Socio-environmental regimes and local visions transdisciplinary experiences in Latin America

This book presents oral histories, collective dialogues, and analyses of rural and indigenous livelihoods facing global socio-environmental regime change in Latin America (LA). Since the late twentieth century, rural and indigenous producers in LA, including agriculturists, coffee-growers, as well as small-scale farmers/fishers, and others, have had to resist, cope with, or adapt to a range of neoliberal socio-environmental regimes that impact their territories and associated resources, including water, production systems and ultimately their cultural traditions. In response, rural producers are using local visions and innovation niches to decide what, when, and how to resist, cope with uncertainty, and still be successful in using their customary laws to retain their land rights and livelihoods. This book presents a range of ethnically diverse case studies from LA, which addresses socio-environmental, educational, and law regimes' effects using transdisciplinary research approaches in rural, traditional and indigenous production systems. Based on both, the results and insights gained into how producers are resisting and adapting to these regimes, as well as decades of research carried out in LA rural territories by the participating authors, the book puts forward a baseline for devising new public policies that are better suited to the real challenges of livelihoods, poverty, and environmental degradation in LA. These recommendations are rooted in post-development thinking; they promote territorial public policy with social inclusion and a human's rights approach. The book draws on over 20 years of research carried out by LA's academics and their undergraduate and graduate students who have addressed collaborative work, participatory research, and transdisciplinary approaches with rural commons and communities in LA. It features 19 case studies, with contributions from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, and Mexico.

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Main Authors: Arce Ibarra, Ana Minerva Doctora editora 2027, Parra Vázquez, Manuel Roberto Doctor editor 2008, Bello Baltazar, Eduardo Doctor 1960- editor 5466, Gomes de Araujo, Luciana editora
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Cham, Switzerland, German Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Subjects:Manejo de recursos naturales, Modo de vida, Sistemas socioambientales, Grupos étnicos, Conocimiento tradicional, Gobernanza ambiental, Territorio, Explotación agrícola en pequeña escala, Pobreza, Transdisciplinariedad, Espacios naturales protegidos, Política pública, Frosur,
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