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WCC 2016 Res 095 - Activity Report

Information générale
Constituant de l’UICN: 
A02C53A4-DEB7-E611-B6EC-005056BA6623
Type de Constituant de l’UICN: 
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020
Période d’activité: 
2017
Zone géographique: 
Pays
Pays/Territoire: 
Colombia
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Quels autres Membres de l’UICN sont impliqués –ou ont été impliqués- dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
Pas d'autres Membres sont / ont été impliqués
Quelles sont les Commissions de l’UICN impliquées dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
Pas de commissions sont / ont été impliqués
Veuillez indiquer quels autres acteurs (non-membres de l’UICN) sont impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Corantioquia (Environmental Agency of the Centre of Antioquia); Colegio Mayor de Antioquia; Geological Society of Colombia
Implémentation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
FormationThe work on Corantioquia about implementing Early Warning Systems for flash floods in 12 municipalities was a capacity building project meant to generate resilience and reduce the risk in the different communities, all of them affected by the armed conflict and therefore direct beneficiaries of the peace agreement.- Aucun -
Education/Communication/SensibilisationIn order to contribute to the item 4 of the Resolution, as a member of the IUCN I have been working on raising awareness and educating people from different backgrounds about the close relationship between the peace agreement and the sustainable management of Colombian natural resources. This has been developed while I was working on Corantioquia, which is the environmental agency of 80 municipalities in Antioquia Region. There I developed multiple workshops on ecosystem based disaster risk reduction and I also implemented Early Warning Systems for flash floods in 12 municipalities. Until recently it was not possible to visit several of this municipalities due to the arm conflict and due to the same, those municipalities require special assistance to gain resilience. On the other hand, while working as professor of Disaster Risk Reduction at the University Colegio Mayor of Antioquia I included in the curriculum a section to specifically addressed the relationship of the peace agreement and the sustainable development. This worked involded debates among the students and role games. Finally, as the president of the Geological Society of Colombia in Antioquia, and the coordinator of the Risk Management and Climate Change Group, I have participated in several open talks for general public on sustainable development and disaster risk reduction where I always address the close relationship of those topics and the peace agreement.On-going
Veuillez indiquer quels ont été les résultats obtenus dans le cadre des activités entreprises pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
As result of the educational efforts on disaster risk reduction related with the peace agreement, around 250 students of Environmental Engineering, mostly from low income families, have gain awareness on the importance of the peace agreement and its direct relationship with the sustainable development.
The participants of the Early Warning Systems - EWS of the 12 municipalities expressed that thanks to the project they now gained trust on the public government and also expressed that they feel less abandoned. On the other hand, at least in two of those municipalities there are testimonies about how the EWS worked correctly during different flash flood hazardous events, and as result of this there were no victims. This is especially important in municipalities that has been traditionally affected by both armed conflicts and natural hazards.
Quelles mesures ont été prises afin de surmonter ces obstacles ?: 
There is a general lack of trust in governmental initiatives related to the peace agreement, especially in Antioquia since there are several powerful actors that are against the agreement and at the same time that have strong influence in the antioquian population. On the other hand, people tend not to see the direct relationship of the peace process with the sustainable development
Veuillez indiquer et décrire brièvement les activités planifiées par la suite pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Activité FutureDescription
Education/Communication/SensibilisationContinuing the open talks for general public on sustainable development and disaster risk reduction where we will keep addressing the close relationship of those topics and the peace agreement. Additionally we are planning on organizing a public forum on the relationship of the peace agreement with disaster risk reduction. The goal is to develop the forum in a big public venue.