Análisis espacial de la conflictividad territorial minera y como la degradación del Instituto Geográfico Nacional la ha potenciado a 60 años de su creación (1958-2018)

Abstract

In 2016, the University Observatory of Territorial Organization (OUOT) of the UNAH, with the economic support of OXFAM, technology from Clark University and information from the Honduran Institute of Geology and Mines (INHGEOMIN), carried out a geographical study to determine the current and prospective impact of the mining sector in Honduras, in addition to its territorial conflict in relation to other livelihoods, renewable natural resources and communties.

During this study, it was discovered that the degradation of the National Geo- graphic Institute (IGN) has been one of the causes of the negative impacts of mining in the country, since the operational and technological capacity of the managing body of the geodetic network is degraded. national cartographic, and that is also the one that capacitates, standardizes, supervises and publishes all the geographic information of the country, national institutions managing our natural resources fall into technical errors that generate several territorial conflicts, such has been the case national mining authority and other related entities.