Latin America-Caribbean Conference in the Federal Foreign Office

Researcher Héctor Camilo Morales from the working group "Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries" from ZALF presented his work about environmental peacebuilding in Colombia at the Latin America-Caribbean Conference in the Federal Foreign Office on 28th May.

The panel main subject was about educational and research cooperation between Germany and Latin America. The panel presented and discussed selected findings from collaborative research projects focused on current conflict and violence dynamics as well as experiences in conflict transformation and crisis prevention in Colombia and Central America. Mr. Morales is developing a set of indicators to measure the impact of land use systems interventions on peacebuilding. He undertakes his research within the SLUS research project that started 2019 at ZALF.

The SLUS project "Implementing sustainable agricultural and livestock systems for simultaneous targeting of forest conservation for climate change mitigation (REDD+) and peace-building in Colombia," is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. (https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/)

Link to the Meeting:
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/regionaleschwerpunkte/lateinamerika/latin-america-caribbean-conference-berlin-/2220382