En 2007, la empresa canadiense Golden Peaks se encontraba realizando tareas de exploración en un campo privado, en el departamento de Loncopué. Los pobladores rurales cercanos a la zona de exploración comenzaron a preocuparse por la apertura de picadas, luces en la noche y sonidos en la zona, y alertaron a la Parroquia de Loncopué. |
Description:
Basic Data
| Name of conflict: | Loncopué rechaza el Proyecto Lonco, Neuquén, Argentina. |
| Country: | Argentina |
| State or province: | Neuquén |
| Location of conflict: | Loncopue |
| Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
Source of Conflict
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Mineral Ores and Building Materials Extraction |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Mineral ore exploration |
| Specific commodities: | Gold |
Project Details and Actors
| Project details | La superficie a explorar es de aproximadamente 96 hectáreas, dentro de las cuales el proponente seleccionó 3 zonas para la construcción de plataformas desde donde se dirigirán 6 perforaciones de 200 metros cada una aproximadamente, quedando como alternativa una cuarta plataforma. Estas tendrán una superficie de 150 m2. |
| Project area: | 96 |
| Type of population | Rural |
| Affected Population: | 7000 |
| Start of the conflict: | 2007 |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Golden Peaks Resources Ldt from Canada |
| Relevant government actors: | Gobierno Provincial del Neuquén, Gobierno Municipal de Loncopué, Dirección Provincial de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable. Juzgado de Zapala. |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Asamblea de Vecinos Autoconvocados de Loncopué (AVAL). Pobladores rurales. Comunidades Mapuche |
Conflict & Mobilization
| Intensity | LOW (some local organising) |
| Reaction stage | PREVENTIVE resistance (precautionary phase) |
| Groups mobilizing: | Farmers Indigenous groups or traditional communities Local ejos Neighbours/citizens/communities Pastoralists Religious groups |
| Forms of mobilization: | Creation of alternative reports/knowledge Development of a network/collective action Lawsuits, court cases, judicial activism Media based activism/alternative media Objections to the EIA Official complaint letters and petitions Public campaigns |
Impacts
| Environmental Impacts | Potential: Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil contamination, Soil erosion, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Noise pollution, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality |
| Socio-economical Impacts | Potential: Displacement, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Loss of landscape/sense of place, Land dispossession, Other socio-economic impacts |
| Other socio-economic impacts | Falta de consideración sobre el impacto social del proyecto. No se cumplió con el derecho a la participación social (no se convocó a audiencia pública) |
Outcome
| Project Status | Stopped |
| Conflict outcome / response: | Institutional changes Court decision (victory for environmental justice) Strengthening of participation Application of existing regulations Project cancelled |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | Yes |
| Briefly explain: | La acción organizada de los vecinos de Loncopué permitió detectar que se había incumplido la legislación ambiental e indígena, por lo cual la justicia dio lugar al Recurso de amparo presentado por los vecinos, y paralizó las acciones mineras. |
Sources & Materials
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Meta information
| Contributor: | Patricio Chavez |
| Last update | 18/08/2019 |
| Conflict ID: | 726 |
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