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Monitoring Water Bodies Related to El Quimbo Dam, Huila, Colombia
Monitoring water bodies related to El Quimbo Dam, Huila, Colombia Internship report by: Juan Manuel Peña Reyes (760926651030) Program: Master of Aquaculture and Marine Resources Management, Wageningen University & Research Centre Course code: AEW 70424 Report number: P 548 Chair group: Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Supervisors: Francisco Torres (Fundación Natura, Colombia) Edwin Peeters (Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands) 2019 Beneficiario COLFUTURO 2015 I Preface To fulfil the requirements of the MAM program, an internship was performed in agreement with Wageningen University (the Netherlands) and the Fundación Natura (Colombia). In the Netherlands, I did my master thesis with the Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group of Wageningen University, the thesis was titled, “Effect of individual and group situations on the antipredatory response behavior of the crustacean prey, Gammarus pulex”. After finishing the master thesis, I travelled to Colombia, my home country, and it was there that I visited the Fundación Natura. The Fundación Natura is a colombian organization of civil society, devoted to the conservation, use and management of biodiversity for the generation of social, economic and environmental benefit, in the framework of human sustainable development. In 2020, the Fundación Natura will be national leader in conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity, with international recognition for their contributions through participative and innovative processes aiming at the balance -
El Quimbo, Paisaje Del Despojo Y Desterritorialización: El Caso De Las Familias De Escalereta
El Quimbo, paisaje del despojo y desterritorialización: el caso de las familias de Escalereta * ** *** Verenice Sánchez Castillo 1, Juan Sebastián Mora Castaño 2, Edwin Eduardo Millán Rojas 3 Resumen Las hidroeléctricas en Colombia han generado diferentes impactos sociales y Cómo citar este artículo económicos en los territorios de su influencia; los procesos de despojo y des- (APA): Sánchez, V., Mora, J. y Millán, E. (2019). El territorialización desencadenados son parte de sus efectos. En los medios de Quimbo, paisaje del des- comunicación, usualmente se conocen los resultados de lo visible, de la exu- pojo y desterritorialización: berancia de las obras de infraestructura y de los megavatios que genera la re- el caso de las familias de presa. No obstante, no se tienen claridades acerca de lo que está atrás de ello, la Escalereta. Negonotas por ejemplo, lo que sienten y piensan los directamente afectados, pues, una Docentes, 13, 23-44. vez concluida la fase de construcción, entra la operación y el olvido hace lo suyo. El presente trabajo se realizó en Nueva Escalereta, un poblado que se configuró con familias reubicadas por la empresa Emgesa, encargada de la represa El Quimbo. El método de trabajo se basó en entrevistas a profundi- > Palabras clave: dad y, para el análisis, se empleó la semiótica como encuadre metodológico. ambiente, desplaza- Dentro de los principales hallazgos, se tiene que las familias de Escalereta miento, despojo, proyec- aún se debaten entre la superación del despojo y la desterritorialización, lo tos, territorio que no las deja avanzar en la concepción de su nueva forma de vida, sueños y anhelos. -
Defending Land and the Environment in Contexts of Extractive Industries
DEFENDING THE LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EXTRACTIVE COMPANIES ARE ENGAGED DEFENDING THE LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EXTRACTIVE COMPANIES ARE ENGAGED DEFENDING the land and the environment where extractive companies are engaged 1 Newly constructed bridge crossing the Quimbo dam reservoir that flooded more than 8,500 hectares of farmland. Near La Jagua, Huila, Colombia. March 18, 2017 2 DEFENDING the land and the environment where extractive companies are engaged DEFENDING THE LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EXTRACTIVE COMPANIES ARE ENGAGED José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (Cajar), Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders FIDH-OMCT 2017 DEFENDING the land and the environment where extractive companies are engaged 3 DEFENDING THE LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EXTRACTIVE COMPANIES ARE ENGAGED © José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (Cajar), Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), 2017 ISBN 978-958-8395-13-5 Publication Directors: Dimitris Christopoulos, President of FIDH; Gerald Staberock, Secretary General of OMCT and Cajar’s Department for the Protection of the Territory Authors: José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (Cajar), Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) Main Researcher: Petra Langheinrich Editing and Coordination: María Isabel Cubides, Alexandra Pomeón, Hugo Gabbero, Miguel Martín Zumalacárregui, Protection Area of the Cajar Territory Photographs: Tom Laffay For this publication, the Observatory was supported by: Republic and Canton of Geneva Agence Française de Développement European Union BMZ ProtectDefenders.eu, the European Union Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders implemented by international civil society, of which both FIDH and OMCT are members And the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective with the support of: Christian Aid Open Society Foundation Bertha Foundation The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Cajar, OMCT and FIDH and should not be interpreted as a reflection of the opinions of these donor organizations. -
Annual Report 2019 Report Annual
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 REPORT ANNUAL OPEN POWER FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. WE EMPOWER SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS. enel.com.co ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 “We are pleased to share the results achieved by the previous years, while Colombia is resilient, growing at Emgesa S.A. ESP in 2019”. LETTER TO 3%. This indicates a superior result with respect to the re- SHAREHOLDERS gion and a growth mainly leveraged by higher investment as a result of the ratified financing law in the month of Dear Shareholders, December. Some economic indicators of 2019: We are pleased to share the results achieved by Emgesa > An unemployment rate of 10.5% S.A. ESP in 2019, which are the outcome of an approach of > GDP growth of 3.3% a renewed strategy and based on an inspiring concept to solve the greatest challenges, as well as the reflection of > Inflation of 3.8% teamwork, the passion for the best results and the great > Producer Price Index (PPI) Internal Supply of 4.7% commitment to deliver our customers a quality product > A current account deficit of approximately 4.4% of na- that drives the development, sustainability and growth of tional GDP the communities where we operate. Accordingly, Colombia continues to be one of the promis- The global economy is experiencing a slowdown with a ing economies in the region and is perceived as such by the growth close to 2.9%, and low growth in developed and risk rating agencies that grant the country the investment emerging economies. The United States stalled as a con- rating. -
The Algeciras Fault System of the Upper Magdalena Valley, Huila Department
Volume 4 Quaternary Chapter 12 Neogene https://doi.org/10.32685/pub.esp.38.2019.12 The Algeciras Fault System of the Upper Published online 27 November 2020 Magdalena Valley, Huila Department 1 [email protected] Paleogene Consultant geologist 1 2 3 Hans DIEDERIX * , Olga Patricia BOHÓRQUEZ , Héctor MORA–PÁEZ , Servicio Geológico Colombiano 4 5 6 Dirección de Geoamenazas Juan Ramón PELÁEZ , Leonardo CARDONA , Yuli CORCHUELO , Grupo de Trabajo Investigaciones Geodésicas Jaír RAMÍREZ7 , and Fredy DÍAZ–MILA8 Espaciales (GeoRED) Dirección de Geociencias Básicas Grupo de Trabajo Tectónica Abstract The Algeciras Fault System, of predominant dextral strike–slip displacement, Paul Krugerstraat 9, 1521 EH Wormerveer, Cretaceous The Netherlands is part of the major interplate transform fault system, known in Ecuador, Colombia, and 2 [email protected] Servicio Geológico Colombiano Venezuela as the Eastern Frontal Fault System. This unique transform deformation belt Dirección de Geoamenazas connects the Nazca Plate in the Gulf of Guayaquil in Ecuador with the Caribbean Plate Grupo de Trabajo Investigaciones Geodésicas Espaciales (GeoRED) along the coast of Venezuela. Its dextral strike–slip displacement along the eastern Diagonal 53 n.° 34–53 Jurassic Bogotá, Colombia boundary of the North Andean Block facilitates tectonic escape of this microplate 3 [email protected] Servicio Geológico Colombiano in a NNE direction. The Algeciras Fault System constitutes the southern half of this Dirección de Geoamenazas transform belt in Colombia, the northern half runs along the foothills of the Eastern Grupo de Trabajo Investigaciones Geodésicas Espaciales (GeoRED) Diagonal 53 n.° 34–53 Cordillera and is known as the Guaicáramo Thrust Fault System that connects to the Triassic Bogotá, Colombia Boconó Fault in Venezuela. -
Hydroelectric Centrals' Impact on Territorial Sustainability
MISCELLANEA GEOGRAPHICA – REGIONAL STUDIES ON DEVELOPMENT Vol. 24 • No. 2 • 2020 • pp. 73-84 • ISSN: 2084-6118 • DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0010 Hydroelectric centrals’ impact on territorial sustainability: analysis in southern Colombia Abstract This study evaluates sustainability in the Huila Department in southern Duván Ramírez 1, Colombia following the construction of two hydroelectric plants. This Luis Alfredo Muñoz Velasco 2 evaluation is based on the Sepúlveda (2008) sustainability analysis model, which is especially suited to Latin American rural territories. The importance of this evaluation of sustainability in the Huila region stems from 1Faculty of Accounting, Economic and Administrative the environmental crisis that, according to various regional stakeholders, Sciences, University of Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, has been caused by the construction of the two hydroelectric plants. The Colombia results of this investigation indicate that the sustainability of the region is e-mail: [email protected] at risk because of these hydroelectric projects. 2Faculty of Economics and Administration, Surcolombiana University, Neiva, Huila, Colombia Keywords e-mail: [email protected] Sustainability • hydroelectric sector • location factors • Huila • Colombia Received: 17 September 2019 © University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies Accepted: 17 February 2020 Introduction The word “spatial” is a territorial expression that reflects the Colombian government did not perform exhaustive assessments space in -
Annual Report 2018
Annual Report 2018 emgesa CONTENT THE COMPANY, ITS CONTEXT AND ITS MAIN RESULTS ............................4 OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................... 6 SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE .................................................................................................... 6 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ........................................................................................................ 7 CORPORATE PURPOSE ...............................................................................................................11 LETTER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS ............................................................................................ 13 OUR VALUE CHAIN ..................................................................................................................... 18 POWER GENERATION ................................................................................................................ 20 ASSET SALE AND MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................... 23 PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 36 SO WE PROJECT OURSELVES TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT ..................40 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................... 42 SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................. 46 RELATIONSHIP