Article
Development Studies
Tatiana Cantillo, Nestor Garza
Summary: This paper assesses the impact of the Colombian internal armed conflict on local development processes and deforestation. It develops a theoretical framework to examine the spatiotemporal patterns of socio-economic and conflict related variables in the deforestation process. The results confirm that different strategies and ideologies of armed actors have varying effects on deforestation in the context of Colombia's structural socio-economic determinants.
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Environmental Sciences
Raphael Ganzenmueller, Janelle M. Sylvester, Augusto Castro-Nunez
Summary: This analysis focuses on deforestation dynamics in Colombia during times of conflict and peace. By using time-series clustering and regression models, the study identifies the drivers of deforestation at different local levels. The results show that deforestation increased significantly after the peace agreement and that the top three drivers were coca cultivation area, number of cattle, and municipality area. The findings contribute to a better understanding of deforestation dynamics and can be applied to other countries experiencing similar situations.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Business
Federico Mejia-Posada, Diana C. Restrepo-Ochoa, Juan E. Isaza
Summary: The study finds that terrorist attacks have a significant negative impact on the Colombian stock market, while events associated with the peace accord have a significant positive impact. Additionally, cumulative abnormal volatility does not show significant changes after both types of events.
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paulo J. Murillo-Sandoval, John Kilbride, Elizabeth Tellman, David Wrathall, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Robert E. Kennedy
Summary: Illicit cattle ranching and coca farming have significant negative impacts on the land systems in the Colombian Amazon. Historical colonization, armed conflict, and narco-trafficking are the underlying causes of these activities. This study examines the effects of illicit cattle ranching and coca farming on forest cover change over the past 34 years (1985-2019) using pixel-based approaches and a deep learning algorithm. The findings suggest that cattle ranching, rather than coca farming, is the primary driver of forest loss outside of the legal agricultural frontier. Additionally, crop substitution programs have been ineffective in preventing the expansion of coca farming into protected areas.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kevin M. Woods, Panshi Wang, Joseph O. Sexton, Peter Leimgruber, Jesse Wong, Qiongyu Huang
Summary: The study found that factors influencing deforestation include armed conflict, geopolitics, national political economic reforms and timber regulations, and proximity to national borders and their respective geopolitical relations. There are three common periods of deforestation spikes in northern and southern Myanmar, but significant differences exist between regions as well as within townships and village tracts.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Emile Bruneau, Andres Casas, Boaz Hameiri, Nour Kteily
Summary: The study shows that a five-minute media intervention effectively humanizes former Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces combatants, leading to increased support for peace and reintegration. The effects of the intervention lasted for at least three months and were replicated in multiple samples.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Jose Antonio Gutierrez D
Summary: The article suggests that the War on Drugs requires a comprehensive development strategy and deep transformative reform, rather than solely being seen as a security issue. The Colombian peace negotiations addressed the issue of agrarian development, but fell short of addressing key transformative reforms and governance mechanisms essential in drug-producing regions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Viviana Quiroga Angel, Stevenson Pablo, Helene H. Wagner
Summary: Many armed conflicts occur in biodiversity hotspots, with almost 50% of them happening in forested regions. In Colombia, the armed conflict has led to deforestation for the cultivation of illicit crops. This study found that the area cultivated with coca crops was the best predictor of annual rates of deforestation, and the removal of coca crops was associated with increasing forest cover.
JOURNAL OF LAND USE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Paulo J. Murillo-Sandoval, Nicola Clerici, Camilo Correa-Ayram
Summary: There is a complex interplay between criminal groups' control over land, illicit activities, and forest cover change in the Colombian Andes-Amazon region. Connected habitat loss in the region reached 18% during 2000-2020, while habitat loss was 13%. This is concerning as it affects the natural connections between the Andes and Amazon regions and the movement of species. The Colombian government should implement strategic peacebuilding processes and structural changes to prevent illegal extractive activities and further deforestation.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
Review
Environmental Studies
M. Vanegas-Cubillos, J. Sylvester, E. Villarino, L. Perez-Marulanda, R. Ganzenmueller, K. Loehr, M. Bonatti, A. Castro-Nunez
Summary: Research on forest cover changes in Colombia has focused on understanding the causes of forest cover losses and disregarded forest cover gains. Public policies targeting conflict and post-conflict issues, coca eradication, and the peace agreement have been linked to forest cover changes. It is crucial to review and update policies to tackle forest cover changes, especially deforestation, for successful achievement of sustainability targets in Colombia.
Article
Economics
Jean Carlo Rodriguez-de-Francisco, Carlos del Cairo, Daniel Ortiz-Gallego, Juan Sebastian Velez-Triana, Tomas Vergara-Gutierrez, Jonas Hein
Summary: This article analyzes the challenges and scope of implementing REDD+ in the Guaviare region of Colombia, finding that in the post-conflict context, there are many obstacles to successful implementation, including power vacuums, land grabbing, and corruption among regional elites.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Martha Lilia Del Rio Duque, Tatiana Rodriguez, Angela Patricia Perez Lora, Katharina Loehr, Miguel Romero, Augusto Castro-Nunez, Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti
Summary: In the Colombian context, disputes over natural resources, particularly land, and ineffective governance are intertwined with armed conflict. This article aims to understand the land use dynamics in conflict-affected territories in Colombia and identifies strategies to address land-use conflicts at the regional level. Results reveal the cascading environmental, social, and economic consequences of land use changes and highlight the importance of land tenure system innovations and sustainable land use interventions to mitigate these effects. Context-specific actions are necessary to tackle the root causes of land use conflicts.
Article
Development Studies
Nicole Stoelinga
Summary: This study explores the impact of changes in coca product prices on violence and conflict. The findings suggest that an increase in income from coca leads to a reduction in violence, accompanied by improved school attendance in rural areas. However, an increase in the objective prize results in more violence and attracts more guerrilla groups, coinciding with the timing of increased violence. Furthermore, an increase in expected returns to joining armed groups can lead to higher school dropout rates.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Monica Guasca, Anne Marie Van Broeck, Dominique Vanneste
Summary: As tourism is seen as a means to promote peace, it is important to study its impact in conflict areas. Current debates tend to associate community-based tourism with peace outcomes, but fail to address the contexts where structural violence and oppression persist. This article discusses the case of Uraba, Colombia, where tourism spaces maintain grassroots tourism as long as the power structures supporting dispossession remain unchallenged. By drawing on peace studies and human geography, this study aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the linkages between tourism, violence, and post-conflict spatial reconfigurations.
TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Anthony Dest
Summary: This article analyzes the massive expansion of coca cultivations in northern Cauca, highlighting how failed eradication policies led growers to cultivate coca in more remote areas. It also explores the colonization wave and the introduction of the "anti-culture of coca" by displaced growers, revealing the power of coca to transform social and economic relations in regions where it is cultivated.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juan P. Mendoza, Jacco L. Wielhouwer
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Criminology & Penology
Juan P. Mendoza, Henri C. Dekker, Jacco L. Wielhouwer
JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Business, Finance
Sanne R. Van Duin, Henri C. Dekker, Jacco L. Wielhouwer, Juan P. Mendoza
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Economics
Juan P. Mendoza, Jacco L. Wielhouwer, Erich Kirchler
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Law
Juan P. Mendoza, Henri C. Dekker, Jacco L. Wielhouwer
LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2016)
Article
Economics
Temesgen Worku, Juan P. Mendoza, Jacco L. Wielhouwer
INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE
(2016)
Article
Psychology, Social
Roy F. Baumeister, Juan Pablo Mendoza
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2011)
