Take me to the River: have riverine rights enhanced community participation in environmental governance within the Atrato River basin?

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dc.contributor.advisorVallejo Piedrahita, Catalina
dc.contributor.authorCuesta Mosquera, Arlinton
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-14T14:49:25Z
dc.date.available2025-07-14T14:49:25Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the implementation of the Colombian Constitutional Court’s 2016 Judgment T-622, which tackled human and environmental rights violations in the Atrato River basin due to extensive illegal mining, focusing on how it has enhanced community participation in environmental governance. The decision granted ‘biocultural’ rights to the river, its tributaries, and their human inhabitants. Findings indicate improved communication between riverine communities and Colombia’s national government via the new Commission of River Guardians. However, significant gaps remain in integrating local communities into broader environmental governance seven years after the ruling, with current efforts mainly preparatory. Progress in executing the judgment, particularly in social benefits and reducing pollution, has been limited. This emphasises the urgency of addressing persistent chemical pollution in the river, as well as the equally persistent government neglect towards the river and its people. This paper argues for a restructuring of the legal framework for environmental governance in Colombia towards a participatory governance framework fitted for socioecological transitions, as the current structure hinders the full implementation of biocultural rights. Failing to implement the Atrato judicial decision risks deepening disillusionment with legal and political institutions among underserved riverine communities, posing a dual existential threat to ecosystems and democracy.
dc.format.extent20 páginas
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2024.2367468
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unaula.edu.co:4000/handle/123456789/3500
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversidad Autónoma Latinoamericana (UNAULA)
dc.publisher.placeMedellín, Colombia
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accessrightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.creativecommonshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
dc.sourceinstname: Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana
dc.sourcereponame: Repositorio Institucional Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana
dc.subject.proposalRío Atrato - Chocó (Colombia)
dc.subject.proposalDerechos de los ríos
dc.subject.proposalSentencia T-622
dc.subject.proposalContaminación de los ríos
dc.subject.proposalDerecho ambiental (Derecho ambiental) - Colombia
dc.subject.proposalRío Atrato - Aspectos jurídicos - Colombia
dc.titleTake me to the River: have riverine rights enhanced community participation in environmental governance within the Atrato River basin?
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdcc
dc.type.hasversioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/draft
dc.type.localTesis/Trabajo de grado - Monografía - Maestría
dc.type.redcolhttps://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/TM
oaire.funderidentifier.noneN/A
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcce
thesis.degree.disciplineEscuela de Posgrados. Maestría en Educación y Derechos Humanos
thesis.degree.grantorUniversidad Autónoma Latinoamericana (UNAULA)
thesis.degree.levelMaestría
thesis.degree.nameMagíster en Educación y Derechos Humanos
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