Understanding the diversity and biogeography of Colombian edible plants

B Gori, T Ulian, HY Bernal, M Diazgranados - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being the second most biodiverse country in the world, hosting more than 7000
useful species, Colombia is characterized by widespread poverty and food insecurity …

Beyond property: Rural politics and land‐use change in the Colombian sugarcane landscape

I Vélez‐Torres, D Varela… - Journal of Agrarian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Analysing the sugarcane landscape in the flat valley of the Cauca River (Colombia) reveals
that agricultural industrialization in the region required the concentration of land use by …

Toxic dispossession: on the social impacts of the aerial use of glyphosate by the sugarcane agroindustry in Colombia

D Hurtado, I Vélez-Torres - Critical Criminology, 2020 - Springer
Over the last five decades, the total area cultivated with sugarcane in Colombia has
increased by 280%. The consolidation of the sugarcane agroindustrial cluster has been …

Indigenous Family Labor in Agroforestry Systems in the Context of Global Transformations: The Case of the Inga and Camëntsá Communities in Putumayo …

VJ Palacios Bucheli, RW Cárcamo Mallen… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Camëntsá and Inga indigenous communities still rely on agroforestry systems for their
livelihood attainment, although globalization effects have also reached their settlements …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling the socio-natural dynamics of drought and water scarcity in Colombia's Tropical Andes

CF Pérez, SA Vicario, N van Cauwenbergh… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region The Guachal River Basin (GRB), a headwater of the Cauca River in
Colombia's Tropical Andes. Study focus Droughts develop gradually, without clear time …

Disrupted water governance in the shadows: Revealing the role of hidden actors in the Upper Cauca River Basin in Colombia

A Figueroa-Benitez, M Nagheeby, A Figueroa… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Colombia's policy in the Upper Cauca River Basin is diminished by a lack of legitimacy in
local areas respecting the control of territory and water. Such illegitimate interference …

AfroColombian struggles for food, land, and culture: The case of el tiple

I Vélez-Torres, AM Torres… - Environmental …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
El Tiple is one of many marginalized Afrodescendant communities confined within a green
desert located in the southwest region of Colombia. This green desert is most widely known …

SOWING THE SEEDS OF TRANSFORMATION IN THE COLOMBIAN ANDES: THE ROLE OF THE HUERTA (HOME GARDEN) IN FOSTERING AND SUSTAINING …

AM Mahecha-Groot, R Leichenko - Geographical Review, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The adoption of agroecological and related alternative farming practices is frequently cited
as a viable strategy for fostering transformative change within agricultural and food systems …

Spatial repertoires of power in the production of mining territories in northern Cauca, Colombia: Between imposition and negotiation

Z Welter, A Rojas - Environment and Security, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Territorial conflicts driven by the expansion of various forms of mining have escalated in the
Global South. This article builds on the concept of territorialization, which often highlights the …

[HTML][HTML] Ordenamiento en disputa y espacialización de la injusticia en Colombia

I Vélez-Torres, JJ Pérez-Pérez… - … de Geografía: Revista …, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Este artículo analiza las relaciones entre ordenamiento territorial y reconocimiento étnico a
partir de las experiencias de dos comunidades afrodescendientes localizadas en el valle …