Notas sobre la historia ecológica de América Latina

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ID5778131
AuthorsNicolo Gligo (Instituto Boliviano de Ciencia y Tecnología Nuclear), Jorge Morello (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
Year2011
Volume13
Issue49
Publication date2011-10-06
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEstudios Internacionales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0716-0240 • E-ISSN: 0719-3769
PublisherUniversidad de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (PUBLISHER • CL)
DOI10.5354/0719-3769.1980.16622
OpenAlexW2018044621
LanguageES
Citations received6
References cited1

This article presents some relevant aspects that are considered basic to be able to interpret passages in the history of Latin America from an ecological dimension. In pre-Hispanic America there was knowledge based on the observation of the processes of nature. This was lost in the period of conquest and colony under the European premise that both the culture and technology of the subjugated peoples were inferior and that American resources were practically unlimited. Thus the destruction and elimination of pre-existing forms and systems was fully justified. After independence there is an effort to pour the advantages obtained from the possession of natural resources towards development, but the main modes of production continue to undermine the conservation of resources, accelerating processes of environmental deterioration

CONQUEST · Independence · Possession (linguistics · Environmental and Ecological Studies · Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics · Water Resource Management and Quality

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