@misc{RodriguezMansilla, author = {Rodr{\´i}guez Mansilla, Francesc Gabriel}, title = {Not without the otters: multi-species coalition against hydro-extractivism and in defense of life in common in southwestern Costa Rica}, series = {Ecologia Pol{\´i}tica}, volume = {63}, journal = {Ecologia Pol{\´i}tica}, issn = {1130-6378}, pages = {65 -- 69}, abstract = {For the past two decades, dozens of rivers in Costa Rica have been threatened by the plans of hydroelectric developers to build private run-of-the-river dams. Local communities adjacent to the rivers located between the Talamanca Mountain range and the Pacific Ocean stopped this attempt at hydroextractive expansion after a years-long struggle against dams and in defense of life. Based on a multi-species ethnography, in this article I show how the otters that inhabit these rivers, are also protagonists of this struggle. To do so, I expose the multi-species coalition formed in these communities in response to the absence of otters in the Environmental Impact Assessment of the San Rafael hydroelectric project.}, language = {en} }