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Environmental issues such as the progressive loss of biodiversity on a global scale and climate change cannot be separated from other territorial problems caused by social injustice, economic inequality, access to natural resources, gender violence and the fight for human and nature’s rights. The evaluation of biodiversity management strategies must by necessity draw on a retrospective look at the interpretation of the problem and the conceptual approach of the general territorial management policies in which they are framed. From a critical view, these approaches have different nuances depending on the historical journey, theories and main actors involved with territorial policies in different regions of the world. In this work, we apply qualitative content analysis to contrast the key concepts on which the main European territorial policies of recent decades have been based with the main guidelines of the emerging Latin American territorial perspectives. Thus, we seek to initiate a dialogue between the northern hemisphere’s globally hegemonic notions of nature, territory, biodiversity and its management and new theories and proposals from the South, whilst simultaneously contrasting both with the content of the latest Convention on Biological Biodiversity Strategic Plan 2011–2020. We conclude with some recommendations aimed at building bridges and contributing to the construction of future global conservation strategies from a critical and territorial perspective that tends towards integrating sustainability with social and environmental justice. National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) 003449/15 Junta de Andalucía 2019/HUM-396

Desde nuestras trayectorias y reflexiones, escribimos sobre los aportes, desde los movimientos sociales, ambientales y de mujeres, hasta las geografías feministas, las ecologías políticas feministas y la geografía feminista descolonial antirracista. Asimismo, planteamos los siguientes ejes analíticos: territorios y territorialidades diversas; naturalezas, ambientalismos y los no humanos; y cuerpos-territorios, como núcleos que están resignificando las geografías feministas. Y abordamos los retos que implica resignificar las categorías binarias y nociones territoriales. De igual manera, resaltamos las ausencias de ciertos debates, como el del racismo estructural. Todo con miras a establecer diálogos con otras geografías de distintos hemisferios y localizaciones frente a las transformaciones territoriales y ambientales irreversibles de los territorios en América Latina, y frente a la necesidad de cuestionar la relación con la blanquitud en el espacio, y la territorialización de los procesos de creación feminista. Des de les nostres trajectòries i reflexions, escrivim sobre les aportacions, des dels moviments socials, ambientals i de dones, fins a les geografies feministes, les ecologies polítiques feministes i la geografia feminista descolonial antiracista. Així mateix, plantegem els eixos analítics següents: territoris i territorialitats diverses; naturaleses, ambientalismes i els no humans; i cossos-territoris, com a nuclis que estan resignificant les geografies feministes. I abordem els reptes que implica resignificar les categories binàries i nocions territorials. De la mateixa manera, ressaltem les absències de certs debats, com el del racisme estructural. Tot amb el propòsit d'establir diàlegs amb altres geografies de diferents hemisferis i localitzacions davant de les transformacions territorials i ambientals irreversibles dels territoris a Amèrica Llatina, i de la necessitat de qüestionar la relació amb la blanquitud a l'espai i la territorialització dels processos de creació feminista. This article is written based on our own paths and the contributions made, from social, environmental, and women's movements, to feminist geographies, feminist political ecology, and anti-racist decolonial feminist geography. Similarly, we propose the following analytical lenses: diverse territories and territorialities; nature(s), environmentalism(s), and non-humans; as well as body-territories, as the theoretical premises that are redefining feminist geographies. In this text, we consider the challenges that involve re-signifying binary categories and territories while noting the lack of certain debates such as structural racism. We want to establish dialogues with other geographies from different hemispheres and locations in the face of the irreversible territorial and environmental transformations in Latin America, and in the face of the need to question the relationship of the whiteness of space, and feminist constructions of territories.

El artículo analiza los efectos de la minería en los territorios y en los modos de vida de pobladores locales, al igual que la violencia que genera tanto hacia hombres como mujeres. Asimismo, las respuestas y propuestas de movimientos liderados por mujeres, quienes demandan el derecho a la vida, la autonomía y el control territorial. La autora denomina feminismos territoriales a algunas de estas dinámicas políticas, centradas en la circulación y defensa de la vida, el cuerpo, el territorio y la naturaleza, y en la crítica a los procesos de desarrollo capitalista y extractivista. O artigo analisa os efeitos da mineração sobre os territórios e as formas de vida dos povoadores locais, assim como a violência que aquela gera tanto para homens como para mulheres. Igualmente analisa as respostas y propostas de movimentos liderados por mulheres, que exigem o direito á vida, á autonomia, e ao controle territorial. A autora chama de feminismos territoriais algumas dessas dinâmicas políticas, enfocadas na circulação e defesa da vida, do corpo, do território e da natureza, e na crítica aos processos de desenvolvimento capitalista e extrativista. This article analyzes the effects of mining on territories and lifestyles of local inhabitants, as well as the violence it creates in both men and women. Likewise, it analyzes the responses and initiatives of social movements led by women who make demands concerning the right to life, autonomy and territorial control. The author refers to these political dynamics known as territorial feminisms which are centered on the circulation and defense of life, the body, territories and the natural world, as well as the critique of the capitalist and extractivist processes of capitalist development.