Getting our sea back : Indigenous governance and biocultural conservation of coastal and marine commons
Carrasco-Bahamonde, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
Casellas, Antònia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
Araos, Francisco (Universidad de Chile)

Data:	2025
Resum:	The Indigenous management of the commons has been the subject of considerable interest by the scientific community in recent decades. One area of growing interest is the study of how these groups organise and act to confront external development initiatives that threaten their livelihoods and the ecosystems that sustain them. This article examines the challenges and opportunities created by a law in Chile that establishes Indigenous Marine Areas, which allows Indigenous peoples to manage marine and coastal areas to protect their customary uses. Integrating insights from critical geography and political ecology on commons governance, Indigenous resurgence, and local social-ecological well-being, this study aims to advance understanding of how Indigenous peoples respond to the socio-ecological impacts of aquaculture in southern Chile under the new law. The analysis focuses on the changes in the access and use of coastal marine space and resources. The findings illustrate that establishing these Indigenous Marine Areas fosters alternative models of territorial development and marine conservation, thereby contributing to local socio-ecological well-being. Despite the socio-territorial intricacy of these processes and the opposition from global industries such as salmon aquaculture, the study concluded that the law has the potential to significantly broaden the range of actors, knowledge, and practices involved in the governance of coastal and marine commons, thereby promoting equity in access to and management of marine spaces and resources.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Nota:	This research was funded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) / Scholarship Program / Doctorado BECAS CHILE 2020 - 72210281. It was also supported by ANID/FONDECYT Project N. 1220430 and the Solidarity Fund of the Fundacio ' Autonoma Solidaria (E2021-2022) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	ECMPO ; Coastal governance ; Marine conservation ; Indigenous resurgence ; Blue justice ; Aquaculture ; Chilo'e archipelago ; Chile
Publicat a:	Marine policy, Núm. 178 (2025) , art 106705, ISSN 1872-9460

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106705

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