Atlas of socio-territorial and environmental conflicts in the regions of Magdalena Medio, Sur de Bolívar, Santander, Centro y Sur del Cesar and Magdalena.
CEDINS, with the support of the United Steelworkers in Canada, in articulation and political tandem with peasant, agri-mining and environmental organizations, trade unions and human rights collectives, has implemented a research and training process to build an Atlas of socio-territorial and environmental conflicts in the regions of Magdalena Medio, Sur de Bolívar, Santander, Centro y Sur del Cesar and Magdalena.
The aim of this project is to generate various tools - digital and physical - with free and open access as a tool for training, alerting people to human rights issues and, above all, supporting communities in their struggle to hold on to their territory, based on knowledge, action and the management of problems and conflicts in 24 municipalities in this region.
By developing a methodology of participatory research and popular education, between 2022 and 2023, 7 regional workshops, meetings, personal interviews, review of research and studies on the region, elaboration of social cartographies, compilation of data and mapping of governmental institutions and NGOs were carried out, to finally give a structure to the Atlas.
Departments and municipalities covered by research
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Department of Santander |
Barrancabermeja, Puerto Wilches, Río Negro, Sabana de Torres, Carmen de Chucurí, San Vicente de Chucurí. |
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Department of Bolívar |
El Peñón, Regidor, San Martín de Loba, Cantagallo, San Pablo, Arenal, Santa Rosa del Sur, Norosí, Tiquisio, Simití. |
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Department of Cesar |
San Martín, Aguachica, Gamarra, San Alberto, Tamalameque, Chimichagua. |
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Department of Antioquia |
Yondó |
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Department of Magdalena |
El Banco. |
The Atlas research and construction focuses on four major extractive dynamics and the social, environmental, cultural and political conflicts they generate: agribusiness, hydrocarbon extraction, mining and the imposition of infrastructure megaprojects.
The Atlas will be presented in Barrancabermeja on February 24, 2024, to commemorate the assassination of Teo Acuña and Jorge Tafur, the architects and promoters of the project.