Gestión de conflictos socioambientales en el contexto del extractivismo minero en Perú

Abstract

Extractivism in Peruvian mining deposits has been the scene of fierce conflicts, mainly of a socio-environmental nature, generating violent social conflicts that are notable in republican history. The objective is to analyze the aggressive advance of extractivism in Minas Gerais, where the overexploitation of resources occurs in territories belonging to traditional communities and previously considered unproductive, and the deterioration caused to the well-being of native, peasant and indigenous communities living in its surroundings, therefore, the concept of well-being ends with a strong change in It is the paradigm of community development, understood as an alternative and different model to the West, which in Quechua is known as “sumaqsawsay”. It is analyzed from a descriptive perspective, through the hypothetical deductive method, the original and indigenous conception of “Sumaq Kawsay”, which translated is equivalent to the term “Bem Viver”, in the context of the implementation of the management of environmental conflicts in mining deposits of the regions of Cusco and Cajamarca, where two mining projects are located largest in Peru. The results of contexts of extreme violence, with social and environmental damage, generated in rural communities, changing their lifestyle and habitat, are shown as a result of investigation and allow analyzing the increase and persistence of linked socio-environmental conflicts al extractivism. the failure of the attempts to manage and mitigate them, shaking the sum of poverty in peasant populations. Conclusively, conflict resolution processes specific to traditional communities are confronted, the results of which allow for solutions recognized by communities throughout history.