Environmental governance of extractive activities in Latin America and the Caribbean: the need to include local communities
While investments in extractive activities in Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) are booming, there are growing concerns about their social and
environmental consequences. Extractive activities, which include metal
mining, the extraction of fossil fuels, hydroelectricity and biomass, are
expanding and moving into more remote areas that are often inhabited by
indigenous and peasant communities. These activities have far-reaching
consequences. On the one hand, they generate economic development, jobs,
infrastructure and government revenues that partly pay for social programs.
On the other hand, they often bring damage to nature and local livelihoods,
require large volumes of energy and water, and produce large amounts of
waste. Many local communities claim that their needs and their concerns
about these negative effects of extractive activities are being neglected, and
resistance is mounting. Existing regulatory and institutional frameworks,
including consultation mechanisms, are unable to prevent and solve these
problems…
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