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Land Use Conflicts In Mexico
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Land Use Conflicts In Mexico
Summary
- Mexico is opening its land to foreign energy companies and granting them land
- Indigenous land is being taken away
- Indigenous land rights and ranchers' land rights are conflicting
- The government isn't stating which one is right
The People's Rights
(In Mexico)
Mexico's People
- There is a system of land tenure called ejido for indigenous land
- The constitution modified this however so indigenous people became land squatters
- The Spanish reign's land grants to the indigenous peoples conflict with Mexican government's land grants to ranchers
Energy Reform
(In Mexico)
Government
- Mexico has, for a long time, only has one energy company controlling prices & market
- Now, foreign companies can participate in energy market
- They have sold oil fields to those companies, but those lands were also indigenous lands
The Issue
- Government wanted less strain on the budget from Pemex (government energy company)
- In the process of energy reform, they sold oil fields that were settled by indigenous peoples
- Ejido system was technically already changed, but indigenous peoples want their traditional land
Impacts
For those who forgot:
- Social Impacts: Impacts on the people
- Political Impacts: Impacts on the government, and their relations with other groups of people
- Economic Impacts: Impacts on money and cost
- Environmental Impacts: Damage to the environment
Social
Social
- People might be happy or sad that the prices are going to start fluctuating
- It is forcing a conflict between the ranchers and the indigenous peoples that they do not want - people could also take sides and this might cause tensions to flare up
- People could want more indigenous rights and be dissatisfied
Political
Political
- Other countries will now be able Mexico's energy sector, which they could like
- Mexico is transitioning to a more free market economy (at least within their energy sector) which other countries could also like
- Different areas might rebel depending on who lives there
- Indigenous communities might be mad at the government
- The UN in general and some countries might not like the violation of indigenous rights by the Mexican government
Economic
Economic
- This is causing Mexico to save money because before, Pemex took up a lot of their money. This will save them that money
- If the ranchers get the land, they will make more money, while the indigenous peoples' subsistence farming does not make any money
Environmental
Environ-
-mental
- Mexico is actually ahead of schedule on their clean energy plans, so they are helping reduce their carbon emissions with the energy reform
- Subsistence farming would produce almost no carbon emissions
- The energy reform will mean that there will be competition - which means that public opinion matters. This means that companies might have to stay environmentally 'clean' to attract customers (government, gas stations, direct customers)
What Mexico's Government Is Doing
Mexico
- Mexico's government, and President Enrique Peña Nieto, have been pushing to allow the energy companies more access to the market
- Ideally, they might try to negotiate more with the indigenous peoples but that wouldn't work fast enough for the energy reform
What The People Are Doing
The People
- The indigenous peoples and the ranchers have come to an agreement that it is the government's problem
- The indigenous people want their land back on not just any land because they have traditions based around the land, so the land has meaning to them
Conclusion
Conc-lusion
- The indigenous peoples are having their land given to energy companies
- The energy reform is going forward, but it is likely that the indigenous rights will be a roadblock for it in the future
Food For Thought
Food For Thought
- Why might the conflict come to a head?
- Why might one side back down?
- Why might either the energy reform or indigenous rights be more important to the government?
Bibliography
Bibliography
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-landrights/mexican-ranchers-and-indigenous-people-urge-government-to-solve-land-conflict-idUSKBN148192
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http://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/initiatives/mexico-central-america/
https://www.bakerinstitute.org/media/files/files/d8d25a6a/BI-Brief-102914-LandOwnership.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Mexico
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/sites/default/files/Mexico%20UPR%202018.pdf
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