Differentiated impacts of green grabbing on social reproduction: the case of la Sierra de la Macarena National Park in Colombia

Garavito, Sammy Andrea Sánchez

Differentiated impacts of green grabbing on social reproduction: the case of la Sierra de la Macarena National Park in Colombia

dc.contributor.advisor	McKay, Ben
dc.contributor.author	Garavito, Sammy Andrea Sánchez
dc.contributor.committeemember	Ojeda, Diana
dc.contributor.committeemember	Yembilah, Rita
dc.contributor.committeemember	McKay, Ben
dc.date	2024-08
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-28T18:42:51Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-28T18:42:51Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08-19
dc.description.abstract	While a substantial body of literature has discussed extensively the economic consequences of land grabbing, less attention has been paid to the impacts of green grabbing on social reproduction. By taking a case study in the Sierra de la Macarena National Natural Park and its buffer zones, this thesis delves into how green grabbing affects gender and generational dynamics. Within this protected area, hundreds of campesinos rely on cattle ranching and community-based ecotourism for their livelihoods. However, they face significant challenges due to the restrictions imposed by Colombia’s National Natural Park service. These restrictions have led to multiple sanctions and limitations over their livelihoods as they are considered as “illegal activities”, thereby jeopardizing their ability to sustain and reproduce their life. Drawing from feminist political ecology and agrarian political economy approaches, I analyze how children, youth and women’s labor practices within ecotourism and cattle ranching are interwoven seamlessly with reproductive labor in a context of restrictive conservation. This study argues that, beyond the violent and economic dimensions of land appropriation, green grabbing and dispossession have differentiated impacts on populations that have historically been considered “feminized” and vulnerable. These impacts encompass non-economic factors that limit access to vital spaces for social reproduction, such as communal areas (e.g., school infrastructure) for youth and children. In some cases, they are drawn into unpaid labor, working in ecotourism as tour guides or in cattle farming. In other instances, dispossession results from limited access to resources like land, forests, and shelter, primarily due to legal restrictions within the National Parks. Green grabbing as the dynamic of resource appropriation due to restrictive conservation progressively encloses the peasantry, not only by restricting land access but also by affecting life trajectories, gender dynamics, and generational justice.
dc.identifier.citation	Garavito, S. A. S. (2024). Differentiated impacts of green grabbing on social reproduction: the case of la Sierra de la Macarena National Park in Colombia (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/119545
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
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dc.subject	Land grabbing
dc.subject	green grabbing
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	generation and social reproduction
dc.subject.classification	Anthropology
dc.subject.classification	Literature--Latin American
dc.title	Differentiated impacts of green grabbing on social reproduction: the case of la Sierra de la Macarena National Park in Colombia
dc.type	master thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Anthropology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts (MA)
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