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Item type:Publication, The surge for local innovative institutions for transformation: Community-based monitoring in the Andes(Cambridge University Press, 2024-10-02)Non-technical summary. There is abundant research about the impacts that large-scale mining produces on territories to the detriment of their social and environmental sustainability. However, during our research in Chile and Peru, we also identified local transformative initiatives that pursue sustainable development by proposing alternatives to how the socio-ecological impacts of natural resource extraction are produced and distributed throughout society. Specifically, we ask the question: How do local communities in Chile and Peru that are affected by mining activities engage in community-based environmental monitoring (CBEM)? Technical summary. By examining how local communities in Chile and Peru engage in community environmental monitoring, this paper argues that local political organisation and institutional innovations are crucial for the emergence of transformations towards sustainability. Local political organisation and mobilisation can create a window of opportunity for discussion about extractive activities and their impacts, as well as possible proposals for alternatives. Institutional innovations triggered by local political work can lead to the implementation of such initiatives. Our findings are based on qualitative case studies of CBEM in Chile and Peru, in areas with high levels of environmental degradation due to mining. In Chile we analysed a case of community air monitoring in a copper processing area, and in Peru a case of community water monitoring in a mining area. Drawing on debates on social transformation and political ecology theory, this study aims to show CBEM promotes changes towards a more democratic and preventive environmental governance, and encourages the recognition of environmental injustices. Social media summary. This paper analyses how local communities in Chile and Peru engage in community environmental monitoring in areas affected by the presence of extractive industries. We identified local transformative initiatives that pursue sustainable development by proposing alternatives to how the socio-environmental impacts of natural resource extraction are produced and distributed in society. Our findings are based on qualitative case studies of community-based air and water monitoring in extractive areas in Chile and Peru. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Adopting Technology and Community Empowerment: Environmental Community-based Monitoring in Peru and Chile(Springer, 2026-05-27)Extractive developments and local concerns about their impacts have spurred the adoption of new technologies for community-based environmental monitoring (CBEM) of extractive sites. We analyzed the socio-technical processes of technology adoption and adaptation in two CBEM implementation cases in Peru and Chile. Using a qualitative methodology, we argue that the ways social actors select, acquire, learn to use, and interpret technological measuring devices shape the processes of expertise, community empowerment, and the production of expert knowledge in monitoring experiences. Our analysis highlights how the adoption and adaptation of new technologies create tensions among individuals and organizations over the use of measuring devices, the interpretation of the data they produce, and the political goals of their use in monitoring. Finally, we show how communities can regain more control over local resources by producing expert knowledge that challenges state and corporate scientific narratives.1