Este proyecto busca la extracción de cobre en la zona sur del Perú, específicamente en la región de Apurimac, provincia de Aymaraes. Ha sido un proyecto conflictivo debido a los impactos sufridos durante el periodo de exploración, con removimiento de tierras y deslizamientos en épocas de lluvia, contempla probabilidades de contaminación de las fuentes de agua vitales para su población campesina, graves daños al patrimonio arqueológico del complejo MuyuMuyu y Huaqamalle y una activa persecución de parte de la empresa a pobladores locales por protestar en contra de la minería, sin que las instituciones del Estado peruano hagan algo relevante al respecto. |
The resistence of communities paralyzed the Las Chancas project, a strategic copper mining project in the region of Apurimac
Description:
Basic Data
| Name of conflict: | Las Chancas copper mining, Perú |
| Country: | Peru |
| State or province: | Región de Apurimac |
| Location of conflict: | Distrito de Tapairihua, Provinia de Aymaraes |
| Accuracy of location | MEDIUM (Regional level) |
Source of Conflict
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Mineral Ores and Building Materials Extraction |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Mineral ore exploration Mineral processing |
| Specific commodities: | Copper |
Project Details and Actors
| Project details | Producción de 80.000 toneladas de cobre al año |
| Project area: | 2200 |
| Level of Investment for the conflictive project | 1200 millones de dólares |
| Type of population | Rural |
| Affected Population: | 2100 |
| Start of the conflict: | 01/01/2010 |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Southern Copper Argentina S.R.L. from Mexico |
| Relevant government actors: | Ministerio de Energía y Minería Defensoría del Pueblo del Perú Congreso |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Comunidades de Tiapano y Tapaynihua |
Conflict & Mobilization
| Intensity | MEDIUM (street protests, visible mobilization) |
| Reaction stage | PREVENTIVE resistance (precautionary phase) |
| Groups mobilizing: | Indigenous groups or traditional communities Neighbours/citizens/communities |
| Forms of mobilization: | Blockades Strikes |
Impacts
| Environmental Impacts | Visible: Floods (river, coastal, mudflow), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil erosion, Waste overflow, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Reduced ecological / hydrological connectivity, Other Environmental impacts Potential: Air pollution, Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Desertification/Drought, Noise pollution, Soil contamination, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Groundwater pollution or depletion, Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems, Mine tailing spills |
| Other Environmental impacts | Daños irreversibles al patrimonio arqueológico del complejo MuyuMuyu y Huaqamalle de la cultura pre-inca Los Chankras. |
| Health Impacts | Potential: Accidents, Mental problems including stress, depression and suicide, Violence related health impacts (homicides, rape, etc..), Health problems related to alcoholism, prostitution, Occupational disease and accidents, Infectious diseases, Deaths |
| Socio-economical Impacts | Visible: Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Violations of human rights, Loss of landscape/sense of place Potential: Loss of livelihood, Social problems (alcoholism, prostitution, etc..), Land dispossession, Increase in Corruption/Co-optation of different actors, Displacement, Increase in violence and crime, Lack of work security, labour absenteeism, firings, unemployment |
Outcome
| Project Status | Stopped |
| Conflict outcome / response: | Criminalization of activists Under negotiation Violent targeting of activists Project temporarily suspended |
| Proposal and development of alternatives: | Fortalecimiento de la agricultura campesina. |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | Yes |
| Briefly explain: | Pese a la mesa de dialogo de la sustentabilidad impulsada por el propio Estado peruano, las comunidades han conseguido detener este proyecto mediante manifestaciones y bloqueos. |
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Meta information
| Contributor: | Patricia González Toro |
| Last update | 18/08/2019 |
| Conflict ID: | 2110 |
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