The socionature that neo-extractivism can see: Practicing redistribution and compensation around large-scale mining in the Southern Ecuadorian Amazon

Extractivisms, existences, and extinctions

“…Yet, there is also an increase in calls for more attention and recognition to be given to existences, as the absence of these are seen as pivotal for the whole process of how and why extractivisms can continue to exist and expand, despite their violence. For example, Leifsen (2020) argues that this mode of non-recognition is essential for extractivism, not only by allowing the erasure and incorporation of all that is not recognized but also in delimiting what could constitute Extractivisms, existences, and extinctions 1 something which could even be compensated. This limits the understanding of what is considered valuable or even existing, and makes it more understandable how even so-called progressive governments have embraced neo-extractivism, on the hope that this model could be used for social policy funding.…”

Political geography 1: Extractions

“…Large-scale resource extraction remains a key area of research on the Anthropocene. Recent analyses draw upon Deleuze and Guattari's (1988) assemblage theory, critical political ecology, and human and more-than-human (or nonhuman) geographies (Leifsen, 2020;Murton and Lord, 2020;Rogelja, 2020;Squire and Dodds, 2020). Some scholars also situate their analyses within a historical framework to better understand the entangled processes of resource extractions that have benefited states and increased wealth accumulation for the few at the expense of many local communities (Mendez et al, 2020).…”

“…The articles in the special issue on extraction and land control examine states and corporations 'from above' to elucidate political machinations along with large-scale analyses of more-than-human geographies (Childs, 2019). By focusing on topdown approaches to resource extraction, these scholars address the multiple ways in which states and corporations use violent and nonviolent coercion to harm or pacify populations in pursuit of environmental exploitation (Dunlap, 2019;Huff and Orengo, 2020;Jakobsen, 2020); engage in the cooptation of environmentalist nongovernmental organizations to allow destructive corporate mining practices to continue unabated (Wiegink, 2020); and forego nonhuman and human well-being and recognition in pursuit of industrial growth (Brock, 2020;Leifsen, 2020).…”

Editorial: BioCamb: 10 años contribuyendo al conocimiento de la biodiversidad en el Ecuador

“…El BioCamb fue establecido como una respuesta práctica a la necesidad de describir, entender y proteger la diversidad de genes, especies y ecosistemas en Ecuador, en un contexto que incluya comprender su interrelación con el ser humano. Esto es particularmente apremiante en países megadiversos como Ecuador [1], donde el desarrollo económico está fuertemente ligado a la explotación de los recursos naturales y donde todavía existen grandes vacíos de conocimiento relacionados con la biodiversidad [2].…”

“…BioCamb: en biodiversidad, un recurso estratégico que ofrece grandes oportunidades de desarrollo ligadas al aprovechamiento sostenible de la riqueza biológica. Sin embargo, el desarrollo económico en Ecuador está fuertemente ligado a la explotación de los recursos naturales (principalmente aquellos no renovables como el petróleo y los minerales) con graves consecuencias para el medio ambiente [2]. Por ello, los retos a los que se enfrenta la conservación del medio ambiente en el país son grandes y urgentes.…”