Social struggles in Uganda's Acholiland: understanding responses and resistance to Amuru sugar works

Martiniello, Giuliano

doi:10.1080/03066150.2015.1032269

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“…This Act continues to paint those dwelling on Central Forest Reserves as 'encroachers', even though this portrayal is acknowledged to be problematic, including by CARE and the Advocate's Coalition for Development and the Environment (ACODE), and academics (Cavanagh and Benjaminsen 2014). Despite such concerns, the ongoing operationalizing of this approach is driving conservation enclosures and land appropriations by national and local actors (Cavanagh et al 2015;Kandel 2015), conditions that are matched with frequent political repression by the state to silence contestation and opposition (Martinello 2015). There are multiple responses to this, however, which we now consider.…”

Section: Journal Of Political Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the same time that reform-based NGOs have formalized their dealings with the state, other movements have been engaged in a broader range of struggles against public and private sector interests, with diverse strategies and tactics (Martinello 2015). Kandel (2015) has described them as covert and overt, with everyday forms of resistance and opposition to the dominant pathways of development.…”

Section: Diverse Movement Responses To Carbon Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many instances, the latter are geared towards the destruction of peasant farming and Indigenous peoples' existence. In response, struggles and movements call for recognition for rights, including autonomy and sovereignty over land and natural assets (Martinello 2015). Following in the tradition of these scholars, in our research we have been interested in the kinds of strategies NGOs have engaged that demonstrate 'rebel' roles (Moyer et al 2001), including activities that create tensions; by challenging assumptions, norms, processes and outcomes, and often articulating radical alternative visions for solutions to the climate crisis.…”

Section: Diverse Movement Responses To Carbon Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Literature also identifies the erosion of biodiversity, the militarization of conservation and associated violence by the state (Benjaminsen and Bryceson 2012;Bottazzi et al 2013;Büscher 2013;Cavanagh et al 2015;Fairhead et al 2012;German et al 2014;Martinello 2015;White et al 2012).…”

Section: Global Carbon Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Green economic processes are increasing pressure to convert forests, agricultural lands (and other landscapes) into alternative land uses related to so-called green economic activities; including biofuels, timber, pulp and paper, and agribusiness plantations (Nielsen 2016;Mwangi and Wardell 2012). In Uganda, between 2008 and 2010 alone, large-scale commercial land deals converted close to 15% of agricultural land into Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) projects, carbon capture and forestry schemes, and other related initiatives (Martinello 2015). In so doing, these initiatives give rise to an array of equity and justice issues and challenges, especially for immediately affected Indigenous and local communities (Okereke and Dooley 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reforming global carbon markets or re-imagining alternative climate solutions and sustainabilities? An analysis of selected NGO strategies in Uganda

Lyons

Westoby

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2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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Carbon markets have emerged globally as a central feature in market based strategies to address the climate crisis. Global trade in carbon is based on the premise that it is possible to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and stabilise the earth's climate, while at the same time generating new forms of capital accumulation. Amongst carbon market initiatives includes Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) type projects, that connect peasant and subsistence farmers in the south with northern consumers and industries. These projects are expanding on the African continent, giving rise to social, economic and ecological impacts. In this article we chart the responses of social movements to carbon markets. Through a study of selected NGOs active in carbon market campaigns in Uganda, we examine the strategies and tactics of movements in responding to the expanding carbon economy. Our findings demonstrate NGOs' approaches move between, and across, reformist and rebel (or radical) change agendas. Dominant strategies are directed towards reforming carbon markets and associated forestry governance. Meanwhile, a rebel, or radical change agenda -including rejecting the language and ideology of carbon trade, alongside building autonomous local level rights based movements -emerges in the constrained spaces of both privatised green economic governance and a militarised state. Given the constrained opportunities for radical movement organising, and the frequent institutionalization and limited influence of NGOs, increasing understandings of these radical change agendas and their contributions for re-imagining alternative sustainabilities is significant for scholars, activists and practitioners alike. Key words: Carbon markets, REDD, Uganda, alternative sustainabilities RésuméLes marchés du carbone sont apparus globalement comme un élément central des stratégies basées sur le marché pour faire face à la crise climatique. Le commerce mondial du carbone repose sur le principe qu'il est possible de réduire les émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre et de stabiliser le climat de la terre tout en générant de nouvelles formes d'accumulation de capital. Parmi les initiatives du marché du carbone figurent les projets de réduction des émissions provenant du déboisement et de la dégradation (REDD), qui relient les paysans et les agriculteurs de subsistance du Sud aux consommateurs et aux industries du Nord. Ces projets se développent sur le continent africain, donnant lieu à des impacts sociaux, économiques et écologiques. Dans cet article, nous répertorions les résonances des mouvements sociaux sur les marchés du carbone. Grâce à une étude de certaines ONG actives dans les campagnes sur le marché du carbone en Ouganda, nous examinons leurs stratégies et leurs tactiques, et comment elles réagissent à l'expansion de l'économie du carbone. Nos résultats démontrent que les approches des ONGs se déplacent entre les 1 Dr Kristen Lyons, Associate Professor and Dr Peter Westoby, Senior Lecturer; School o...

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Land Movements (Africa)

Derman¹

2022

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

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The recent surge in large‐scale land acquisitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa has greatly increased emphasis upon land tenure and ownership and resistance movements. Driven by ecological changes, commercial agriculture, ethnic conflict, and population increase, access to land has become a major issue in multiple countries. New land movements have emerged which are focused on food sovereignty, indigenous crops, climate change, and resistance to the expansion of large‐scale farming and mining. Resistance movements quickly become politicized because African states claim ultimate ownership of their lands and water, enabling investors to gain access through the state with claims that lands are undeveloped. Many land‐tenure systems are embedded in kinship and hierarchical systems which had previously provided land security without titles. The enduring importance of land has led to oppositional movements and new framings of the value of African farming. Several movements have affiliated with La Via Campesina to establish new visions for food sovereignty, food self‐reliance, adaptations to climate change, and good nutrition. However, land movements have been defensive, and their priority is to protect local access to, and control of, land and other resources rather than future visions. With the great diversity of rural people's production, agricultural commodification, and threats to their social reproduction, sustained and successful opposition will be difficult.

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Land Politics and Conflict

Kušić

2021

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies

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Social struggles in Uganda's Acholiland: understanding responses and resistance to Amuru sugar works

Cited by 63 publications

References 27 publications

Reforming global carbon markets or re-imagining alternative climate solutions and sustainabilities? An analysis of selected NGO strategies in Uganda

Reforming global carbon markets or re-imagining alternative climate solutions and sustainabilities? An analysis of selected NGO strategies in Uganda

Land Movements (Africa)

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