Luis Soczka*
O objectivo deste trabalho é estudar as condições ecológicas da violência que subjaz a conflitos entre grupos étnicos ou políticos, cujo pano de fundo é o acesso e o controlo de recursos escassos. O artigo pretende também traçar os caminhos da luta por esses recursos escassos mas vitais, luta essa que catalisa de forma determinada as formas de violência colectiva. O conceito de «ecoviolência», desenvolvido por Thomas Homer-Dixon, é aqui usado quer no sentido da violência gerada pela busca de controlo desses recursos naturais valiosos, quer das respostas violentas daí consequentes.
Palavras-chave: ecoviolência; recursos; conflito.
The objective of this research project is to study the ecological context of the violence which underlies conflicts between political or ethnic groups where the background involves access to and control over scarce resources. The article also seeks to outline the pathways in the struggle for those scarce but vital resources, a struggle which is the crucial catalyst for forms of collective violence. The concept of «ecoviolence», developed by Thomas Homer-Dixon, is used here both in the sense of the violence generated by the search for control over those valuable natural resources, and in the sense of the corresponding violent responses to it.
Keywords: ecoviolence; resources; conflict.
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