Resistencia antiminera en espacios formales de gobernanza: El caso de CASCOMI en Ecuador

Abstract:

Anti-mining resistance in formal spaces of governance: The case of CASCOMI in Ecuador In this paper, we describe some of the strategies of resistance of CASCOMI, an association of peasents and indigenous Shuar, against the arrival of a megamining project to its territory in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. Facing the pressure from the government and the mining company, we analyze how the association repoliticizes and makes new uses of formal participatory instruments, and explores ‘cracks’ and ‘openings’ in the governance system. Cracks and openings emerge due to the authorities’ failure to implement regulations and legal measures regarding affected people’s formal rights to participation. We consider how antimining activists take advantage of a space of participation included in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); engage in participatory monitoring of environmental quality associated with the Environmental Management Plan (PMA) of the EIA; and take part in a process of participatory diagnosis of the Territorial Development Plan (PDOT). These activities generate a boomerang effect, in which formal resources of governance and corporate science production return to the authorities as a form of resistance work. Considering the emancipatory potential of these actions, we also look at the conditioning restrictions that authoritative framings place on these resistance strategies.

Año de publicación:

2019

Keywords:

• ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
• ECUADOR
• MINING
• Environmental conflicts

Fuente:

scopus