The governance of natural resources — land, water, forests, minerals — is at the center of popular struggles in Africa and around the world. The World Social Forum Cotonou 2026 will devote a large part of its programming to these fundamental issues. Farmers' organizations, environmental defenders, indigenous communities and experts in economic justice will meet in Cotonou to share their experiences, strengthen their alliances and build alternatives to models of predatory exploitation of natural resources. These themes reflect the priorities of African and global social movements: access to land, resistance to land grabbing, just energy transition, and food sovereignty. The WSF 2026 will be the occasion for a historic convergence of these struggles.