La explotación minera como estrategia estatal para una mejor sostenibilidad económica del Ecuador en la parroquia Tundayme, cantón Pangui, provincia de Zamora Chinchipe

Abstract

In Ecuador, mining is considered a strategy for the economic sustainability of the country. For this reason, an area located in the parish of Tundayme, province of Zamora Chinchipe, has been granted a concession for the Condor-Mirador mining project in territories belonging to the Shuar community, without taking into account one of their collective rights, which refers to free, prior and informed consultation before proceeding with the mining activity. For this study, several research methods were used, including exegetical, historical, inductive and deductive methods, in order to analyze what the current constitutional regulations establish regarding the use of non-renewable natural resources, the rights of nature and the collective rights of indigenous communities, peoples and nationalities when their rights or territories are affected by legislative or administrative decisions. Thus, a survey was conducted in the Tundayme Parish to learn about the reality experienced by its inhabitants, who unanimously agreed that the consultation contemplated in Article 57 paragraph 7 of the current Constitution should have been carried out prior to mining activities. Because their rights have been violated.