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As peace consolidates in Colombia, can biodiversity survive development? We discuss challenges and opportunities for integrating forest biodiversity conservation into developing, war-dilapidated economies of post-conflict regions, paving the way for a green economy and climate resilient society.
Es un producto del Instituto Humboldt de carácter divulgativo, que tiene como propósito informar al país sobre la situación de su biodiversidad continental, en aspectos relevantes para su gestión integral
http://reporte.humboldt.org.co/biodiversidad/2015/2015.html
The field of ecological restoration (ER) is now challenged by the need to
achieve recovery at large spatial scales. Such scaling up requires technological
expertise, inclusiveness and clarity of goals, and correct governance schemes
and monitoring protocols, which are often absent from ER projects in most
countries. We analyze the case of Colombia...
Key points • Under Colombian law, the sale of game to cover basic needs (e.g. housing, health, education) or to buy other food items is not allowed, since this is considered commercial hunting and does not fall under provisions allowing for subsistence bushmeat hunting. • Law 611 (2000) opened the path to legal commercial use of wildlife. In practi...
Lake Fúquene is the second largest high altitude lake in Colombia and it is very important for the survival and prosperity of the inhabitants of its catchment area. Additionally, Fúquene harbors endemic and threatened fauna and flora, and it is a key habitat for migratory bird species. This wetland supports fish stocks, provides water for human con...
Most countries in the Amazon have no clear policy frameworks to provide a legal path for sustainable wildlife management (SWM), including the commercial use of bushmeat. In Colombia, despite efforts to provide more local autonomy in the management of natural resources and the openness towards the sustainable use of wildlife since the 1970s, there a...
Para redireccionar el manejo de sistemas ecológicos y sociales en degradación, hacia trayectorias resilientes de cambio frente a las transformaciones ambientales, es necesario no solo el conocimiento de sus componentes, sino también entender las interacciones entre ellos, para de esta manera anticipar, con menos incertidumbre, su dinámica como resu...
The field of ecological restoration (ER) is now challenged by the need to achieve recovery at large spatial scales. Such scaling up requires technological expertise, inclusiveness and clarity of goals, and correct governance schemes and monitoring protocols, which are often absent from ER projects in most countries. We analyze the case of Colombia...
Bogotá, the capital of the Republic of Colombia, is a tropical highland city located 2,650 m above sea level. It is the 25th largest city in the world and, among large cities, is also one of the highest. In common with other cities in Latin America, a large part of its urban growth during recent centuries has been unplanned and informal. The introd...
Colombia's high Andean wetlands, which are particularly sensitive to climate change, are essential for the adaptation of many human communities to that phenomenon. An adaptive management of the wetlands, based on their nature and ecosystemic functionality, requires acknowledgement not only of the magnitude of climate threat, but also of the aspects...
The multi‐temporal and spatial scale interaction of history, geography, and evolution are responsible for Colombia's extreme diversity. This chapter first describe Colombia's biological complexity and its conservation context. Then, it presents some of the main challenges for conservation professionals, managers, and decision makers in their...
Los humedales altoandinos en Colombia son esenciales para la adaptación de muchas comunidades humanas al cambio climático y también particularmente sensibles a este fenómeno. Para la gestión adaptativa de los humedales, basada en su carácter y funcionalidadecosistémica, resulta insuficiente conocer solo la magnitud de la amenaza climática; también...
Lake Fúquene is the most important shallow water body of the tropical northern highland Andes. Five centuries of transformations has changed the natural climatic - pulsing lake - wetland system into a confl icting human-regulated lake and drainage - irrigation district. Management responses are directed toward correction of the consequences of ecol...
Biodiversidad y territorio. Innovación para la gestión adaptativa frente al cambio global,
como ejercicio de concreción de la nueva política colombiana de biodiversidad, pretende contribuir
a mejorar el entendimiento de nuestro país, para que la sociedad pueda abrazar el conocimiento de
su biodiversidad y, a través de este, mejorar la forma como vi...
Se presentan elementos conceptuales de la reflexión sobre estructura organizacional del Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, creado a partir del Convenio de Diversidad Biológica en la interfaz ciencia – política. Se presenta la evolución del concepto de diversidad biológica y temas inesperados que surgen en torn...
Using protected areas to conserve nature has, in recent decades, acquired significant importance in the international policymaking arena. Despite a solid legal base, protected areas in Colombia face various obstacles. The divergent narratives between the natural and social sciences underline these challenges: i) defining the object of conservation...
La conservación de la naturaleza a través de las áreas protegidas ha adquirido en las últimas décadas gran importancia en las políticas públicas internacionales. A pesar de los instrumentos jurídicos sólidos, la naturaleza protegida como decisión de la sociedad enfrenta obstáculos, percibidos en las narrativas divergentes entre las ciencias biofísi...
Purpose: To contribute to current research on institutional change, organisational fitness and ecosystem management, related to global environmental change and sustainability, by arguing for the need of a new multi methodological OR approach to understand and observe socio-ecological and institutional systems and to support them to self-govern them...
2004) argue that powerful international conser-vation organizations (ICOs) distort the value of tropical forest resources in developing countries by treating these resources as private rather than social assets. They perceive ICOs as being overly influenced by preser-vationist agendas that ignore the needs of local people and restrict their partici...
The discovery of the Slate-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana in the Chingaza massif, Colombian East Andes, represents an important range extension for the species and suggests the continuity of the nana subspecies between Colombia and Ecuador, probably inhabiting the remaining patches of Andean forests along the eastern slopes of the mountain rang...
