A lo largo de la historia, el Estado ecuatoriano ha impulsado iniciativas de desarrollo económico extractivo sin considerar los impactos sociales, ambientales y territoriales en las poblaciones directamente afectadas. Esto demuestra cómo los gobiernos han ejercido el poder público para beneficiar a las élites económicas, mayoritariamente blanco-mestizas, en detrimento de otros grupos, como los indígenas, montuvios, afrodescendientes, campesinos y mestizos de sectores populares.

Por Paul Tuesta

Defender los derechos de la naturaleza representa un gran paso adelante en la lucha contra el cambio climático.

Traditional authorities in Zambia complain that the government does not consult them when land is allocated for investment projects, while communities say chiefs are neglecting their interests. Jesinta Kunda of Zambia Land Alliance says more clarity is needed on the role of traditional authorities, in law and practice, to ensure large-scale investments in agriculture, mining and other sectors are governed better – particularly in light of the rising demand for critical minerals found in Zambia. She urges the government, traditional leaders and citizens to seize the opportunities presented by current legal reforms in Zambia to create change.

Por Darío Aranda

Represión para extraer el litio de los territorios del pueblo kolla y atacama.

Violencia para explotar Vaca Muerta en territorio mapuche.

Judicialización para desalojar y fumigar con agrotóxicos a familias campesinas y poblaciones invadidas por el agronegocio.

Es el ADN del extractivismo: represión, violación de derechos, contaminación, falta de democracia real.

Por: Roxana Liendo

Por Daniel Ortiz Gonzalo e Ivanka Puigdueta (*) para Climática

WHY REJECT CUSTOMARY LAND PRIVATISATION 

Most of the world’s land is still stewarded by communities under customary systems. Billions of people rely on communally managed farmland, pasture, forests and savannahs for their livelihoods. 

This collective management of resources is viewed in the colonial or capitalist economic model as an obstacle to individual wealth creation and private profit. 

There is an underlying tension in the land rights movement that is rarely addressed head on, which is the perception that securing women’s land rights threatens community land rights. Community land rights are typically held by indigenous people, small-scale and subsistence farmers, pastoralists, herders and many other groups who are directly dependent on land for their livelihoods but whose land tenure is often the most precarious.

Un indígena Mayagna observa una zona despalada por colonos en la Reserva de Bosawás. Foto: Carlos Herrera | Confidencial

Foto: Carlos Herrera | Confidencial