Biocoloniality and Ecogenoethnocide in Buenaventura By Yilson J. Beltrán-Barrera From a new method that I define as hermeneutic of relational ontologies, I analyze the effects of ecocide, genocide and ethnocide (ecogenoetnocides) practices on the black communities of the Community Council of the Upper and Middle Part of the River Dagua Basin (rural area of Buenaventura-Colombia). This method allows us to observe the historical transformation th...

El monitoreo participativo de la pérdida de la biodiversidad en Colombia: Alternativas para entender y resolver conflictos ambientales (COLPAMON)

En el año 2020 se dio inicio al proyecto de investigación “Monitoreo participativo de la pérdida de la biodiversidad en Colombia: alternativas para entender y resolver conflictos ambientales (ColPaMon)” desarrollado en conjunto entre el ZEF de la Universidad de Bonn, el IDEA de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LAI) de la Universidad Libre de Berlín y financiado por Minciencias y el Ministerio Federal de Educ...

Panel discussion: “From tax reform to criminalization of protests: national and territorial perspectives in Colombia.”

In three weeks of protests in Colombia, the NGO Temblores registered at least 43 cases of homicide committed by the Public Forces, in addition to 1,139 arbitrary detentions and 18 cases of sexual violence. In this discussion panel, we will reflect about the criminalization of protests in the country, as well as about the spark that started the demonstrations: the tax reform. The discussion will also include a territorial perspective, from the southwest of...

Becas para estancias de investigación (2021)

Becas para estancias de investigación dentro del Programa de Apoyo a la Formación Doctoral (PAFD) (DSSP, por sus siglas en inglés) con el apoyo financiero del Servicio de Intercambio Académico Alemán -DAAD y el Ministerio Federal de Cooperación Económico y de Desarrollo de Alemania. ORGANISMO OFERENTE DAAD – BILATERAL SDG GRADUATE SCHOOLS  FECHA DE CIERRE Junio 11 de 2021 OBJETIVO DE LA CONVOCATORIA La presente convoc...

Convocatoria: Beca de postdoctorado para estancia de investigación dentro del Programa de Apoyo a la Formación Doctoral (PAFD)

(DSSP, por sus siglas en inglés) con el apoyo financiero del Servicio de Intercambio Académico (DAAD) y el Ministerio Federal de Cooperación Económico y Desarrollo de Alemania. ORGANISMO OFERENTE DAAD – BILATERAL SDG GRADUATE SCHOOLS  FECHA DE CIERRE Marzo 20 de 2022 OBJETIVO DE LA CONVOCATORIA La presente convocatoria busca brindar apoyo a un (1) investigador postdoctoral de Latinoamérica para realizar una estancia de investigación...
Analysis of the distribution of ecosystem services in a watershed through coupled hydro-economic and hydro-economic modeling - David Zamora Decision making around water in most countries continues to view this resource as unlimited and to consider in isolation the transformations of matter into energy, derived from ecosystem services. In fact, they only manage the externalities or impacts generated by these services in monetary terms, which are in...

Extractivismo, derechos territoriales y alternativas: reflexiones en el contexto latinoamericano y sobre el pos-acuerdo de paz en Colombia

Contenido Editorial Editorial Alejandro Mora-Motta, Arley Garcia, Javier Toro-CalderónPDF Programa bilateral de Apoyo a la Formación Doctoral (PAFD) hacia los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Center of Development R...

Web-based seminars on natural resource management and peacebuilding is online

In June 2020, ZALF working group SusLand (Löhr/Lozano/Morales) in collaboration with Center for Development Research (ZEF) – University of Bonn (UoB) organized an online seminar series on «Environmental and Peacebuilding Practices in Conflict-Affected Scenarios». Main question was how natural resource management can enhance sustainability and peace. The seminars included a presentation of ScalA-PB, as ex-ante-tool to assess agricultural interventions...

Web-based seminars on Environmental and Peacebuilding Practices in Conflict-Affected Scenarios

ZALF together with Center for Development Research (ZEF - University of Bonn) organizes four web-based seminars on ‘Environmental and Peacebuilding Practices in Conflict-Affected Scenarios: Concepts and Tools for Assessment’ in June 2020. It is possible to participate in selected or all four seminars. To register, please contact camilo.lozano@zalf.de Seminar 1: Sustainability impact assessment: Introducing ScalA-Peaceb...

Beyond the curfew: COVID-19’s impact on Colombia

Authors: Eva Youkhana, Emilia Schmidt, Alejandro Mora-Motta. All authors are researchers at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) of the University of Bonn. Slowly but definitely, we are familiarizing with the measures taken by the German government to embank the COVID-19 pandemic. Home office, home schooling, home gym and home cooking while observing one of the most beautiful spring onsets since long – from inside our comfortable homes, i...