El origen de los desplazados por la conservación. Las paradójicas consecuencias de la protección ambiental en la India
Resumen
La conservación de la biodiversidad y los recursos naturales puede ayudar a ofrecer un suministro sostenible de bienes y servicios para cumplir los derechos de las personas a su desarrollo y sustento. Sin embargo, cuando se consideran los impactos sociales económicos y culturales en la población local, de la conservación ambiental ciertos resultados no son alentadores en la India (ni en todo el mundo). Los proyectos de conservación que excluyen a los habitantes de dichas áreas pueden conservar los recursos naturales hasta cierto punto, pero no el acceso a los medios de vida de estas personas. Por tanto, siendo la India un país densamente poblado no puede alentar la estrategia de "naturaleza prístina" en sus iniciativas de conservación.
Palabras clave
Derecho Ambiental, refugiados, cambio climático, desarrollo sostenible, conservacionismo.
Biografía del autor/a
Anju Lis Kurian
Becaria postdoctoral de la Comisión de Becas Universitarias de la India-UGC, por sus siglas en inglés
(University Grants Comission)
John Maximino Muñoz-Telles
Abogado de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Especialista en Desarrollo Humano y candidato a Magister en Desarrollo Humano de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. FLACSO-Argentina y Member of HDCA-Human Development and Capability Association.
Daniel Rigoberto Bernal-Gomez
Abogado de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Especialista en Derecho privado Económico. Magíster en Derecho Administrativo de la Universidad Libre de Bogotá. Estudiante de Doctorado en Derecho Universidad Nacional de Mar de Plata, Argentina. Docente Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
C Vinodan
Profesor en la Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales Mahatma Gandhi de la Universidad Kottayam en la India
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