“Our Struggle Continues.” Confronting the Dynamics of Dispossession in the Peruvian Amazon: The case of Santa Clara de Uchunya and their fight to obtain justice and regain their territory
Tom Younger, Aline Castañeda Cadena
Volume 20, Number 2 (2021) 20 (2): 6-32
Keywords indigenous peoples, land titling, deforestation, agribusiness, palm oil, corporate accountability
Abstract
The Shipibo-Konibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya is struggling against the dispossession and devastation of their ancestral lands due to the aggressive expansion of oil palm. This article discusses the social and cultural impacts of agribusiness-led deforestation on the community and their territory. The discussion focuses on the political and legal strategies they have developed together with allies to demand the restitution and remediation of their ancestral lands. Finally, we consider some of the critical successes and challenges the Shipibo-Konibo community faced during the past five years of this struggle.
Tom Younger
Aline Castañeda Cadena
Published January 1, 2021
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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