全球智库信息集成服务系统

Sierra, Carlos A, Miguel Mahecha, Germán Póveda, Esteban Álvarez-Dávila, Víctor H Gutierrez-Velez, Björn Reu, Hannes Feilhauer, Jesús Anáya, Dolors Armenteras, Ana M Benavides, Corina Buendia, Álvaro Duque, Lina M Estupiñan Suarez, Catalina Gonzalez, Sebastián Gonzalez-Caro, Rodrigo Jimenez, Guido Kraemer, Maria C Londoño, Sergio Orrego, Juan M Posada, Daniel Ruiz-Carrascal and Sandra Skowronek. 2017. “Monitoring ecological change during rapid socio-economic and political transitions: Colombian ecosystems in the post-conflict era.” Environmental Science & Policy 76: 40-49.
Download reference Doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.06.011

After more than 50-years of armed conflict, Colombia is now transitioning to a more stable social and political climate due to a series of peace agreements between the government and different armed groups. Consequences of these socio-economic and political changes on ecosystems are largely uncertain, but there is growing concern about derived increases in environmental degradation. Here, we review the capacity of Colombia to monitor the state of its ecosystems and their rate of change over time. We found several important programs currently set in place by different institutions as well as by independent groups of scientists that address different aspects of environmental monitoring. However, most of the current initiatives could be improved in terms of data coverage, quality and access, and could be better articulated among each other. We propose a set of activities that would increase the capacity of Colombia to monitor its ecosystems, provide useful information to policy makers, and facilitate scientific research. These include: 1) the establishment of a national center for ecological synthesis that focuses on analyzing existing information; 2) the establishment of an ecological observatory system that collects new information, integrates remote sensing products, and produces near real-time products on key ecological variables; and 3) the creation of new platforms for dialog and action within existing scientific and policy groups.

Authors

• Orrego, Sergio
• Other authors:
  Sierra, Carlos A
  Mahecha, Miguel
  Póveda, Germán
  Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban
  Gutierrez-Velez, Víctor H
  Reu, Björn
  Feilhauer, Hannes
  Anáya, Jesús
  Armenteras, Dolors
  Benavides, Ana M
  Buendia, Corina
  Duque, Álvaro
  Estupiñan Suarez, Lina M
  Gonzalez, Catalina
  Gonzalez-Caro, Sebastián
  Jimenez, Rodrigo
  Kraemer, Guido
  Londoño, Maria C
  Posada, Juan M
  Ruiz-Carrascal, Daniel
  Skowronek, Sandra