Water governance and hydrosocial conflicts in transformative contexts: examples from Latin America
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Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Virtual 14
Type: Virtual Paper,
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Sponsor Group(s):
Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, Latin America Specialty Group, Water Resources Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
Johanna Höhl Heidelberg Center Latin America
Juliane Dame University of Bonn
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Description:
Water resources are under current pressure in Chile and other Latin American countries due to a growing extractive industry (e.g., forestry, mining) creating divers hydrosocial conflicts. According to a recent study by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Chile ranks 18th in the global ranking of water stress and water governance problems account for 44% of water gaps (Fundación Chile, 2019).
The current Water Code is the basis for water management in Chile. This regulation establishes water rights which can be transferred and sold independently of land rights, and are of individual ownership. However, different studies report shortcomings, such as limited, fragmented and contradictory information as well as lack of knowledge on water resources (Usón et al., 2017) and insufficient control of illegal water abstractions (Fragkou et al., 2022). Also in other Latin American countries suffer water stress despite other regulatory contexts.
The proposed session aims at discussing hydrosocial conflicts and how these are embedded in current regulations through a comparison of different case studies in Chile and other Latin American countries.
Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
Fernanda Rojas Marchini, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso |
Water assemblages in times of drought |
Johanna Höhl, Heidelberg University - Heidelberg Center for Latin America |
There is, but there isn’t any water - uncovering the complex relationships among regulations, institutions, and actors on multiple scales |
WELLINGTON ROMAO OLIVEIRA, FUNCEME - Meteorology and Water Resources Foundation of Ceará-Brazil |
Socio-environmental impacts and the installation of wind farms in northeastern Brazil |
Juliane Dame, University of Bonn |
Socio-hydrological dynamics and water conflicts in the upper Huasco Valley, Chile |
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Water governance and hydrosocial conflicts in transformative contexts: examples from Latin America
Description
Type: Virtual Paper,
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Virtual 14
Contact the Primary Organizer
Johanna Höhl Heidelberg Center Latin America
johanna.hoehl@googlemail.com
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