Essays about: "Post-conflict Colombia"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the words Post-conflict Colombia.

  1. 11. How to sow peace? : a value chain approach for environmental peacebuilding in Sierra de la Macarena National Park, Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kathrin Sybille Hegger; [2020]
    Keywords : environmental peacebuilding; systems theory; post-conflict; value chain approach; deforestation; non-timber forest products; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecological rehabilitation projects - as a form of reforestation interventions - are increasing worldwide and present an opportunity for climate change mitigation and supporting local livelihoods. Implemented in post-conflict situations, they are increasingly promoted as solutions for peace. READ MORE

  3. 12. “Development is the new Peace”: A case study on Pastoral Social Pasto’s role as a local actor in the peacebuilding process in the Colombian region of Nariño

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Tanja Enseroth; [2019-06-14]
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    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyze the role of Pastoral Social Pasto as a case of a local actor within the peacebuilding process in the Colombian region Nariño. Colombia suffered from an internal armed conflict that endured over five decades. READ MORE

  4. 13. Resilience from within or without? : An ethnographic study of resilience mechanisms in southern Colombia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Amanda Amigues; [2019]
    Keywords : Resilience; recovery processes; peacebuilding; post-conflict; post-disaster reconstruction; Colombia;

    Abstract : The emergence of resilience in the peacebuilding field shows an important change of paradigm and turn to the local context. So far few ethnographic research has been done to understand how resilience works locally and what are the mechanisms helping individuals to cope and recover from a crisis. READ MORE

  5. 14. Peace in the peaks? Changes in water and land distribution in Colombia’s southern highlands during the Post-Peace Agreement phase

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Laura Betancur Alarcón; [2019]
    Keywords : Colombia; highlands; peace agreement; armed conflict; water; political ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Governance of environmental resources plays a key role in enhancing or hindering progress towards peace in post-conflict societies. Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia, new dynamics on natural resource and land-use are leading to environmental harm in some regions. READ MORE

  6. 15. Disarming without Demobilizing? : A Case Study of Young Ex-combatants’ Role in the Colombian Peace Process

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Rådström; [2019]
    Keywords : Demobilization; Disarmament; Reintegration; FARC; Colombia; Youth; UNSCR 2250;

    Abstract : In recent years, the views on youth in post-conflict societies has started to move away from stereotypes of youth acting predominantly as perpetrators of violence, towards a perspective underlining their positive participation in peace building. This study further challenges stereotypes of young peoples’ negative impact in post-conflict scenarios and aims to shed light on young ex-combatants’ role in peacebuilding while transitioning into civilian life. READ MORE