Extractivismo forestal, centralismo neoliberal y Pobreza Estructural del Itata (Chile)

Abstract

The poorest province of Chile coincides with the forest monoculture which dominates two thirds of the territory, predominant in the extractivism of the south-central zone of Chile, impoverished by the combination of monocultuve, neoliberalism with low taxation, centralism without power or territorial planning, low industrialization and the absence of structural convergence funds, which prevents endogenous development. The Angelini Group was left with the cellulose privatized by Pinochet, which expands around the world in a case of transnationalization by dispossession. The solution to this structural poverty is a mix of limiting extractivism, high local taxation to diversify the economy, substantive decentralization and a sustainable approach.