Publications of Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
GRADE places special emphasis on the dissemination of the results of its research through publications in various formats, aimed at both the academic public and public officials, political and civil society actors, university students, the media, as well as the general citizenship.
Academic publications with a format similar to work documents. They are prepared on the basis of reports from research projects or reflections of a conceptual nature related to GRADE’s work areas. Its publication requires an internal blind peer review process. Its publication format is usually only electronic.
Publications of research work in progress. They are prepared on the basis of reports from research projects or reflections of a conceptual nature related to GRADE’s work areas. They do not go through a blind peer review process; however, they require internal approval and the external institution that requested the investigation. Authors can be both GRADE senior researchers and research assistants. Eventually, GRADE agrees to publish Research Progress by authors not affiliated with the institution, under the endorsement of a senior GRADE researcher. Its publication format is electronic only.
Publications with characteristics of a policy brief: aimed at a non-academic audience and with emphasis on its policy implications. It presents the main findings and recommendations of an academic investigation, accompanied by visual resources. Its publication format is physical and electronic.
Institutionally affiliated books are written or edited by one or more GRADE researchers and go through a blind peer review process. Its publication format is physical and electronic.
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Impactos y desafíos del monitoreo comunitario ambiental en contextos de industria minera en el Perú y Chile
In this chapter, the authors explore the impact of community environmental monitoring (MCA) in territories with a long history of mining in Peru and Chile. They find that this initiative has a positive impact on the political empowerment of local communities, which turn it into a tool to regain control of their environment through environmental […]
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Conflictos y consensos: los múltiples matices de la exclusión minera en el Perú
This chapter seeks to demonstrate that the delimitation of areas with mining restrictions promoted by the Peruvian state apparatus does not always enjoy the social legitimacy and institutional effectiveness necessary to guarantee the exclusion of mining in areas of high economic, cultural or socio-ecosystemic value. In contrast, exclusion zones established by social movements with high […]
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Gran minería y transformaciones productivas en distritos mineros en el Perú: un análisis del periodo 2001-2019
In this context, the study of potential productive transformations in the territories under the influence of large-scale mining is a topic still little explored by specialized research. This may be due to the fact that these are long-term processes which, given their complexity, are difficult to measure in short periods of time, on which most […]
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Transiciones, movilización ciudadana y cambios institucionales: lecciones desde territorios con minería a gran escala en el Perú, Colombia y Chile
In the context of a growing demand for critical minerals for the global energy transition, a new mining boom is expected in the Andean sub-region. This book explores initiatives for socio-institutional change promoted by citizen movements in mining territories in Peru, Colombia and Chile. The cases presented analyze the opportunities and limitations of these initiatives […]
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Proyecto Alianza Forestal: manejo de bosques comunales para la sostenibilidad socioeconómica y ambiental
Since 2019, the Forest Alliance Project has implemented a communal forest management model in seven native Amazonian communities of the Shipibo-Konibo and Kakataibo ethnic groups. To do so, it adopted an ecosystem approach to communal territory, which improves the livelihoods of indigenous families through sustainable enterprises. This book gathers the systematization of the project experience […]
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Estrategias de diversificación de ingresos más allá del margen: una mirada a microcosmos rurales con gran minería en los andes rurales
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Hacia una política de gestión integral de pasivos ambientales mineros en Chile
En Chile existen 5422 faenas mineras abandonadas o inactivas (SERNAGEOMIN, 2019) que constituyen un riesgo potencial para la salud de las poblaciones y los ecosistemas. La infraestructura minera abandonada o cerrada inadecuadamente, así como sus remanentes –residuos o restos–, son pasivos ambientales mineros (PAM). Los PAM han sido generados por la minería del pasado; sin […]
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Políticas de gobierno en territorios con extracción minera: cuestionamientos y oportunidades
The latest extractive boom, which to a large extent has been the driving force behind the country’s economic growth, has brought with it serious governance complications that are manifested in recurring socio-environmental problems. The rejection of the central government’s mining policies in extractive territories is significant and exacerbates the disaffection of local populations with respect […]
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El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar
The essays that make up this book have been written to commemorate the first 40 years of GRADE’s institutional life, which coincides not only with the Bicentennial of Peru’s Independence, but also with the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its profound economic, social and political consequences. From different conceptual and methodological perspectives, […]
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Materialities, discourses and governance: scallop culture in Sechura, Peru
This paper looks at the institutional emergence, particularly space rights, within the culture of the Peruvian bay scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) in Sechura Bay. The institutional system developed within a period of 20 years from an open-access, gold rush scenario to a rather structured, formal activity – however, still relies on a lot of informality. This […]
