BANANA PRODUCTION AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN THE ATLANTIC/CARIBBEAN REGION OF COSTA RICA. 1950-2017

Authors

  • Edgar Eduardo Blanco Obando

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2018.7.8

Keywords:

Agriculture, Social metabolism, Enviroment, Social conflict

Abstract

Based on a longitudinal analysis of social metabolism and environmental conflict, and after an extensive review of technical, scientific and statististical documents, the article shows that in the 1950-2017 period, large amounts of residues of pesticides from banana´s plantations were filtered into environment, and caused contamination and damage to people's health. This situation caused environmental conflicts between communities, on the one hand, and corporations and the State, on the other, beacuse the local population interpreted that this type of agriculture jeopardized their health and social reproduction.

Author Biography

Edgar Eduardo Blanco Obando

Doctor en sociología por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; docente e investigador sobre temas del medio ambiente y el desarrollo 

Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de América Central, Universidad de Costa Rica, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UCR, San José, Costa Rica, América Central.

Published

2018-09-25

How to Cite

Blanco Obando, E. E. (2018). BANANA PRODUCTION AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN THE ATLANTIC/CARIBBEAN REGION OF COSTA RICA. 1950-2017. Social Conflict Yearbook, 7(7). https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2018.7.8

Issue

Section

Section II: Structures, Processes and Conditions for Conflict

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