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- Title
Ñirihuau: Explotación de hidrocarburos y conflicto social en las inmediaciones de Bariloche (Patagonia, Argentina).
- Authors
Galafassi, Guido; Pérez Roig, Diego
- Abstract
In 2008 the Government of the Province of Río Negro (Patagonia, Argentina) bade and awarded the area Ñirihuau to a joint venture between YPF and Pluspetrol, for exploration and possible exploitation of hydrocarbons. The initiative gave rise to an important process of social protests, due to the proximity of this block with Nahuel Huapi National Park, and the fact that it was located within the Andean Northpatagonic Biosphere Reserve. Also, several economic activities which are incompatible with the project take place in the area, which comprises ancestral territories claimed by indigenous communities as well. In this case study we will analyze the design and the implementation of this public policy, focusing in the peculiar characteristics of Ñirihuau area, and the questioning and the strategies followed by those who opposed to the concession. In the end, we will put this analysis in context, and we will relate it with the state of the argentine hydrocarbon industry.
- Subjects
RIO Negro (Argentina); PARQUE Nacional Nahuel Huapi (Argentina); ARGENTINA; YPF SA; PLUSPETROL SA; HYDROCARBON reservoirs; PUBLIC demonstrations; PROVINCIAL governments; SOCIAL conflict
- Publication
Territorios: Revista de Estudios Regionales y Urbanos, 2014, Vol 0, p147
- ISSN
0123-8418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12804/territ30.2014.07