College
College of Arts & Sciences
Major
Environmental Studies & Spanish
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Tanya Hayes
Abstract
The 2016 Colombian Peace Accord sought to end over fifty years of internal armed conflict and begin the process of peacebuilding nationwide. The Peace Accord outlines strategies to rebuild an effective government, amongst other plans, yet no notable environmental policies were included in the Peace Accord. Post-conflict transitional periods and their relationships to the environment are nuanced and complex issues. This paper reviews empirical studies of landuse/ land-cover change and environmental degradation in the post-Peace Accord period (2016 onward) to assess how the Peace Accord has influenced land use at micro and macro scales across the country. The review of literature indicates that deforestation and forest cover loss increased in various areas after the Peace Accord and that drivers of degradation largely relate to economic activities. In the future, environmental governance policies can be strengthened through collective land titles, local input, and land-mapping strategies.
Recommended Citation
Batinich, Gabriela
(2024)
"Environmental Land-Use Changes Since the 2016 Colombian Peace Accord,"
SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 8, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/suurj/vol8/iss1/16