Lucía Gallardo Fierro
1. Subsecretaria de Investigación Científica SENESCYT
2. Docente de la Universidad SEK- Ecuador
2. Asesora Comisión Biodiversidad Asamblea Nacional (2016)
3. Asesora de la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores para temas ambientales (2007-2009)
4. Asesora Jurídica de la Subsecretaria de Protección Ambiental del Ministerio de Energía y Minas (Actual ministerio de Hidrocarburos) (2007)
5. Asesora Jurídica de la Corte Constitucional (2011-2012)
6. Asesora de Planificación Estratégica y Medio Ambiente de la Secretaria Ambiental del Municipio de Quito
7. Asesora Técnica: Programa Regional “Pro Indígena” GTZ (2009)
8. Representante de la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores en la Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT (2008)
9. Directora de Medio Ambiente (Acuerdo Ministerial No 0000316) (2007-2008)
10. Asesora Ambiental de la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores (Acuerdo Ministerial No 417 del 16 de octubre de 2007)
11. Consultora de Política Pública y Medio Ambiente.
Phone: 593 9 95773299
Address: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Edifici Cn - Campus UAB
08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola)
2. Docente de la Universidad SEK- Ecuador
2. Asesora Comisión Biodiversidad Asamblea Nacional (2016)
3. Asesora de la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores para temas ambientales (2007-2009)
4. Asesora Jurídica de la Subsecretaria de Protección Ambiental del Ministerio de Energía y Minas (Actual ministerio de Hidrocarburos) (2007)
5. Asesora Jurídica de la Corte Constitucional (2011-2012)
6. Asesora de Planificación Estratégica y Medio Ambiente de la Secretaria Ambiental del Municipio de Quito
7. Asesora Técnica: Programa Regional “Pro Indígena” GTZ (2009)
8. Representante de la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores en la Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT (2008)
9. Directora de Medio Ambiente (Acuerdo Ministerial No 0000316) (2007-2008)
10. Asesora Ambiental de la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores (Acuerdo Ministerial No 417 del 16 de octubre de 2007)
11. Consultora de Política Pública y Medio Ambiente.
Phone: 593 9 95773299
Address: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Edifici Cn - Campus UAB
08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola)
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development proposal based on the non-production of oil in Yasunı´ National Park in Ecuador, in exchange for
international compensation, eitherin the form of direct
payment or payment for environmental services. My aim is to investigate how the different actors understand this
compensation for non-production of oil in Ecuador, an oil
dependent country. Using a chronological review of the
Initiative and forty in-depth interviews with key players, I
critically engage the ‘environmental narrative’ around the
Initiative inspired by sumak kawsay -a philosophy of life
based on non-mercantilist values, known as ‘‘well living’’
in English or ‘‘buen vivir’’ in Spanish- and degrowth. In
this article I argue that understanding the Initiative as an
environmental matter and not as a problem of oil rent
dependency exemplifies the limits of sumak kawsay and
degrowth as proposals for an alternative to development. Results from Yasunı´ show that the Initiative ended up reproducing the fictions of nature valuation instead of delinking nature from the valuation process. By drawing on a critical political economic framework, this paper shows that categories such as ‘‘dependency’’ and ‘‘rent’’ are fundamental
in understanding the challenges of moving away
from extraction-based development in developing countries. In summary, failing to differentiate between payment for the non-production of oil and compensation from the environmental services, Yasunı´ was a´lost ‘opportunity fora bottom-up debate on what to produce and what not.
Keywords Sumak kawsay, Degrowth, Yasunı, Nature ,
Rent, Dependency non-production of oil