental pollution and/or the creation of economic opportunities or the provision of key social services (see Jacob, 2018 for coal in Tanzania; Nystrand et al for sugar in Uganda, Salimo for gas, and Buur and Beykirch for sugar in Mozambique in this volume). In exchange, local populations usually have to give up land and livelihoods, as well as provide a degree of acceptance for investments over time, which may have contractual underpinnings (see Salimo, 2018 for gas in northern Mozambique). But often they are not well formalized, which in itself can create the basis for continual conflict.…”

“…However, investments differ considerably. If, for example, an investment project involves the 'resettlement' of whole local populations (Salimo, 2018;Wiegink, 2018;Buur and Beykirch, this volume), its implications for livelihood practices and cultural relations are much more severe than, for instance, large-scale agricultural investments with outgrower schemes (Jarnholt, 2020;Buur and Beykirch, Sulle et al and Nystrand et al in this volume, for respectively Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda and the sugar and rice industries). This allows people to stay on their land and become involved in the productive side of the investment.…”