Limited state governance and institutional hybridization in alluvial ASM in Peru

Gerardo Damonte

Resources Policy, 2021, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: In the Peruvian Amazon region, mining activities have contaminated land, riverbeds and shores, including in protected areas, causing serious social and environmental impacts. Against this backdrop the Peruvian state decided to implement a formalization plan to regulate small-scale mining and to eradicate mining activities in conservation areas. After years of protests, negotiations and military campaigns in the so-called war against illegal mining fought by the media and central state authorities, the formalization plan for small-scale gold mining in the Amazon has not fulfilled its stated objectives. This article explores the reasons behind the impacts of the formalization process on local governance and institutions.

Keywords: Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM); Amazon; Madre de dios; Formalization; State capacity; Institutional hybridization; Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102118

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