Participatory management in Indigenous territories: Struggles over a protected area in the Chilean Andes
For more than a decade, the indigenous organization Consejo de Todas las Tierras has supported many Mapuche communities in the Araucania region of Chile in their land claims over protected areas they consider to be part of their traditional lands. This paper analyzes this process using a case study taken from the municipality of Lonquimay, where many Mapuche-Pehuenche communities have been working since 2006 to gain power over lands in the Alto Bío-Bío National Reserve through the establishment of a co-management agreement.