Mariano Fressoli
The tension between production and the environment or foreign currency versus sustainability is intense in Argentina. IDS Fellow Anabel Marín and STEPS Researcher Mariano Fressoli outline how two approaches to development – progressive economic development and progressive environmentalism – overlap in their interpretation and critique of what is happening. In their view, building an eco-social future requires narratives of hope in politics and technology, and more expectation in the actions of civil society than in those of the state.
In Argentina, the announcement of a possible agreement with China to set up industrial pig farms has rekindled a debate on development versus underdevelopment. This has been intensified in recent months by the uncontrolled outbreak of fires that have already devastated almost 900,000 hectares in 22 of the country’s 23 provinces, with the suspicion that many may have been deliberately started to clear land for fa