What the community built sentence by sentence, Colombia’s Environment Minister erases decree by decree
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The article denounces how the Colombian government weakens environmental protections and indigenous rights through decrees that nullify key constitutional court rulings. In the case of the carbon market, the revocation of regulations in the Vaupés region allows certified projects to proceed without respecting indigenous consent, prioritizing economic interests over the autonomy of indigenous peoples. Furthermore, the proposal to advance environmental licensing alongside prior consultation is criticized, as it undermines the very essence of this fundamental right. By making consultation merely a formality to ratify already-evaluated projects, the real decision-making power of communities is eliminated, and the standards required by the Constitutional Court and international jurisprudence are ignored. This dynamic is crucial for understanding greenwashing, as it enables the commercialization of "green credits" or the obtaining of permits under the guise of legality, but without any real guarantee of sustainability or social respect. It represents a false environmental legitimacy that dismantles historical gains to facilitate extraction, distorting the true purpose of climate justice and human rights.
Source: elpais.comPublished on 2026-11-05
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