Publications of Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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El oro y la escuela: caída de precios del oro y demanda educativa en Madre de Dios
La Maldición de Recursos Naturales (MRN) hace referencia a que los países con abundancia de recursos naturales tienden a tener peores indicadores de desarrollo y gobernanza en comparación a aquellos que tienen menor cantidad de recursos (Humphreys et al 2007). El concepto se ha complejizado con los años, pasando de hablar de una maldición a […]
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Perú | La planificación colaborativa como solución a la escasez hídrica en contextos de minería a gran escala
This policy brief addresses the issues surrounding governance in water scarcity scenarios and provides recommendations for public policies to improve access to water for human consumption in high Andean territories with large-scale mining. Based on the evidence collected in the cases of San Juan in Argentina and Espinar in Peru, it is argued that the […]
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Argentina | La planificación colaborativa como solución a la escasez hídrica en contextos de minería a gran escala
This policy brief addresses the issues surrounding governance in water scarcity scenarios and provides public policy recommendations to improve access to water for human consumption in high Andean territories with large-scale mining. Based on the evidence collected in the cases of San Juan in Argentina and Espinar in Peru, it is argued that the creation of […]
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Minería, escasez hídrica y la ausencia de una planificación colaborativa
Water scarcity and inequitable access to water in cities close to large mining projects is, nowadays, an urgent issue that leads to recurring conflicts in the Andean region. Based on the comparison between two case studies in the Andes —one in Peru and the other in Argentina—, this article shows how current mining policy reproduces […]
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Intra-seasonal climate variability and crop diversification strategies in the Peruvian Andes: A word of caution on the sustainability of adaptation to climate change
Agricultural systems are highly sensitive to climate change. Most studies focus on the effect of heat and water availability on crop yields, but little is known about the impact of changes in intra-seasonal climate variability (particularly challenging in mountain regions). Also, beyond the effect on crop yields –mostly focused on single cropping systems and major […]
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Presentation: New capitalisms and territorial transformations in the Andean region
This presentation introduces a special issue that analyzes the new territorial configurations taking shape in the Andean region under the developmentalist governments of the 21st century. The new territorial projects seek to increase the extraction of resources, the transference of crucial products on local level, and economic development. This remodeling transforms the techno-natural, cultural and […]
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Hybrid Institutions Institutionalizing Practices in the Context of Extractive Expansion
States face the challenge of developing institutions to govern the activities of social actors when an area under their control becomes the target of increased extractive activities. National and local public regulations safeguarding the environment, the assignment of extractive rights to individuals or companies, and handling of ensuing conflicts are developed in an institutional gray […]
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The constitution of hydrosocial power: agribusiness and water scarcity in Ica, Peru
During the 2000s, the Ica region, located on the Peruvian coast, gained notoriety as the main stage of what the media and politicians called the “agricultural export miracle.” The exponential growth of nontraditional exports that ensued, along with the rising importance of the agroindustry in generating foreign currency, led to the emergence of an agribusiness […]
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Hydrosocial territories, agro-export and water scarcity: capitalist territorial transformations and water governance in Peru’s coastal valleys
In recent decades, an agro-export boom has deeply transformed Peru’s coastal valleys, resulting in dramatic territorial changes and social inequality in the Ica Valley. This article explains how politico-economic and socio-institutional forces have triggered the emergence of a new ‘hydrosocial territory’, transforming the Ica Valley into a virtual-water extraction zone that produces luxury export crops […]
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Land tenure and the sustainability of pastoral production systems: a comparative analysis of the Andean Altiplano and the East African savannah
Pastoral communities are facing mounting pressure on their livelihoods due to misconceptions about pastoralism and global trends including population growth and climate change. In this context, this article seeks to establish a correlation between pastoral land tenure systems and the sustainability of pastoralism as a production system. Using a comparative approach, researchers develop a taxonomy to first […]
