The social life of mangroves

Neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in the changing landscape of Kutch

Bibliographic Data

ID4464451
AuthorsShilpi Srivastava (0000-0002-9046-2756, Institute of Development Studies, corresponding author), Lyla Mehta (0000-0001-5327-2964, Institute of Development Studies)
Year2023
Volume6
Issue4
Pages2229-2248
Publication date2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/25148486211045360
OpenAlexW3208599896
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited32

This article explores the convergence of neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in marginal environments, which are becoming the new resource frontiers. We focus on Kutch, a border district in western India and highlight how the contested trajectories of accelerated and aggressive industrialisation and its convergence with state and corporate-led conservation programmes are shaping the social life of mangroves on the Kutchi coast. We focus on the discourses, practices and politics of value-making and un-making that constitute the multiple modalities of repair as mangroves are depleted and securitised simultaneously. Although these trends are augmenting capitalist accumulation on the coast, they are also giving rise to new kinds of alliances that seek to challenge the logic and practice of repair by highlighting the synergistic relationship of coastal communities with their mangrove habitats

Biology · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Industrialisation · Mangrove · Political science · Politics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology