Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador

The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a sustainable and equitable development path in the future, in the context of declining oil reserves....

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spelling ir-10644-33762018-10-01T21:59:10Z Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador Larrea Maldonado, Carlos DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE MODELOS DE DESARROLLO EXPLOTACIÓN PETROLERA CONDICIONES ECONÓMICAS AJUSTE ESTRUCTURAL CONDICIONES SOCIALES The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a sustainable and equitable development path in the future, in the context of declining oil reserves. The current government is pursuing an extractivist policy, based on expanding oil extraction in formerly unexploited fields -including those inside the Yasuni National Park- and starting largescale mining exploitation. Two future options will be evaluated, first, an expansion of extractive activities, and second an alternative based on conservation, with sustainable use of natural resources (e.g. ecotourism, agroforestry, bio-knowledge), without expansion of oil field expansion and mining. 2013 2013-09-11T15:33:04Z 2013-09-11T15:33:04Z 2013-09 article http://hdl.handle.net/10644/3376 eng openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ec/ application/pdf ECUADOR 1983 - 2003 2004 - 2013
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topic DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE
MODELOS DE DESARROLLO
EXPLOTACIÓN PETROLERA
CONDICIONES ECONÓMICAS
AJUSTE ESTRUCTURAL
CONDICIONES SOCIALES
spellingShingle DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE
MODELOS DE DESARROLLO
EXPLOTACIÓN PETROLERA
CONDICIONES ECONÓMICAS
AJUSTE ESTRUCTURAL
CONDICIONES SOCIALES
Larrea Maldonado, Carlos
Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
description The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a sustainable and equitable development path in the future, in the context of declining oil reserves. The current government is pursuing an extractivist policy, based on expanding oil extraction in formerly unexploited fields -including those inside the Yasuni National Park- and starting largescale mining exploitation. Two future options will be evaluated, first, an expansion of extractive activities, and second an alternative based on conservation, with sustainable use of natural resources (e.g. ecotourism, agroforestry, bio-knowledge), without expansion of oil field expansion and mining.
author Larrea Maldonado, Carlos
author_facet Larrea Maldonado, Carlos
author_sort Larrea Maldonado, Carlos
title Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
title_short Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
title_full Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
title_fullStr Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
title_sort extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in ecuador
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10644/3376
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