Anstey, Simon. 2000. "History Matters: Institutional Change and CBNRM in Sanga District, Northern Mozambique." Presented at "Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millenium", the Eighth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, May 31-June 4.

Abstract

"The questions this paper will seek to address are: (1) Is institutional change and full devolution possible to a common property regime in the case of the conditions of north Mozambique?; (2) Is historical analysis a useful tool to understand and predict the nature, direction and speed of institutional change for such regimes and programmes?; and (3) Does the analysis of a particular case study help in understanding the winners and losers in this change and the key actors and their influence?

"As a way of addressing these questions the paper will start by a broad look at the current situation of Mozambique in terms of natural resources, policy, legislation and emphasis on CBNRM programmes, set against a brief historical summary before a more detailed look specifically at Sanga District and the events of the past 2 years of the Programa Chipanje Chetu."