Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
Promoting the environmentally and socially sustainable management of natural resources is one of the biggest challenges facing the countries of the Andean-Amazonian region—in particular, Peru. The high frequency of conflict that accompanies extractive activities, the growing deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and recurring water scarcity due to climate change are just some examples of the multiplicity of challenges that the Andean-Amazonian region faces in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In light of these challenges, our research analyzes the existing social, economic, and political conditions that hinder the sustainable management of resources through a territorial and interdisciplinary approach. We then use these studies to propose public policy recommendations for the better governance of resources Our studies have contributed to the analysis of several specific topics such as territorial management policies, institutional changes linked to small and large-scale mining development, the relationship between land tenure systems and sustainable pasture management, and policies governing access to water in the context of extractive activities and climate change. We have also conducted evaluations of resource management projects and policies such as conservation initiatives and sustainable agriculture in the Amazon.
Senior Researchers
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Gerardo Damonte Valencia (on leave)
PhD en Anthropology - Cornell University
Gerardo Damonte Valencia has an MA and PhD in Anthropology from Cornell University. He carries out research in the field of natural resources at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) (currently on leave) along with his teaching position in the Department of Political Sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University in Peru. Gerardo leads […]
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Manuel Glave Testino
PhD en Economics - University of Illinois en Champaign
Manuel Glave has a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is a Senior Researcher at GRADE where he specialises in rural development, environmental economics and natural resources, and where he undertakes analysis of public policy relating to agriculture and the environment. He is a Senior Professor in the Department of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra Méndez
PhD en Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin
Eduardo Zegarra is an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, specializing in rural development and natural resource management. His dissertation explores the workings and failures of the water market in Chile. He has researched and published on a wide […]
Associated Researchers
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Juana Kuramoto Huamán (on leave)
PhD candidate en Innovation & Technology - Maastricht University
Juana Kuramoto received a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University Carnegie Mellon in 1995. She is currently studying for a PhD in Policy Studies and Technological Change at the University of Maastricht and is an Associate Researcher at GRADE. Her fields of interest are technological innovation, scientific and technological policy, and mining. She […]
External Consultants
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Álvaro Hopkins Barriga
Master en - Wageningen University & Research
Álvaro has a Master’s in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica and a degree in Economics from the same university. Also, he has a Master’s in Development Economics from Wageningen University & Research. He rejoins GRADE as a researcher for the project “Towards a Sustainable Infrastructure in the Peruvian Amazon”, led by Manuel Glave.
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Lorenzo López Garnier
Master en - Imperial College London
Lorenzo holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Technology with a specialization in Environmental Resources Management from Imperial College London and a Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from King’s College London in UK. He rejoins GRADE as a Consultant in the ‘Transitions to Sustainability’ project led by Manuel Glave.
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Carlos Monge Salgado
PhD en - University of Miami
Anthropologist by the Pontifical University Catholic of the Peru, Ph.d. in Latin American history from the University of Miami. Has been a Researcher at the Centro de Estudios Rurales Andinos Bartolomé de las Casas in Cuzco; researcher and Development Area Coordinator at the Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales in Lima, advisor to the Confederación Campesina […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Visiting Researchers
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Ashley Manning
Student en -
Ashley is a student in Geography at Dartmouth College, United States. During her residency at GRADE she supported Javier Escobal as a research intern.
Publications
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Derechos colectivos sobre la tierra: Un activo esencial para la sostenibilidad de las comunidades pastoriles y el medio ambiente en el Altiplano Andino
2017 Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave, Sandra Rodríguez
Los regímenes de tenencias de tierra comunales o de condominio hacen posible la reproducción de modelos de producción pastoril sostenibles; por ello, las políticas públicas deben ser reorientadas para permitir a las familias pastoras el acceso a derechos colectivos sobre la tierra.
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Cambios en la actividad agropecuaria en un contexto de cambio climático y estrés hídrico. El caso de las cuencas de Ica y Pampas
2017 Andrea Ramos, Karla Vergara
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Collective land rights: an essential asset for Pastoral communities in order to sustain their livelihoods and the environment in the Andean Altiplano
2017 Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave, Sandra Rodríguez
Considering communal or condominium land tenure regimes enable sustainable pastoral production systems, public policy should be re-oriented to support pastoralist families’ collective land right access.
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Cambio global, alta montaña y adaptación: una aproximación social y geográfica
Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances2016 Manuel Glave, Karla Vergara
The present study documents main advances in three areas: institutional, scientific knowledge production, and adaptation projects for confronting climate change in Peru. The analysis of a case study in the Cordillera Blanca brings to light the problems and constraints that can be faced by adaptation projects implemented under a sectorial viewpoint lacking sufficient scientific and […]
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Minería, Estado y comunidades: cambios institucionales en el último ciclo de expansión extractiva en el Perú. Un balance de investigación
Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances2016 Gerardo Damonte
The most recent cycle of mining expansion in Peru has been characterized by dramatic growth in the mining sector and the proliferation of conflicts between groups seeking control of the extraction of natural resources and of mining income. What were the main institutional and political transformations that emerged during the last mining cycle? Can those […]
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Vinculaciones entre pobreza y deterioro ambiental: el caso de los extractores de castaña en Madre de Dios, Perú
Pobreza y deterioro ambiental en América Latina2003Javier Escobal, ,
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The hydrometallurgical method and the techno economic factors at play
Plenary lectures, economics and applications of copper2003Juana Kuramoto,
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La investigación social sobre el manejo del agua de riego en el Peru: una mirada a conceptos y estudios empíricos
Perú, el problema agrario en debate: Seminario Permanente de Invetigación Agraria, (9º: Noviembre 2002. Oct. 22-24: Puno, Perú)2002Eduardo Zegarra,
El desarrollo de la agricultura en el Perú tiene una evidente correlación con los avances en el manejo del agua para riego.
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Integrating local and global knowledge, technology and production systems: challenges for technical cooperation
Capacity for development: new solutions to old problems2002Juana Kuramoto, ,
The paper concludes with some suggestions on the way technical cooperation could help in making better use of traditional knowledge and technologies.
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Peru: learning by doing
Large mines and the community socioeconomic and environmental effects in Latin America, Canada and Spain2001, Gerardo Damonte, Ricardo Fort, ,
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Projects
News
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Manuel Glave on investment incentives and environmental regulations, in the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor
August 3, 2016 Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
“It is clear that the political challenge is to find an equilibrium point between generating new investment incentives without loosening up environmental regulations that may affect Peruvians’ quality of life in the long run”, stated Manuel Glave, senior researcher at GRADE, in Latin America Advisor, daily publication of the Inter-American Dialogue.
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Lima and the water scarcity risk for private sector, by Eduardo Zegarra
July 5, 2016 Employment, productivity and innovation, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
“Dado el enorme peso de Lima en el PBI nacional (cerca del 50%), las cifras indican que una grave sequía afectando a Lima puede afectar directamente y en forma dramática al 25% del producto nacional, además de impactar potencialmente en más de 1 millón de empleos.” Lea el artículo de nuestro investigador Eduardo Zegarra en […]
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Manuel Glave (GRADE) and Roxana Barrantes (IEP): a model of economic development for the Peruvian Amazon
June 27, 2016 Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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De la Amazonía su palma: Aportes a la gestión territorial en la región Loreto. Entrevista en Canal N
June 17, 2016 Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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GRADE forma parte de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LASA)
May 12, 2016 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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Events
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Investigadores de GRADE se presentarán en el XXXV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos LASA 2017 – Diálogos de Saberes
29/04/2017 → 01/05/2017 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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Manuel Glave will discuss the Post-commodities Super Cycle Regional Report and Peru Report
23/03/2017 3:20 pm - 4:40 pm Hotel Boulevard (Av. José Pardo 771, Miraflores) Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
With the aim of moving towards a balance of the political-institutional, economic and social and environmental legacy of a long cycle of policies to foster investment in extractive industries, as well as to develop a policy engagement and research agenda along with civil society organizations and institutions to an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable society, the Natural Resource […]
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Manuel Glave is panelist at “Innovation in Productive Chains on the sidelines of the Andean Integration” Seminar
17/02/2017 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Auditorio Libertador Simón Bolívar de la Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina (Av. Paseo de la República 3895, San Isidro) Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
In order to foster dialogue on policies and strategies to promote innovation and competitiveness of productive chains, the Andean Parliament, the General Secretariat of the Andean Community and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru held “Innovation in Productive Chains on the sidelines of Andean Integration” Seminar, on Friday, February 17. The event gathers the the experience of […]
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Eduardo Zegarrá will be panelist in a Water Scarcity in Peruvian Agriculture Forum held by the Peruvian Engineers Association
16/02/2017 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú (Marconi 210, San Isidro) Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will be panelist in “Impacts and outcomes of water scarcity in Peruvian agriculture” on Thursday, Februray 16. The event is held by the Peruvian Engineers Association’s Chapter of Agronomic Engineering and Zootechnics.
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Eduardo Zegarra will discuss water risks and vulnerability in the private sector in Lima Metropolitan and Callao
26/01/2017 8:30 am - 11:00 am Sociedad Nacional de Industrias (Los Laureles 365, San Isidro) Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will discuss the study “Water risks and vulnerability in the private sector in Lima Metropolitan and Callao in a context of climate change”, on Thursday, January 26 in a entrepeneur meeting held by Aquafondo, the National Society of Industries (SNI) y and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) Read the […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities