Involving victim population in environmentally sustainable strategies: An analysis for post-conflict Colombia
| Autor: | Eliana Martínez-Mera, Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo, Paola Arias-Arévalo, Juan Carlos Granobles-Torres, Andres Suarez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Economic growth Retributive justice Environmental Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Refugee Population Conservation Agriculture Colombia Environment 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Political science Humans Environmental Chemistry Post-Conflict Countries education Waste Management and Disposal Socioeconomic status 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Valuation (finance) Ecosystem Services Valuation Refugees education.field_of_study Victim Population Displaced person Land Recovery Strategies Pollution Environmental Policy Caribbean Region Sustainability Willingness To Donate Time Relocation |
| Zdroj: | REDICUC-Repositorio CUC Corporación Universidad de la Costa instacron:Corporación Universidad de la Costa |
| ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
| Popis: | Environmental objectives tend to receive a push to the background in post-conflict scenarios. On the other hand, the processes displacement and refugee's relocation in post-conflict countries have been associated with different environmental impacts. Currently, Colombia faces a post-conflict scenario, which brings about relevant socio-environmental challenges: it is a mega-biodiverse country, it has millions of displaced people and is one of the most inequitable country in the world. Since there is a gap in post-conflict studies regarding the exploration of victims' involvement in environmental strategies, this paper aims to analyze victims' willingness to participate (WP) in Land Recovery Strategies (LRS) in post-conflict Colombia. This research (1) describes the socio-economic characteristics of forced-displacement victims from a Caribbean municipality of Colombia; (2) analyzes the victims' WP in hypothetical LRS and their preferred type of participation in the project, (3) identifies the way of grouping victims according their WP. Finally, (4) it analyzes the kind of benefits victims would prefer to receive in exchange for their participation in the LRS. Our results made evident that the majority of the consulted victims are willing to participate in LRS by giving up manual work time or in exchange of local ecological knowledge. We also found that the victims' participation in LRS associates to the age of the respondents, and whether they have benefited from government programs previously. Victims would prefer monetary retribution in exchange for their involvement in LRS, which may be explained by their vulnerable socioeconomic conditions. This research also demonstrates that victims with positive WP in LRS are a heterogeneous group. We highlight the need of actively involving women in LRS and other post-conflict projects in order to ensure their wellbeing. The results of this research are valuable, because they put forward the population of victims as an active performer within environmental sustainability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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