Nicolás Wild Botero, internationalist and business administrator, presents his book ‘Nuestro Desafío Ambiental’, which brings together nineteen experts who present their theses on the impact of climate change in Colombia and its socioeconomic challenges with the Peace Process and the covid-19 pandemic.
In the book of the publishing company Taller de Editing Rocca SAS / Investigación, The author explains the causes of the environmental crisis in Colombia and its challenges through 19 authorized voices recognized as authorities on the issues that are addressed in the nine chapters of the book.
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The themes of the chapters are Deforestation (1), Biodiversity loss (2), Collateral damage from illegal mining (3), Access to drinking water and its scarcity (4), Neglect of seas and oceans (5), Pollution in urban centers (6), Cities and the circular economy (7), Sustainable development initiatives (8). Chapter (9) is a conjuncture issue such as the massacres of environmental leaders and indigenous people. The author addresses them through interviews with former presidents of Colombia, magistrates of the Constitutional Court and social leaders.
The experts in environmental matters Who were interviewed by the author are: Germán Andrade, Brigitte Baptiste, Daniel Bernal, Sandra Bessudo, Rodrigo Botero, Paula Caballero, Julio Carrizosa Umaña, María Claudia Diazgranados, Gabriela Eslava, Margarita Marino de Botero, María Mercedes Maldonado, Martín von Hildebrand, José Saulo Usma, Bart van Hoof and Gustavo Wilches-Chaux.
In the prologue Manuel Rodríguez Becerra highlights the other four interviewees that from “Their careers, experience and particular achievements have a valuable view of environmental protection and that (…) have contributed to their advancement: the Embera indigenous and human rights defender, Patricia Tobón Yagari; the former president of the Republic, Juan Manuel Santos; the former President of the Constitutional Court, Manuel José Cepeda, and the former Minister of Mines and Energy, María Fernanda Suárez”.
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Environmental problems have worsened in recent years in Colombia in such a way that today they constitute what many of us call “Colombia’s environmental tragedy.”
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