Una ecología política del proyecto minero Mirador

Introduction of the edited volume "La Amazonía Minada". As the first large-scale mineral mine of Ecuador, the Mirador project in the Ecuadorian Amazon has become an emblematic spearhead of both the country’s new resource politics and the movements resisting extraction. This book bundles the work of various political ecology-inspired scholars who followed and studied this project over the last decade, and engages with the territorial conflicts, water battles, identity politics, gender dynamics, participation processes and the politics of knowledge characterizing the case. Based on a wealth of empirical data, the authors critically reflect on the implications of the expanding large-scale mining sector in Ecuador, the country’s new mining politics and the complex power-laden processes that shape the relationships between government, companies, local populations and the environment. As such, this edited volume provides thought-provoking and unique insights into the conflicts and dynamics on the expanding mining frontier in Ecuador, Latin America and beyond.