Soberanías en conflicto: Conservación y naciones indígenas en la Amazonía peruana

Translated title of the contribution: Global conservation, protected areas, and indigenous nations in the Peruvian Amazon

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Abstract

Indigenous organizations, international actors, and national authorities portray different images of the relationship between ‘Indigenous Peoples’ and the natural environment. Based on these images, these actors deploy ecological, economic, and security arguments to create or transform protected areas. By exploring three cases of conflicts over inception and management of protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon this paper maps the tensions around the different images and explores how indigenous organizations and state authorities - backed by international actors - engage with security, economic and ecological rationales from their own sovereignty standpoint. The paper argues that the State weakens indigenous political aspiration of sovereign territorial control by translating this agenda into depoliticized mechanisms and assumptions of modern international environmentalism, which ultimately limits their capacity to truly contribute to conservation goals. Rather, a ‘nation-building’ approach to conservation, by conceiving Indigenous Nations as sovereign partners in environmental management, might give environmental initiatives legitimacy.
Translated title of the contributionGlobal conservation, protected areas, and indigenous nations in the Peruvian Amazon
Original languageSpanish
Title of host publicationDesafíos y perspectivas de la situación ambiental en el Perú
Subtitle of host publicationEn el marco de la conmemoración de los 200 años de vida republicana
EditorsAugusto Castro, María Isabel Merino
Place of PublicationLima
Pages286-312
ISBN (Electronic)978-9972-674-30-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

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