Abstract
This article looks at the relations between Mozambique andtransnational dynamics in nature conservation, and theconsequences in terms of identity and practice. More specifically,it focuses on Mozambican nature as a political construct, itsevolution over time since the independence of Mozambique in1975, its management during the war and its (re)creation into‘pristine’ areas after 1992, which facilitated new forms of inclusionin transnational networks and of disjunction at national level. Weargue that the shift from relative isolation to inclusion intransnational networks (both regional – particularly South African– and global) brought new ways to deal with nature. In particular,it has radically transformed what was conceived as ‘nature’ andthus what was worth protecting, managing and controlling.