Rethinking Environmental Peacebuilding in the Context of Resource Extraction in Colombia
Publisher: Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Author(s): Juliana Sporsheim Maisto
Date: 2016
Topics: Extractive Resources, Governance, Renewable Resources
Countries: Colombia
In this thesis I seek to explain the links between the governance of resources and the peace process in Colombia. To meet this aim, I explore the role of civil society movements in struggles related to extractive projects in the country.
In a first section of the thesis, I explore how extractive operations tend to reinforce the previous dynamics of violence that inhibit the peace-building process, and explain that the government is purposively leaving out issues related to the extractive sector in the peace agreements. Secondly, I explain the role of civil society movements in contesting extractive projects and in advancing alternative paths for resource governance.