ABSTRACT

The surge of private land concessions in Sub-Saharan Africa carries the potential to push local populations to marginal areas, aggravating their climate vulnerability. This paper analyses the effects of resettlement on the vulnerability of relocated rural communities in Mozambique, from the perspective of environmental justice. The research seeks to understand how land concessions interfere with autonomous processes of adaptation that are not recognised within land distribution policies. The findings draw on a qualitative field research in two locations, in the provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado, where levels of poverty have persisted despite national trends of economic growth. The paper highlights how climate events inflluence perceptions of fairness amongst resettled populations, and how resettlements constrain their adaptative capabilities. The findings raise concern that misrecognition of adaptation practices can exacerbate the vulnerability of households to environmental change and to food insecurity, thereby hindering the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG1 (No Poverty), SDG10 (Reduced Inequalities) and SDG13 (Climate Action). The author argues for the centrality of recognition within environmental justice, while contributing recommendations to ensure that land deals fulfil principles of distributional and procedural justice, which take into consideration the compound pressures of land use changes and climate vulnerability.

摘要

撒哈拉以南非洲私人土地特许权的激增有可能将当地人口推向边缘地区，加剧他们的气候脆弱性。本文从环境正义的角度分析移民安置对莫桑比克农村社区脆弱性的影响。该研究旨在了解土地特许权如何干扰土地分配政策中未承认的自主适应过程。调查结果借鉴了楠普拉省和德尔加杜角省两个地点的定性实地研究，尽管全国经济增长趋势，但这些地区的贫困水平仍然存在。该论文强调了气候事件如何影响重新安置人口对公平的看法，以及重新安置如何限制他们的适应能力。调查结果令人担忧，对适应做法的错误认识会加剧家庭对环境变化和粮食不安全的脆弱性，从而阻碍可持续发展目标的实现，尤其是可持续发展目标 1（消除贫困）、可持续发展目标 10（减少不平等）和可持续发展目标 13（气候行动） ）。作者主张承认在环境正义中的核心地位，同时提出建议以确保土地交易符合分配和程序正义原则，其中考虑到土地利用变化和气候脆弱性的复合压力。从而阻碍实现可持续发展目标，尤其是 SDG1（无贫困）、SDG10（减少不平等）和 SDG13（气候行动）。作者主张承认在环境正义中的核心地位，同时提出建议以确保土地交易符合分配和程序正义原则，其中考虑到土地利用变化和气候脆弱性的复合压力。从而阻碍实现可持续发展目标，尤其是 SDG1（无贫困）、SDG10（减少不平等）和 SDG13（气候行动）。作者主张承认在环境正义中的核心地位，同时提出建议以确保土地交易符合分配和程序正义原则，其中考虑到土地利用变化和气候脆弱性的复合压力。