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DESCRIPTION:\n	Contested Claims: Marine Conservation and Natural Gas Extract
 ion in Southeastern Tanzania\n	Justin Raycraft\n	9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ\n\nThis t
 alk focuses on the social and political dimensions of the Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma
  Estuary Marine Park (MBREMP) in southeastern Tanzania\, and the large-sca
 le gas extraction project that is ongoing within its catchment area. It dr
 aws from ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Msimbati\, a coastal village 
 situated in close proximity to the main gas wells within the MBREMP. Speci
 fically\, it examines the extent to which the proposed benefits of these p
 rojects are actually distributed to the residents of Msimbati. The MBREMP 
 is framed publicly as a means of protecting marine biodiversity and promot
 ing sustainable economic development in coastal village communities. Simil
 arly\, the popularized narrative surrounding the gas project emphasizes th
 e notion that all Tanzanian citizens will experience economic prosperity f
 ollowing the extraction of the gas. However\, the empirical reality in Msi
 mbati diverges from these abstracted claims. Contrary to the proposed bene
 fits for coastal village communities\, this talk highlights village reside
 nts’ lived experiences of increasing livelihood insecurity\, their narrati
 ve accounts of state violence\, and the various forms of resistance they e
 mploy to mobilize their opposition to the projects. Ultimately\, the talk 
 seeks to demonstrate how these two projects are embedded within a model of
  centralized resource governance\, which benefits the state\, at the expen
 se of coastal village communities in rural Mtwara.\n
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SUMMARY:Contested Claims: Marine Conservation and Natural Gas Extraction in
  Southeastern Tanzania
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 on-and-natural-gas-extraction-southeastern-tanzania-262888
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