Abstract

CHACON GUEVARA, Ronny Andree; FLORES MAMANI, Emilio; VALENCIA BLANCO, Delmia Socorro  and  QUISPE CORNEJO, Nilda. Socio-environmental Problems Surrounding the South Peruvian Gas Pipeline Project Province of Canas - Cusco. Comuni@cción [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.1, pp.15-24. ISSN 2219-7168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.33595/2226-1478.12.1.469.

Confrontations between private companies and local populations are constantly taking place in Peru in the process of energy extraction due to changes in the socio-economic, environmental and cultural aspects of the peoples. The objective was to analyze the socio-environmental conflicts between the construction company Odebrecht and the Peasant Communities of the Province of Canas - Cusco involved in the project Improvements to the Energy Security of the Country and Development of the South Peruvian Gas Pipeline. The informant population was 320 of 8 peasant communities and representatives of the company, the design is ethnographic and qualitative method. The results show categorical opposition of the residents to the construction of the project, due to the disagreement with the wrong actions of the company in the processes of dialogue, interrelation and communication. It is concluded that environmental impact projects without an established social, cultural, economic and environmental baseline generate complex confrontations to solve.

Keywords : Social problems; conflicts; peasant communities; extractive companies; environment.

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