Extractivism
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Extractivism is the removal of natural resources particularly for export with minimal processing. This economic model is common throughout the Global South and the Arctic region, but also happens in some sacrifice zones in the Global North in European extractivism. The concept was coined in Portuguese as "extractivismo" in 1996 to describe the for-profit exploitation of forest resources in Brazil.
Example of extractivism: open-pit mining in Russia
Example of European extractivism: a quarry in the Apuan Alps, Italy. No Cav is an anti-extractivism movement fighting against this activity
Devastation of the jungle by Moritz Rugendas, 1820 (Brazilian Romantic painting)
Example of mass extraction of trees for lumber, resulting in deforestation
Nicolás Eyzaguirre
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Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán is a Chilean economist, and the former Minister of Education of his country.
