Participation and defense of nature's rights in Azuay-Ecuador
This paper presents an analysis of the participation of the communities of the province of Azuay in the defense of nature conceived as "Pachamama" and how THIS and the communities assume a political role. The objective is to study the communities in the defense of nature rights granted by...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Institution: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repository: | Revista FORO: REVISTA DE DERECHO |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/4235 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/foro/article/view/4235 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | participación comunidad organización política derechos cultura naturaleza sujeto participation community organization policy rights culture nature subject |
| Summary: | This paper presents an analysis of the participation of the communities of the province of Azuay in the defense of nature conceived as "Pachamama" and how THIS and the communities assume a political role. The objective is to study the communities in the defense of nature rights granted by the Constitution from an anthropocentric perspective and the guarantee of these rights from the Andean cosmovision. A mixed methodology (quanti-quali) was applied in seven communities in the province of Azuay. A total of 303 semi-structured surveys were conducted in three organizations: Communal, Water boards, and Decentralized Autonomous Governments (GADs). The main results were grouped into: rights defense with Nature as a political subject; protection and defense of nature rights; community organization; and public policies for the defense of nature rights. The communities perceived Pachamama as Mother Nature, and from this conception, their relationship with the territory was one of mutual care. The defense and protection of Pachamama are not only due to the fact that the Constitution grants rights to it, but also because the inhabitants immediately organized themselves in the face of the threat of extractivism to Pachamama, a situation that implies a threat to the integrity of life. |
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