Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola

The Sixaola River basin is shared by Costa Rica and Panama. On the Caribbean side of the Central American Isthmus, it has been considered by cooperation organisms and non-governmental organizations as a privileged space for environmental cooperation for the past 20 years. This basin in fact concentr...

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Main Author: Tania Rodriguez
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Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2012-04-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5747
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description The Sixaola River basin is shared by Costa Rica and Panama. On the Caribbean side of the Central American Isthmus, it has been considered by cooperation organisms and non-governmental organizations as a privileged space for environmental cooperation for the past 20 years. This basin in fact concentrates an important amount of natural and cultural heritage that is endemic to this side of the Caribbean. At the same time, one can observe increasing social vulnerability and environmental degradation related to the presence of the poorest communities of both Panama and Costa Rica within the basin, and to polluting activities (monoculture, tourism, etc.) carried out around it.This article analyzes how this space is the locus of State integration mechanisms and other initiatives, at the same time that it harbors international organism and non-governmental cooperation programs. These latter projects claim to increase trans-border cooperation for conservation and environmental management.But their role is increasingly being contested by local stakeholders, who more and more claim that these “transnational” organisms displace States and impose projects that do not take into account local realities and needs, while developing “hegemonic” discourses on integrated management of trans-border basins and climate change, among other issues.
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spelling doaj-art-cacf446c6bf94faa96396f6665f937a72024-12-09T13:17:33ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X2012-04-012110.4000/etudescaribeennes.5747Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve SixaolaTania RodriguezThe Sixaola River basin is shared by Costa Rica and Panama. On the Caribbean side of the Central American Isthmus, it has been considered by cooperation organisms and non-governmental organizations as a privileged space for environmental cooperation for the past 20 years. This basin in fact concentrates an important amount of natural and cultural heritage that is endemic to this side of the Caribbean. At the same time, one can observe increasing social vulnerability and environmental degradation related to the presence of the poorest communities of both Panama and Costa Rica within the basin, and to polluting activities (monoculture, tourism, etc.) carried out around it.This article analyzes how this space is the locus of State integration mechanisms and other initiatives, at the same time that it harbors international organism and non-governmental cooperation programs. These latter projects claim to increase trans-border cooperation for conservation and environmental management.But their role is increasingly being contested by local stakeholders, who more and more claim that these “transnational” organisms displace States and impose projects that do not take into account local realities and needs, while developing “hegemonic” discourses on integrated management of trans-border basins and climate change, among other issues.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5747governancebasintrans-border cooperationborder
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Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola
Études Caribéennes
governance
basin
trans-border cooperation
border
title Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola
title_full Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola
title_fullStr Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola
title_full_unstemmed Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola
title_short Dynamiques de coopération transfrontalière sur la façade caraïbe du Costa Rica et du Panama : le cas du bassin du fleuve Sixaola
title_sort dynamiques de cooperation transfrontaliere sur la facade caraibe du costa rica et du panama le cas du bassin du fleuve sixaola
topic governance
basin
trans-border cooperation
border
url https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5747
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