Explorando conflictos entre comunidades indígenas y la industria minera en Chile: las transformaciones socioambientales de la región de Tarapacá y el caso de Lagunillas
Explorando conflictos entre comunidades indígenas y la industria minera en Chile: las transformaciones socioambientales de la región de Tarapacá y el caso de Lagunillas
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Romero Toledo, Hugo
Vidal Carter, Angélica
Gutiérrez Castro, Felipe
Vidal Carter, Angélica
Gutiérrez Castro, Felipe
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Conflictos socioambientales - Minería
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Este artículo explora los conflictos socioambientales mineros, a partir de la contradicción entre el crecimiento económico de Chile, que es fuertemente dependiente de la producción de minerales para el mercado global, y los acuerdos nacionales e internacionales que apuntan al reconocimiento y protección de los pueblos originarios así como también del territorio que habitan. En este sentido, se analiza la problemática de acceso y control del agua, puesto que se ha registrado daño ambiental
sobre recursos hídricos localizados en territorios de comunidades. Para ello la investigación entrega una serie de elementos que le dan forma a las interacciones y a los conflictos entre empresas mineras y comunidades indígena, como lo son la importancia de las dinámicas de la población andina indígena, y el uso fluido que hacen del espacio urbano y rural, el proceso de reconocimiento y formalización del pueblo aymara, las comunidades y los territorios indígenas versus la territorialización de la industria minera desde los años ochenta. Para ilustrar estos procesos se presenta el caso del humedal de Lagunillas localizado en la precordillera de la región de Tarapacá.
This article explores socioenvironmental mining conflicts, from the contradiction between economic growth in Chile, which strongly depends on mineral production for global markets, and the national and international agreements that aim to protect indigenous communities and the environment where they live. One of the main issues centers on water resources located in these territories. In this sense, our research is also focused the elements that shape interactions and conflicts between companies and indigenous communities, such as the importance of the dynamics of the Indigenous Andean population, and the fluid use that they make of urban and rural space, the process of recognition and formalization of the Indigenous people, communities and territories, and the territorialization of the mining industry since the 1980s. These processes are illustrated through the case of the Lagunillas wetlands, located in the foothills of the Tarapacá region.
This article explores socioenvironmental mining conflicts, from the contradiction between economic growth in Chile, which strongly depends on mineral production for global markets, and the national and international agreements that aim to protect indigenous communities and the environment where they live. One of the main issues centers on water resources located in these territories. In this sense, our research is also focused the elements that shape interactions and conflicts between companies and indigenous communities, such as the importance of the dynamics of the Indigenous Andean population, and the fluid use that they make of urban and rural space, the process of recognition and formalization of the Indigenous people, communities and territories, and the territorialization of the mining industry since the 1980s. These processes are illustrated through the case of the Lagunillas wetlands, located in the foothills of the Tarapacá region.