El legado ecológico de ‘El Libertador’

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The Independence Bicentennial Celebration has revived the discussion around the validity of Bolivar`s thoughts. It has been pointed out that his ideology included an “ecological thought” which should be put into consideration nowadays. Others, however, criticize his haughty anthropocentrism when referring in an arrogant way to nature issues. Could “the Liberator” tell us something about the environmental crisis the planet faces today? The subject of this text is to value such legacy. In order to do this, the decrees and resolutions related with the conservation of fauna and flora, promotion of agriculture, and land distribution, among others, have been examined. From them it has been concluded that Bolivar is neither a conservationist, nor an environmentalist or an anti-ecologist as many have argued. His political, social and environmental ideology is located in a wide stream of Political Ecology which questions unequal ecological exchange between the metropolis and the countries in the South, the rich and the poor, the multinationals and the local producers. An environmentalism of equity and justice where harmony among human beings and between them and other beings in nature and the planet must prevail.

Keywords:

historia ambiental

legado ecológico

pensamiento ambiental

ecología política

Bolívar

environmental history

ecological legacy

environmental thought

political ecology

Bolívar

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