Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie

In this article, we discuss the colonial continuities of space production in the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania and its territorialisation, from the design and implementation of protected areas to the complementarities between the “preservation/conservation” of an idealized “Nature” and the establishm...

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Main Author: Adriana Blache
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Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2018-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/27419
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description In this article, we discuss the colonial continuities of space production in the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania and its territorialisation, from the design and implementation of protected areas to the complementarities between the “preservation/conservation” of an idealized “Nature” and the establishment of productive territory. Through the concept of “corridor and the clusters” for a green agricultural modernization that it draws, SAGCOT’s strategic and planning model is the new avatar of a “greening” liberal development model since the colonial era. The research question focuses on the production of space and its contradictions in the historical time of colonial and postcolonial development, by questioning the continuities or discontinuities introduced by contemporary dynamics. In a first part, we will see that “Nature”, placed at the center of colonial and postcolonial reserves already allowed their exploitation for arboriculture or tourism. In a second part, we will see that beyond the conservationist discourse, this “Nature” can serve as a source of resources for extractive activity within the reserves themselves and for agricultural development in the interstices of environmental conservation.
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spelling doaj-art-8a91225d3a2c4dc8a6c7f258a7decdb22025-08-20T02:13:11ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352018-09-01210.4000/belgeo.27419Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en TanzanieAdriana BlacheIn this article, we discuss the colonial continuities of space production in the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania and its territorialisation, from the design and implementation of protected areas to the complementarities between the “preservation/conservation” of an idealized “Nature” and the establishment of productive territory. Through the concept of “corridor and the clusters” for a green agricultural modernization that it draws, SAGCOT’s strategic and planning model is the new avatar of a “greening” liberal development model since the colonial era. The research question focuses on the production of space and its contradictions in the historical time of colonial and postcolonial development, by questioning the continuities or discontinuities introduced by contemporary dynamics. In a first part, we will see that “Nature”, placed at the center of colonial and postcolonial reserves already allowed their exploitation for arboriculture or tourism. In a second part, we will see that beyond the conservationist discourse, this “Nature” can serve as a source of resources for extractive activity within the reserves themselves and for agricultural development in the interstices of environmental conservation.https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/27419space productionTanzaniapostcolonialneoliberal conservationagribusinessgreen modernization
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Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie
Belgeo
space production
Tanzania
postcolonial
neoliberal conservation
agribusiness
green modernization
title Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie
title_full Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie
title_fullStr Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie
title_full_unstemmed Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie
title_short Entre « développement » et conservation des aires naturelles : jeux de pouvoir, conflits d’usage et marginalisation dans la vallée du Kilombero en Tanzanie
title_sort entre developpement et conservation des aires naturelles jeux de pouvoir conflits d usage et marginalisation dans la vallee du kilombero en tanzanie
topic space production
Tanzania
postcolonial
neoliberal conservation
agribusiness
green modernization
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/27419
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