Minería transnacional, narrativas del desarrollo y resistencias sociales

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine two Latin American gold mining conflicts, one in the city of Esquel (Patagonia in Argentina) and the other in Pascua-Lama (Chilean border with Argentina).

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Why do some communities resist mining projects while others do not

Marta Conde, +1 more

- 01 Jul 2017 -

The Extractive Industries and Society

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and discuss factors affecting the likelihood of resistance to mining projects by local communities and identify the needs for local consent processes, and help inform the creation of no-go areas for mining projects to the mutual benefit of companies, communities, and government authorities otherwise affected by socio-environmental impacts and costly deadlocks.

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Environmental Justice and Economic Degrowth: An Alliance between Two Movements

Joan Martinez-Alier

- 10 Feb 2012 -

Capitalism Nature Socialism

TL;DR: The flows of energy and materials in the world economy have never been as large as they are today as discussed by the authors, and this increased metabolism causes more and more conflicts on resource extraction and waste disposa...

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Hegemonic transitions and global shifts in social metabolism: Implications for resource-rich countries. Introduction to the special section

Roldan Muradian, +2 more

- 01 Aug 2012 -

Global Environmental Change-human and Po...

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the emergence of new global economic centers is inducing a major expansion in the global social metabolism, a transformation in the systems for the extraction and provision of natural resources, as well as setting the conditions for socio-environmental conflicts at the commodity frontiers, particularly in areas with a dense human occupation of the territory.

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