Colombia
In this interview, the conflict in Colombia is discussed in relation to spiriual and religious values. Photographs illustrate the article, taken by a photographer - Jesús Colorado, whose photography reveals his commitment to portraying the war in Colombia and its horrors from the perspective of victims, thereby contradicting the reality that the first victim of war is...
While much research on forest partnerships hitherto has been focused mainly on the drivers behind their formation, the kind of actors and deals involved, and the factors that promote or hinder their success, much less attention has been paid to the dynamic relationships and processes inherent in these partnerships. Based on the study of a partnership process in an indigenous reservation in...
<div align="justify">The 1985 eruption of the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz was a wake-up call to understand and comunicate the risk of natural disasters in Colombia and other mountainous countries. The eruption and subsequent lahar caused more than 20,000 lives to be lost. The geographical and historical contexts, socioeconomic and environmental effects and painful lessons...
The government of Colombia has taken a leadership role in facilitating research in high mountain ecosystems to provide a scientific base for understanding climate change and land use impacts on water and carbon cycles. With support from the World Bank and GEF, the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) has undertaken a national pilot...
During 2006, InfoAndina led a meeting of the Andean Initiative (AI) of the Mountain Partnership (MP) held in Lima. This meeting was attended by representatives from the Initiative’s member countries, as well as from the Main Groups. The meeting was jointly called by InfoAndina and the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Department, with the financial support of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat...
Les accords de libre-échange conclus entre les Etats-Unis et le Pérou, la Colombie, ainsi que l’accord possible avec l’Equateur, ont été négociés avec la promesse de formidables opportunités d’accès au marché le plus riche du monde. Mais en réalité, ces accords vont avoir un impact dévastateur...
Los tratados de libre comercio de Estados Unidos con Perú y Colombia, así como el proyectado con Ecuador se han negociado bajo las promesas de oportunidades en el mercado más rico del mundo, pero tendrán graves impactos en los medios de vida de las y los pequeños agricultores, en la salud pública y en la regulación de las inversiones que protege...
US free trade agreements with Peru and Colombia, as well as the possible agreement with Ecuador, were negotiated under the promise of great opportunities in the world’s richest market, but the truth is that these agreements will have a devastating impact on the livelihoods of small farmers, public health, and the regulation of investment to protect the public interest. Furthermore, they...
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