Desplazamientos en virtud del desarrollo: un estudio de caso del proyecto minero Mirador
en Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

Figueroa, Isabela

doi:10.22395/ojum.v17n33a7

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“…For example, in the Mirador Project located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Ecua-Corriente SA (a subsidiary of the Chinese consortium CRCC-Tongguan) opted to buy the territories of some of the community's inhabitants from the Shuar nation. 121 During this process, the company believed that was enough to propose to the Ministry of Environment 'a program of negotiation and use of the land' as part of its management plan with compromises of transparency and 'adaptation' to the cultural context of the área; 122 whereas the communities explicitly demanded the need to provide their consent to allow any activity. In the end, the people who refused to sell the land suffered intimidation and forced evictions with the support of public security.…”

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The Politics of Localizing Human Rights: Chinese Policies and Corporate Practices in Latin America

Merino

2022

Bus. and hum. rights j.

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The ‘Going Out’ strategy that China began in 1999 escalated to a global level with the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ in 2013. However, the lack of a clear international framework for corporate accountability accentuates the risks of human rights’ affectation by Chinese corporations, considering their controversial performance in Latin America. This article engages with the scholarly framework of international norm localization to analyze the enactment of Chinese business and human rights standards and their concrete application. This assessment relies on an extensive review of academic and policy research and the analysis of social conflicts around one of the largest copper mines in the region, Las Bambas, located in the highlands of Peru. The case shows that the main problem is not the lack of incorporation of business and human rights standards into national laws and the guidelines of companies’ home regulators, but the different ways they are interpreted by social actors on the ground. Local communities are not passive receptors of those norms but norm makers who appropriate them and provide new meanings in line with their self-determination. Chinese and national authorities and firms, therefore, need to engage with those norms from the perspective of local people.

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The Politics of Localizing Human Rights: Chinese Policies and Corporate Practices in Latin America

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2022

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“…There is very little published about the freshwater fishes in this river since it is relatively far from large human populations and oil extraction activities. However, this drainage is likely threatened by illegal mining activities (Fierro, 2015).…”

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Conservation threats and future prospects for the freshwater fishes of Ecuador: A hotspot of Neotropical fish diversity

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Alvarez‐Mieles

Anaguano‐Yancha³

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Journal of Fish Biology

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Freshwater fish communities in Ecuador exhibit some of the highest levels of diversity and endemism in the Neotropics. Unfortunately, aquatic ecosystems in the country are under serious threat and conditions are deteriorating. In 2018–19, the government of Ecuador sponsored a series of workshops to examine the conservation status of Ecuador's freshwater fishes. Concerns were identified for 35 species, most of which are native to the Amazon region, and overfishing of Amazonian pimelodid catfishes emerged as a major issue. However, much of the information needed to make decisions across fish groups and regions was not available, hindering the process and highlighting the need for a review of the conservation threats to Ecuador's freshwater fishes. Here, we review how the physical alteration of rivers, deforestation, wetland and floodplain degradation, agricultural and urban water pollution, mining, oil extraction, dams, overfishing, introduced species and climate change are affecting freshwater fishes in Ecuador. Although many of these factors affect fishes throughout the Neotropics, the lack of data on Ecuadorian fish communities is staggering and highlights the urgent need for more research. We also make recommendations, including the need for proper enforcement of existing environmental laws, restoration of degraded aquatic ecosystems, establishment of a national monitoring system for freshwater ecosystems, investment in research to fill gaps in knowledge, and encouragement of public engagement in citizen science and conservation efforts. Freshwater fishes are an important component of the cultural and biological legacy of the Ecuadorian people. Conserving them for future generations is critical.

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The open veins of the Amazon: rethinking extractivism and infrastructure in extractive frontiers

Merino

2024

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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Desplazamientos en virtud del desarrollo: un estudio de caso del proyecto minero Mirador en Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

Cited by 3 publications

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The Politics of Localizing Human Rights: Chinese Policies and Corporate Practices in Latin America

The Politics of Localizing Human Rights: Chinese Policies and Corporate Practices in Latin America

Conservation threats and future prospects for the freshwater fishes of Ecuador: A hotspot of Neotropical fish diversity

The open veins of the Amazon: rethinking extractivism and infrastructure in extractive frontiers

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