The Conservation Paradox: How Armed Groups and the State Shape Tenure Security and Forest Conservation in Post-conflict Colombia

• In Event: States, Resource Politics and Conflict

Brief Overview

This paper draws on an original baseline survey in Colombia, funded by USAID, to examine the role of different authorities (armed groups vs. the state) in forest governance, tenure security, and conservation outcomes.

Authors

• Pablo Balan, Tel Aviv University

• Heather Huntington, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen