Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaGeographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital
This paper examines theoretical issues surrounding how conservation efforts are reproduced within contemporary capitalism drawing on two cases: Brazil’s eastern Amazon and the forested regions of southern Chile. Drawing on a critical approach to analyze the data from the respective cases, we analyze...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2018
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| author | De Matheus, Luis Fernando Cornetta, Andrei |
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| description | This paper examines theoretical issues surrounding how conservation efforts are reproduced within contemporary capitalism drawing on two cases: Brazil’s eastern Amazon and the forested regions of southern Chile. Drawing on a critical approach to analyze the data from the respective cases, we analyze the ways in which conservation efforts have been territorialized and loaded with symbolism and diversity, which express different ideological geographies. We argue that in the contemporary crisis of capitalism (which has been misunderstood by many observers as an environmental crisis), an array of new commodities have emerged. These processes of commodification have been marked by the commodification of “environmental services” and the creation of more private nature reserves creating value in new ways marked by scarcity and unique natural attractions. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-29842024-04-23T17:22:00Z Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital Ideologías geográficas y producción de la naturaleza: elementos para pensar la resignación de los bosques frente a la crisis del capital Ideologias geográficas e natureza: a resignação dos bosques na crise do capital De Matheus, Luis Fernando Cornetta, Andrei Acumulación capitalista producción de la naturaleza ideologías geograficas escasez rareza Amazonía brasileña sur de Chile Acumulação capitalista produção da natureza ideologias geográficas escassez raridade Amazônia brasileira sul do Chile Capitalist accumulation the production of nature geographic ideologies scarcity rarity Brazilian Amazon southern Chile This paper examines theoretical issues surrounding how conservation efforts are reproduced within contemporary capitalism drawing on two cases: Brazil’s eastern Amazon and the forested regions of southern Chile. Drawing on a critical approach to analyze the data from the respective cases, we analyze the ways in which conservation efforts have been territorialized and loaded with symbolism and diversity, which express different ideological geographies. We argue that in the contemporary crisis of capitalism (which has been misunderstood by many observers as an environmental crisis), an array of new commodities have emerged. These processes of commodification have been marked by the commodification of “environmental services” and the creation of more private nature reserves creating value in new ways marked by scarcity and unique natural attractions. Este artículo tiene como objetivo recoger elementos teóricos que permitan discutir las formas por las cuales la “naturaleza conservada” es reproducida en el capitalismo contemporáneo, usando como referencia la Amazonía oriental brasileña y las zonas boscosas del sur de Chile. Orientándonos por una lectura crítica y valiéndonos de datos e informaciones levantados en nuestras investigaciones, cotejamos las diferentes maneras por las cuales este proceso se ha territorializado en esos lugares, que están cargados de simbologías y diversidad, y sobre los cuales recae el peso de potentes ideologías geográficas. Se observa que, en el actual contexto de crisis del capital (distorsionado por muchos como “crisis ambiental”), surge una diversidad de nuevas mercancías que involucran la protección de los bosques –como la financiación de los “servicios ambientales” o las reservas privadas de conservación ambiental– cuyo valor se constituye en la contradicción entre escasez y rareza. O presente artigo tem como objetivo levantar elementos teóricos que permitam discutir as formas pelas quais a natureza conservada vem sendo (re)produzida dentro do capitalismo contemporâneo, usando como referência a Amazônia oriental brasileira e as zonas florestadas do sul do Chile. Orientados por uma leitura crítica, e nos valendo de dados e informações levantadas nas nossas respectivas pesquisas, cotejamos as diferentes formas pelas quais este processo vem se territorializando nestes lugares, que estão carregados de simbologias e diversidade, e sob os quais recai o peso de potentes ideologias geográficas. Observa-se que, no atual contexto de crise do capital (distorcido por muitos como “crise ambiental”), surge uma diversidade de novas mercadorias relacionadas à proteção das florestas –como a financeirização dos “serviços ambientais” ou as reservas privadas de conservação ambiental– cujo valor se constitui na contradição entre escassez e raridade. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2018-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/xml application/zip https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2984 10.17141/iconos.61.2018.2984 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 61 (2018): Geografías críticas en América Latina; 115-133 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 61 (2018): Geografias críticas na América Latina; 115-133 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 61 (2018): Critical geography in Latin America; 115-133 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2984/2239 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2984/2360 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2984/2737 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2984/2780 Derechos de autor 2018 Luis Fernando De Matheus, Andrei Cornetta https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | De Matheus, Luis Fernando Cornetta, Andrei Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital |
| title | Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital |
| title_full | Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital |
| title_fullStr | Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital |
| title_short | Geographical Ideologies and Nature: The Re-Making of Forests and the Crisis of Capital |
| title_sort | geographical ideologies and nature: the re-making of forests and the crisis of capital |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2984 |