AMBIENTE, PETRÓLEO Y VULNERABILIDAD POLÍTICA EN EL ORIENTE ECUATORIANO: ¿HACIA NUEVAS FORMAS DE GOBERNANZA ENERGÉTICA?/Environment, oil and political vulnerability in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Towards new forms of energy governance?

This study proposes a historical analysis of oil exploitation governance in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region, regarding its strong social and environmental impacts from the 1960's until today. The authors have identify three steps in the evolution of governance, leading up to the recent institutionalization of the regulation of impacts caused by oil-related activities, through centralized public policies. The relevance, feasibility and efficiency of these policies, as well as the role of decentralized governments regarding this regulation, are key factors in the evolution of social vulnerability, to the impacts of oil-related activities.