Camilo Altamar Giraldo, Master Student Universidad de Manizales and Mónica Amador, University of Bristol (Translation and comments: Juan Riaño and Naomi Millner) Environmental governance is a central element of socio-ecological resilience, so its study is essential to understand the dynamics that are used in the territories, especially in those ecosystems where the biophysical component is […]
Mónica Amador-Jiménez, University of Bristol According to Colombian scientists, there are approximately only 2500 individuals left of the endemic bird species Paujil, and the primary threats against the Blue-billed Curassow, as it is called in English, are deforestation and hunting. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature affirms that Crax Alberti, the scientific name […]
By: Juan Felipe Riaño Landazabal, Master Student Universidad Javeriana In 2019, daunting photos of a fire-consumed Amazon made the frontpage[1] on the world’s top newspapers[2]. The fires triggered global concerns about the deforestation rates of the Amazon rainforest, especially under Brazil’s far-right president Bolsonaro, who has publicly stated that the country’s protected areas are an obstacle […]
Mónica Amador-Jiménez, University of Bristol Travelling from Puerto Boyacá to the Serranía de las Quinchas Regional Park, about halfway to las Quinchas you arrive at a farm called “Triple G.” This farm, which looks like most other cattle and pasture farms in this region, is close to the Embera Cabildo, an indigenous settlement that […]
Mónica Amador-Jiménez, University of Bristol There is a current within environmental feminism theory and practice that suggests that women are more willing or even naturally sensitive to environmental problems since they have ethics of care that men do not have. This perspective within gender theory and feminism has been criticized for its essentialism; that there […]
by Mónica Amador-Jiménez On October 10th 2019 the BioResilience Project organized a roundtable on Women, Politics and Environment in the municipality of Puerto Boyacá. For the first time during the campaign period ahead of the departmental and local elections, the candidates standing for Mayor, the Municipal Council and the Departmental Assembly, as well as the leaders of […]
By Monica Amador, with Naomi Millner Parque Natural Regional Serrania de las Quinchas Corregimiento of Puerto Pinzón and Caserio La Arenosa – Puerto Boyacá-Boyacá Type of forest: Humid Tropical Lowland Forest Inhabitants: 450 children and adults (registered by the municipality) In 2006, the right-wing paramilitary bloc of Puerto Boyacá was demobilized. This […]
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