Chilean environmental policy and indigenous politics at the juncture of international treaties (1990-2010)

Abstract

Indigenous and environmental policy is analyzed during the period 1990-2010, during the governments of the Concertación, those international treaties relating to the environment which may have direct incidence on the natural resources in huilliche territory. The conclusion is that public environmental policy, due to its reactive nature, in the context of global markets, has been overcome by a hegemony of power amongs transnationals which invest in forestry, mining and agro commodities, all of which are sheltered by weak environmental legislation and an obsequious political discourse.