Conflictos socioambientales en torno al turismo del tiburón ballena en la Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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2022
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Universidad de Barcelona
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Gómez Pech, Enrique Humberto, Ana García Silberman, y Sara Barrasa García. «Conflictos socioambientales en torno al turismo del tiburón ballena en la Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur, México». Scripta Nova. Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales 26, n.o 2 (1 de julio de 2022). https://doi.org/10.1344/sn2022.26.38368.
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Desde el marco de la ecología política se analizan conflictos socioambientales producidos por el desarrollo del mercado turístico de avistamiento y nado con el tiburón ballena en la Bahía de La Paz. Se trata de entender un proceso de despojo legitimado dentro de un marco legal que beneficia a ciertos actores y vulnera a otros, así como analizar los mecanismos de resistencia oculta de pescadores ribereños frente a este proceso. La existencia de un plan de manejo vigente ha sido un detonante que legitima el despojo por la restricción de acceso a un espacio de uso común, afectando la pesca ribereña y al esparcimiento de habitantes locales; y lejos de ayudar a mejorar las condiciones ecológicas y de conservación del tiburón, este ha sido un instrumento que beneficia al sector turístico al construir un espacio exclusivo para su efectiva operación, a costa de impactos negativos directos hacia esta especie.
From a political ecology perspective, we analyze socio-environmental conflicts produced by the development of the tourist market of whale shark watching and swimming in the bay of La Paz. The aim is to understand a process of dispossession legitimized within a legal framework that benefits certain actors at the expense ofothers; and how a hidden resistance of coastal fishermen is produced as an immediate reaction to this process. The existence of an in-force management plan has been a trigger that legitimizes dispossession by restricting access to a common use space, affecting coastal fishing and the recreation of local inhabitants; and far from helping to improve the ecological and conservation conditions of sharks, this has been an instrument that benefits the tourism sector by building an exclusive space for its effective operation, withdirect negative impacts on this species.
From a political ecology perspective, we analyze socio-environmental conflicts produced by the development of the tourist market of whale shark watching and swimming in the bay of La Paz. The aim is to understand a process of dispossession legitimized within a legal framework that benefits certain actors at the expense ofothers; and how a hidden resistance of coastal fishermen is produced as an immediate reaction to this process. The existence of an in-force management plan has been a trigger that legitimizes dispossession by restricting access to a common use space, affecting coastal fishing and the recreation of local inhabitants; and far from helping to improve the ecological and conservation conditions of sharks, this has been an instrument that benefits the tourism sector by building an exclusive space for its effective operation, withdirect negative impacts on this species.