Variety of indigenous peoples’ opinions of large infrastructure projects: The TIPNIS road in the Bolivian Amazon

Reyes‐García, Victoria; Fernández‐Llamazares, Álvaro; Bauchet, Jonathan; Godoy, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104751

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“…The results should therefore be interpreted with caution, particularly regarding the number of Indigenous groups affected and the limited number of reported impacts discussed here. Furthermore, our data do not include information about how reported impacts are distributed within Indigenous communities and the possible differences in opinions among community members regarding the desirability of extractive and industrial development projects ( 51 , 52 ).…”

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“…More generally, we note that extractive and industrial development projects may provoke other human rights violations beyond the UNDRIP concerns discussed here ( 69 , 70 ). In addition, our dataset does not include information on intracommunity dynamics vis-à-vis conflictive projects, although there is evidence that the burdens and benefits of such projects are frequently unevenly distributed within communities and that different community members may have different opinions regarding their desirability ( 51 , 52 ).…”

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Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights

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To what extent do extractive and industrial development pressures affect Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights globally? We analyze 3081 environmental conflicts over development projects to quantify Indigenous Peoples’ exposure to 11 reported social-environmental impacts jeopardizing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples are affected in at least 34% of all documented environmental conflicts worldwide. More than three-fourths of these conflicts are caused by mining, fossil fuels, dam projects, and the agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and livestock (AFFL) sector. Landscape loss (56% of cases), livelihood loss (52%), and land dispossession (50%) are reported to occur globally most often and are significantly more frequent in the AFFL sector. The resulting burdens jeopardize Indigenous rights and impede the realization of global environmental justice.

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“…To evaluate this proposal, we use a case study where rapid change was instigated by an abrupt event, the building of a paved road (see Reyes-García et al, 2020 for Indigenous people's attitudes toward road building). Our aim is to describe at multiple scales how individuals and households respond by mapping the distribution of economic and reproductive traits across time.…”

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Uncertainty in a globalizing world. Livelihood and fertility variance increases in response to rapid change

Kramer,

Hackman

2023

American J Hum Biol

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ObjectivesThe extreme condition that we address in this special issue is how people adapt to rapid change, which in this case study is instigated by globalization and the process of market integration. Although market integration has been underway for centuries in some parts of the world, it often occurs precipitously in small‐scale societies, initiating an abrupt break with traditional ways of life and fostering a keen sense of uncertainty.MethodsUsing cross sections from 30‐years of data collected in a Yucatec Maya subsistence farming community, we test the expectation that when payoffs to pursue new livelihood and reproductive options are uncertain, variance in social, economic, and reproductive traits will increase in the population. Our data span the transition from subsistence farming to a mixed economy, and bridge the transition from natural to contracepting fertility. Exposure to globalizing and market forces occurred when a paved road was built in the early 2000s.ResultsWe find that livelihood traits (a household's primary economic strategy, amount of land under cultivation, amount of maize and honey sold), become more variable as new, but uncertain options become available. Variance in levels of education and family size likewise immediately increase following the road, but show signs of settling back down a decade later. Rather than replacing one way of life with another, Maya farmers conservatively adopt some new elements (family planning, wage labor), until the tradeoffs to commit to smaller families and the labor market become clearer.ConclusionOur findings highlight that in rapidly changing environments when the payoffs to assimilate new options are uncertain, some households and individuals intensify what they know best, while others adopt new opportunities, driving variance up in the population.

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“…This also poses social and environmental risks, especially for affected communities. Among the risks posed by land acquisition and toll road construction are forced asset transfer [8,9,10,11], the emergence of poverty [12,13], natural disasters [14], weather and climate change [15], damage soil structure, ecosystem disturbance and biodiversity [16].…”

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Socio-ecological Risk Mitigation in the Construction of the Sicincin-Padang Toll Road, West Sumatra

Putri

Helmi

Noer

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Although infrastructure development aims to improve the welfare of the whole society, it poses adverse environmental effects in practice. One of such developments carried out by the Indonesian government is the trans-Sumatra toll road, which created social and environmental problems, particularly on the Sicincin-Padang toll road in West Sumatra. The affected communities in this province lost their homes, agricultural land and livelihoods to lifestyle changes. One of the villages experienced significant flooding due to large water discharge after clearing the land. Therefore, this research aims to explain the mitigation of socio-ecological risks in developing toll road infrastructure in West Sumatra. This research was carried out using the multi-method approach with qualitative and quantitative data analyzed by CATWOE analysis. The results explained that the construction of toll roads in West Sumatra has social and environmental impacts. Social and ecological risk mitigation is carried out by formulating policies through a soft system methodology (SSM) by involving many parties, especially affected communities, in decision-making.

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Variety of indigenous peoples’ opinions of large infrastructure projects: The TIPNIS road in the Bolivian Amazon

Cited by 9 publications

References 66 publications

Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights

Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights

Uncertainty in a globalizing world. Livelihood and fertility variance increases in response to rapid change

Socio-ecological Risk Mitigation in the Construction of the Sicincin-Padang Toll Road, West Sumatra

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