GIA Project Newsletter
We invite you to get informed about the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) network through this newsletter. GIA is led by the University of Florida Tropical Conservation and Development Program and aims to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice and Learning (CoP-L) for exchanges of experiences and reflection on the use of tools and strategies for infrastructure governance by conservation and development practitioners in the Amazon.
GIA Infographic Reports
Remember and get to know more about the four GIA Focal Mosaics’ Workshops, that were held in 2019, by clicking in the figures below to watch the videos.
Taller del Proyecto GIA en Colombia 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXT7Y6aYwqY&feature=youtu.be
Taller del Proyecto GIA en Peru 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC5ekRngwxY&feature=youtu.be
Oficina do Projeto GIA no Brasil 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VkEYDHQduk&feature=youtu.be
Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA): The workshop experience in Cobija, Bolivia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC7RIEwhaVI&feature=youtu.be
GIA Mosaics Virtual Meetings
- Webinar Mosaic Sul de Amazonas/Norte de Rondônia, Brasil: April 15th. Access the Webinar YouTube recording.
- Webinar Mosaic Alto Madera/Bolivia y Brasil: April 17th. Access the Webinar YouTube recording.
- Webinar Mosaic Loreto, Perú: April 21st. Recording available soon.
- Webinar Mosaic Amazonia Colombiana: April 24th. Access the Webinar YouTube recording.
COVID-19 and the Amazon
Participants in the mosaic virtual meetings identified several “hot topics” that are affecting their work and could be the subject of future webinars. In particular, there were calls for opportunities to discuss and reflect on the implications of COVID19 on Amazonian populations. We will announce these events as our planning progresses.
Vulnerabilidad y conciencia colectiva en la Pandemia por el Covid-19 – A reflection made by Carmen Candelo Reina – Asesora de Gobernanza y Medios de Vida Sostenibles – WWF Colombia. Access the document here.
Future GIA-related research
Research on the effectiveness of conservation strategies for infrastructure governance: a comparative analysis of case studies across Amazonian countries (Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil)
GIA is planning more detailed research to build on our preliminary assessment. Postdoctoral Researcher Jazmin Gonzales Tovar will coordinate a comparative analysis of case studies across Amazonian countries (Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil) to assess the effectiveness of conservation strategies to promote infrastructure governance. We see this research as a collaboration with the GIA Community of Practice partners. A special focus will be given to the role of the historical context and power relations, as well as to networks and coalitions among actors and synergies among diverse types of strategies.
Learn more about news and events in the GIA Focal Mosaics!
They are taking advantage of the quarantine to burn the Amazon
According to the Sinchi Institute, during March of this year 12,958 hotspots were registered in the Colombian Amazon, a figure that in the same period of 2019 was just 4,691. The Corporation for Sustainable Development of the Southern Amazon (Corpoamazonia), responsible for monitoring the natural resources of the Departments of Amazonas, Caquetá and Putumayo, says that deforestation mafias are taking advantage of the measures of containment by the coronavirus to burn and knock down more forest. Watch the video here.
News from the CoP Peru:
The Legal Environmental Clinic with the Law Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru has recently completed a study “ESTUDIO SOBRE CARRETERAS SECUNDARIAS EN LA AMAZONIA: ESTRATEGIAS LEGALES PARA LA DEFENSA Y CUMPLIMIENTO DE LA LEGISLACION AMBIENTAL”. They have kindly allowed us to make this study available on the GIA Web site and in this Newsletter, you can access the study here. For further information, please contact Andrea Domínguez andrea.dominguez@pucp.pe or Mariano Castro mariano.castro@pucp.edu.pe
