Defending the sea: Indigenous people in the Chilean coastal community of Mehuin are fighting against corruption, private property and corporate interests

Viguera, Eliab (2011) Defending the sea: Indigenous people in the Chilean coastal community of Mehuin are fighting against corruption, private property and corporate interests. Samudra Report (59). pp. 46-49. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Mehuin, a coastal fishing port and resort town in southern Chile, is located at the mouth of Lingue river in the the province of Valdivia of the Los Rios Region. The territory is shared between Chilean inhabitants and the Mapuche Lafkenche community. Local people partly live off fisheries activities of extraction and cultivation of molluscs, and harvesting seaweed. Subsistence agriculture, barter with other indigenous territories and communities, and tourism are the other main livelihood activities carried out by most of the Mapuch Lafenche people.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0772
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Chile, Indigenous Communities, Access Rights, Property Rights, Coastal Communities
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 11:23
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 07:43
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1829

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