Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vi
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1: Property and the Commons
7. Chapter 1: Neoliberalism and Pastoralism: Two Competing Visions of the Same Land at a Time of Climate Crisis in Kenya 17
8. Chapter 2: Collusion and Conflict: Navigating the Gap Between Law, Policy and Reality in the Utilisation and Management of Wetlands 39
9. Chapter 3: Contested Forests: Claims and Meanings of Property Around Gwayi Forest, Zimbabwe 51
10. Chapter 4: Rural Modernisation Through Commercial Monocrops: Thingification of Nature, Relationships and Personhood in the Lugela District, Mozambique 62
11. Chapter 5: Monograph of a Forest Carbon Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Wildlife Works Carbon LLC vs Ngongo Basengele Community 80
12. Part 2: Extraction and Waste
13. Chapter 6: State, NGOs and Extractivism in Forest Conservation 105
14. Chapter 7: Twins or Rivals? The Farm and the Gold Mine in Western Ghana 122
15. Chapter 8: Windscapes: Frontiers of Green Energy Capital Accumulation in South Africa 137
16. Chapter 9: Fracturing Contested Landscapes: Tracking Natural Gas Prospectors and the Speculative Practice of Enacting Standing Reserves in the Kalahari Desert 158
17. Part 3: Grieving, Reclaiming and Defending Earthly Relations
18. Chapter 10: The Water Healer with No Water 177
19. Chapter 11: Restoring the Earth: Literary Narrative and African Environmental Struggles 194
20. Chapter 12: ‘Technology Changes Everything’: Benefits and Losses of Biotechnology 207
21. Chapter 13: The Battle for the Soul of Xholobeni: What is the Land and Why is it Important for AmaMpondo? 231
22. Chapter 14: Infrastructure Paradoxes of the Kuils River in Cape Town, South Africa 251
23. Conclusion 268
24. Contributors 276
25. Index 279