Challenging the ‘absent state’: Neoliberal extractivist governance and state effects in the northwest Peruvian Amazon

Ramos-Cortez, Carola; MacNeill, Timothy

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102720

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“…Plant extractivism is the most appropriate productive model for forest conservation, but it is not economically sustainable on its own because of the limitations of scale and processing, and low productivity of land, labor, and income [30]. The crisis of extractivism emanates from the absence of investment, inefficiency of public policies, and institutional management [31]. This proves that institutional agents have politically correct discourse but do not implement actions that enable productive activity growth.…”

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“…Additionally, plant and animal extractivism is the reason and cause of regional delay, as it is based on the availability of natural resources and belief in their inexhaustibility [17]. In practice, low productivity, exhaustion, and secular passivity have led to an extractive crisis in RESEXs [31]. The income generated from extractivism is too low to ensure the subsistence of the inhabitants, because few families engage in this activity while integrating it with agriculture and livestock [32].…”

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Limits and Possibilities of Vegetable Extraction in Extractive Reserves in the Amazon

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Vegetable extraction has been considered a new paradigm of adequate development for the Amazon Region by ecological movements, international organizations, and foreign governments. This study evaluates whether the supply of extractive products transformed into economic value can ensure the livelihood of families and prevent deforestation. The study was conducted at the extractive reserves Alto Juruá, Rio Ouro Preto, and Rio Cajari during two periods: January to March 2017 and January to March 2019. A total of 384 interviews were conducted—234 in 2017 and 150 in 2019. The field results show that low returns, low land productivity, and lack of labor point to the economic infeasibility of vegetable extraction in the extractive reserves of Alto Juruá, Rio Ouro, and Rio Cajari. As a priority, extractivism should be considered a cultural institution and an economic model that can promote sustainability. A strategy capable of valuing products derived from extractivism should be developed, and an approximation of the markets that remediates the efforts of forest conservationists should be considered.

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