Descifrando el desorden: instituciones participativas y conflictos en torno a megaproyectos en México

Zaremberg, Gisela; Wong, Marcela Torres; Guarneros‐Meza, Valeria

doi:10.14201/alh20187981102

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“…While studies show that instruments such as Declaration 169 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the Free, Prior, and Informed Consultation or national legislation can support a mobilisation process and broaden the scope of political action (Llanes Salazar 2019; Dietz 2017), others highlight the (possible) reproduction of conflict dynamics, the impossibility of addressing structural inequalities (Rodríguez Garavito 2011), and the obstacles to realising consultations (Flemmer/Schilling-Vacaflor 2015). For Mexico, studies support this complex picture (Zaremberg et al 2018). Yet, the implementation of consultation or other participatory mechanisms mostly happens after the first decisions on investment and siting are taken, thus shaping the conditions for a possible refusal -although, for instance in Ecuador, there have been cases when extractive projects have been stopped (see Vela-Almeida/Torres 2021).…”

Section: Ecuador Mexicomentioning

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‘Just Transition’ in the Global South: Mission Impossible? The Perils of the Transition in Mexico and Ecuador

Lehmann,

Alarcón

2023

Journal Für Entwicklungspolitik

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Historically, ' just transition' speaks to concerns of workers of ' dirty industries' in the Global North in the light of environmental regulations and (possible) impacts on their working conditions and job positions. Increasingly, the concept is used to highlight issues of social justice in transitions to a low-carbon economy based on renewable energy sources. Focusing on the juncture triggered by the current climate change-driven stage of global capitalism, we emphasise the tension that arises between the notions of 'national development', 'global sustainability', and a ' just transition', and argue that current transition politics and pathways tend to (re)produce extractivist and rentier logics as well as socioecological conflicts in the Global South. We illustrate our argument by delving into the political economy and political ecology of contemporary Mexico and Ecuador, where we also identify the perils of following transition pathways that limit a ' just transition'.

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Section: Ecuador Mexicomentioning

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‘Just Transition’ in the Global South: Mission Impossible? The Perils of the Transition in Mexico and Ecuador

Lehmann,

Alarcón

2023

Journal Für Entwicklungspolitik

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“…The relations and omissions between the SEC and the HR established in the Mexican Constitution are described in Figure 3 and complemented in Table A2. From 2006 to 2019, the press reported 879 violent conflicts in Mexico, of which 374 (42%) were related to the mining industry [38]. In addition, approximately a quarter of Mexico's territory (50 million hectares) is conceded to mining, granted by the government during the last decade, and 70% of the national toxic emissions correspond to mining [35].…”

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Human Rights and Socio-Environmental Conflicts of Mining in Mexico: A Systematic Review

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Socio-environmental conflicts are situations that exemplify human rights transgressions caused by extractive activities. These are present in developing countries where extractivism, imperialism, and colonialism paradigms prevail. In the context of Mexico, criminalization, violence, and the absence of rule of law promote these conflicts, frequently aggravated by involvement with private interests. In the last 20 years, the relationship between human rights in the mining sector and its impact on the environment has been a critical research subject. This paper aims to carry out a systematic review to analyze human rights transgressions related to the mining industry’s impact in Mexico, and identify factors causing socio-environmental conflicts. The current study shows a systematic analysis based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology. This method contributed to the collection of references that describe conflicts due to human rights transgressions and environmental damage in mining areas in Mexico. Human rights transgressions caused by mining in a Mexican context demonstrate the inability of the state to stop the increase in socio-environmental conflicts and its lack of concern towards preventing damage to the environment.

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“…Para el caso mexicano, la reforma en materia de derechos indígenas a la Constitución Mexicana en el año 2001, derivada de las presiones por ajustarse al espíritu del Convenio 169 de la Organización del Trabajo, estableció la necesidad de operar las obras que los afectan en coordinación con ellos pero sin un mandato que obligara consultas vinculantes. 3 A partir de esto se aceleró el movimiento para hacer de la consulta un mecanismo regular, aunque con resultados todavía decepcionantes, pues el escaso aparato legal se cruza con la intensa demanda ciudadana (Zaremberg et al, 2018). Así, casos como el del acueducto "Independencia" que en 2010 buscó apropiarse de un caudal de agua que surte al pueblo Yaqui sin mediar una consulta y que, por sentencia de la Suprema Corte de Justicia, se mandató una consulta aun no realizada (Gómez, 2017;Lerma, 2014).…”

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Tradición contra desarrollo hegemónico, ejes de un conflicto político: El caso del megaproyecto de Huexca en México

Cendejas

Galicia

2021

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El presente trabajo, basado en trabajo etnográfico y documental, expone un panorama general del conflicto político surgido en Huexca, Morelos, México, a propósito de la construcción en la comunidad de una planta termoeléctrica, que alcanza más de una decada de confrontación. El no consultar a la población local, generó dinámicas internas que dividieron a la población entre los que simpatizaban con el proyecto y los que no, lo que ha derivado a la fecha, en la imposibilidad del funcionamiento de la planta. Adicionalmente, esta división es un subproducto perverso de la implantación de grandes proyectos de infraestructura, por la falta de una consulta eficaz que reafirme y unifique a las poblaciones en su aceptación o rechazo

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Descifrando el desorden: instituciones participativas y conflictos en torno a megaproyectos en México

Abstract: beyond the seeming obviousness of mobilizations against damages caused by oil companies operating in indigenous territories.

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

‘Just Transition’ in the Global South: Mission Impossible? The Perils of the Transition in Mexico and Ecuador

‘Just Transition’ in the Global South: Mission Impossible? The Perils of the Transition in Mexico and Ecuador

Human Rights and Socio-Environmental Conflicts of Mining in Mexico: A Systematic Review

Tradición contra desarrollo hegemónico, ejes de un conflicto político: El caso del megaproyecto de Huexca en México

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