1st Edition
Tree Plantation Extractivism in Chile Territories, Fundamental Human Needs, and Resistance
By Alejandro Mora-Motta
Copyright 2024
270 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
270 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
270 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines how extractivism transforms territories and affects the well-being of rural people, drawing on in-depth fieldwork conducted on tree plantations in Chile.
The book argues that pine and eucalyptus monoculture plantations in southern Chile are a form of extractivism representing a mode of nature appropriation that captures large amounts of natural resources to produce... Read more
1. Introduction
2. The making of a logging enclave
3. Extractivisms, territorial transformation, and well-being alternatives in Latin America
4. Tree plantations and territorial transformation in rural La Unión
5. Living within tree plantations: fundamental human needs in a transformed territory
6. Emerging resistances and territorial planning in Los Ríos
7. Conclusion
8. Annexe
Biography
Alejandro Mora-Motta holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Bonn, Germany. His transdisciplinary research focuses on the social effects of extractivism, climate change, and socio-ecological transformation.
