Answering the right questions. Addressing biodiversity conservation in post-conflict Colombia

Rodríguez, Andrea Catalina Torres; Binda, Edoardo; Quintero, José Manuel Ochoa; García, Hernando; Gómez, Bibiana; Soto, Carolina A.; Martínez, Sindy; Clerici, Nicola

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2019.11.012

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“…Despite positive outcomes in some post-conflict territories, rural communities still face several challenges for environmental peacebuilding. Poor government commitment to implement the Peace Agreement and weak state presence and enforcement of environmental polices have resulted in increased deforestation rates, homicides, threats against social-environmental leaders, and pose unique socio-politic challenges for biodiversity conservation and management across many regions (Clerici et al, 2020;Graser et al, 2020;Negret et al, 2019;Prem et al, 2020). At a regional level, integrated management of natural resources between the civil society, international corporations, and national environmental agencies is urgently needed to implement initiatives that contribute to sustainable peace including the adoption of sustainable rural development and the empowerment of local communities (Graser et al, 2020;Torres Rodríguez et al, 2020).…”

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“…For instance, in Colombia, many protected areas had been found ineffective preventing forest loss (Negret et al, 2020). Moreover deforestation in protected areas and surrounding buffer areas increased after the Peace Agreement due, in part, to historical financial and operational weakness of the national government to enforce effective protection of public conservation areas (Clerici et al, 2020). The diversity of management strategies within the Colombian National Protected Areas System offers an opportunity for conservation planning across diverse landscapes.…”

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Habitat protection and restoration: win-win opportunities for migratory birds in the Northern Andes

González

Espejo

Armenteras

et al. 2022

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Identifying strategies that offer co-benefits for biodiversity protection, forest restoration and human well-being are important for successful conservation outcomes. In this study, we identified opportunities where forest restoration and rehabilitation programs in Colombia also align with priority areas for the conservation of Neotropical migratory birds. We used citizen science eBird-based abundance estimates to define regions with the highest richness of Neotropical migratory birds of conservation concern at montane elevations in Colombia and aligned these high richness areas with domestic initiatives for forest protection (Forest Areas), restoration (Restoration Areas) and rehabilitation (Rehabilitation Areas). We quantified the location and amounts of these three areas as well as the type of land protection and designation within them, specifically, National Protected Areas, Indigenous Reserves, Afro-descendent territories, and regions affected by poverty and violence that are prioritized for rural development by the Colombian government in Post-conflict Territorially Focused Development Programs (PDET). Almost half of Forest Areas overlapped with PDETs where goals for economic development present a risk of forest loss if not done sustainably. There was a 20% overlap between Forest Areas and Afro-descendant territories and indigenous reserves; most of this overlap was outside of established protected areas thus presenting an opportunity for community forest conservation that benefits migratory birds. We found an alignment of less than 6% between migrant bird focal areas and the priority Restoration and Rehabilitation Planning Areas identified by the Colombian National Restoration Plan indicating less opportunity for these programs to simultaneously benefit Neotropical migrant species. Our approach highlights that timely and efficient conservation of declining migrants depends on identifying the regions and strategies that incorporate local communities as part of the solution to forest loss and degradation in Colombia.HighlightsColombia covers over half of key wintering areas for migratory birds in South AmericaMost of the migrants’ overwinter range overlaps with working landscapesPriority national restoration/rehabilitation areas are ineffective to benefit migrantsForest conservation needs actions involving vulnerable and minority groups

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Habitat protection and restoration: win-win opportunities for migratory birds in the Northern Andes

González

Espejo

Armenteras

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“…This can have implications for how managers exercise their power agency is constrained by social-political contexts including landtenure conflicts, human displacement and ongoing deforestation in and around parks (Clerici et al, 2020;Rodríguez et al, 2020). et al, 2019).…”

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Using a futures orientation to enable adaptation of protected areas under climate change

Múnera‐Roldán,

Colloff,

van Kerkhoff

et al. 2023

People and Nature

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Protected areas are central for long‐term conservation of biodiversity and can potentially support climate change mitigation. But protected areas are also affected by climate change. Managers and scientists are increasingly facing the difficult task of making decisions under rapid change. Understanding individual and institutional futures considerations for adaptation is fundamental to evaluate whether protected area governance is adequate to anticipate, prepare and respond to climate change. Using mixed qualitative methods, we analysed adaptation narratives extracted from 51 semi‐structured interviews with conservation practitioners and scientists involved in protected area management in Australia, Colombia and South Africa. We applied a multidimensional model to examine how people make sense of the concept of adaptation. The model allowed us to evaluate how different actors perceive and conceptualise the future and their level of awareness of climate change impacts on values of protected areas, as reflected in the expectations and motivations behind adaptation actions. The results show a plurality of adaptation concepts and approaches. The narratives are framed under different governance approaches (top‐down, bottom‐up, participatory) influencing the sense of agency, the rationale for adaptation (adaptation of what and for whom) and the level of acceptance of change. Action time is associated with preferences and actions in response to ecological change, with more proactive action linked with systemic approaches. We propose that examining world views underpinning how individuals and institutions make sense of the concept of adaptation can support future‐oriented conservation practices despite the inherent uncertainty of climate change. The narratives presented here may provide a basis to facilitate deliberations about current practices and identify potential contradictions between individual and collective aspirations for adaptation to create pathways for collective action towards desired futures. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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“…The armed conflict in Colombia asted a little more than half a century until 2016, when the peace agreement was signed between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [49][50][51]. The conflict was considered the longest lasting and most complex to manage in the Western hemisphere.…”

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Nature Tourism on the Colombian—Ecuadorian Amazonian Border: History, Current Situation, and Challenges

Mestanza-Ramón

Caballero

2021

Sustainability

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Global conflicts can severely affect a nation’s tourism activities. Tourism can also be seriously affected by health problems such as epidemics or pandemics. It is important to establish strategies to be prepared for adverse situations. The objective of this study focused on analyzing nature tourism from a post-conflict and post-COVID-19 situation in the Amazonian border of Colombia (Department of Putumayo) and Ecuador (Province of Sucumbíos), which will contribute to establishing future strategic management scenarios. In order to respond to this objective, a systematic bibliographic review was carried out, accompanied by fieldwork (interviews). The results indicate that in the face of adverse situations, the tourism industry has the capacity to be resilient. The success of its recovery will be directly proportional to its capacity to create policies and strategies that allow it to take advantage of natural resources and turn them into an opportunity for the socioeconomic development of its population.

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Answering the right questions. Addressing biodiversity conservation in post-conflict Colombia

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Habitat protection and restoration: win-win opportunities for migratory birds in the Northern Andes

Habitat protection and restoration: win-win opportunities for migratory birds in the Northern Andes

Using a futures orientation to enable adaptation of protected areas under climate change

Nature Tourism on the Colombian—Ecuadorian Amazonian Border: History, Current Situation, and Challenges

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