Tabasará Libre: A Case Study of Carbon Colonialism in Panama's Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project
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This thesis is a case study of carbon colonialism and examines how the environment and an indigenous community in Panama have been exploited by a "clean" development project. By examining this project as well as Panama's unique economic history and its modern day influences, the residual structures of colonialism are revealed. This case study shows that international emission reduction is not the only structure in which sustainability has been colonized, as Panama's own national policy promotes the exploitation of the environment and enables environmental injustice under the guise of sustainable development and indigenous rights.
Item Description
Name(s)
Author: Evans, Katharine Redmond
Thesis advisor: Chernoff, Barry
Date
April 15, 2015
Extent
77 pages
Language
eng
Genre
Physical Form
electronic
Discipline
Rights and Use
In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Digital Collection
PID
ir:67