Participación y defensa de los derechos de la Naturaleza en el Azuay, Ecuador (Tema Central)

This paper presents an analysis of the participation of communities in the province of Azuay in the defense of nature conceived as Pachamama and how it acquires, together with the communities, a political role. The objective was to analyze the defense of the rights of nature granted by the Ecuadoria...

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Autores: Astudillo Banegas, José Efraín, Cáceres Andrade, José Francisco, Brito Roby, Liliana Alexandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Repositorio Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uasb.edu.ec:10644/9687
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10644/9687
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DERECHOS DE LA NATURALEZA
DERECHOS COLECTIVOS
PARTICIPACIÓN COMUNITARIA
NATURALEZA
SUJETOS DE DERECHOS
PROTECCIÓN DE LA NATURALEZA
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
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Sumario:This paper presents an analysis of the participation of communities in the province of Azuay in the defense of nature conceived as Pachamama and how it acquires, together with the communities, a political role. The objective was to analyze the defense of the rights of nature granted by the Ecuadorian constitution in 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 with different types of organizations defending the rights of nature: Community Councils, Water Boards, and Decentralized Autonomous Governments (GADs). The main results were grouped into 4 categories: community perception of the meaning of Pachamama, community participation in the protection of nature and its rights, community organization in the defense of nature and its rights, and perception of the implementation of public policies by the state to protect nature and its rights. In general, 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 which not only involves the fact that the constitution grants it rights but also the way in which the inhabitants participate and organize themselves in the face of the violation of Pachamama’s rights, since it constitutes a threat to the integrity of life.