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Zapatista Identity and Environmentalism
ISBN-13: 9783639169133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 112 str.
One of the less explored facets of the Zapatista National Liberation Army's (EZLN) struggle with the Mexican federal government is how indigenous land rights have come into conflict with environmentalism. The EZLN presents itself as a champion of the rights of all indigenous people in Mexico. Yet the Mayan farmers that support it have come into conflict with the Lacandon Maya, supported by the Mexican government, over access to land in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, located in the Lacandon Jungle. This apparent contradiction between this political reality and the EZLN's positions is product of the Zapatista discourses that establish indigenous people as actors seeking local control in opposition to a technocratic state, which also places it in opposition to environmental group Conservation International which also portrays itself as protecting the interests of indigenous populations while carrying conservation activities. Drawing from EZLN texts, statements made by settlers, the Mexican government, and Conservation International this text looks at how political groupings define ethnic identity and how this defines the political stances taken in the conflict."
One of the less explored facets of the ZapatistaNational Liberation Armys (EZLN) struggle with theMexican federal government is how indigenous landrights have come into conflict with environmentalism. The EZLN presents itself as a champion of the rightsof all indigenous people in Mexico. Yet the Mayanfarmers that support it have come into conflict withthe Lacandón Maya, supported by the Mexicangovernment, over access to land in the Montes AzulesBiosphere Reserve, located in the Lacandón Jungle. This apparent contradiction between this politicalreality and the EZLNs positions is product of theZapatista discourses that establish indigenous peopleas actors seeking local control in opposition to atechnocratic state, which also places it inopposition to environmental group ConservationInternational which also portrays itself asprotecting the interests of indigenous populationswhile carrying conservation activities. Drawing fromEZLN texts, statements made by settlers, the Mexicangovernment, and Conservation International this textlooks at how political groupings define ethnicidentity and how this defines the political stancestaken in the conflict.
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