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Andres Suarez is an environmental manager and MSc in sustainable development. Assistant professor at the Universidad de la Costa. His research experience is related to ecosystem services valuation, environmental management, and socio-ecological system at different scales.
David Pérez-Sánchez; Marelis Montes; César Cardona-Almeida; Luis Alberto Vargas-Marín; Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo; Andres Suarez. Corrigendum to “Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region” [J. Arid Environ. 188 (2021) 104446]. Journal of Arid Environments 2021, 191, 104535 .
AMA StyleDavid Pérez-Sánchez, Marelis Montes, César Cardona-Almeida, Luis Alberto Vargas-Marín, Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo, Andres Suarez. Corrigendum to “Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region” [J. Arid Environ. 188 (2021) 104446]. Journal of Arid Environments. 2021; 191 ():104535.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Pérez-Sánchez; Marelis Montes; César Cardona-Almeida; Luis Alberto Vargas-Marín; Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo; Andres Suarez. 2021. "Corrigendum to “Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region” [J. Arid Environ. 188 (2021) 104446]." Journal of Arid Environments 191, no. : 104535.
Human activities often drive landscape degradation and the associated loss of value. This paper describes a method that, by integrating multiple factors, characterize landscape value to establish relevant and effective management practices. The new integrated method for landscape assessment (IMLA) is a four-step model that includes: (i) establishment of a general theoretical basis for sustainability relevant metrics; (ii) characterization of the landscape; (iii) landscape valuation; (iv) recommendations for landscape value management. Each step includes different interactive components of analysis. The new IMLA considers the potential range of values associated with each landscape unit and facilitates sustainable landscape management. The method is systematic and includes both inductive and deductive reasoning. Its articulation is represented in the conjunction and overlapping of all factors and variables considered. IMLA was tested in Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba) and used to determine five landscape scopes, eight first-order landscape units and 29 s-order units. It proved to be a useful tool to establish landscape values and sound management strategies. Application of IMLA in Cuba will help local authorities institute land-use plans and to establish decision-making processes that include valuation of cultural landscapes.
Seweryn Zielinski; Celene Milanés; Elena Cambon; Ofelia Perez Montero; Lourdes Rizo; Andres Suarez; Benjamin Cuker; Giorgio Anfuso. An Integrated Method for Landscape Assessment: Application to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4773 .
AMA StyleSeweryn Zielinski, Celene Milanés, Elena Cambon, Ofelia Perez Montero, Lourdes Rizo, Andres Suarez, Benjamin Cuker, Giorgio Anfuso. An Integrated Method for Landscape Assessment: Application to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4773.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeweryn Zielinski; Celene Milanés; Elena Cambon; Ofelia Perez Montero; Lourdes Rizo; Andres Suarez; Benjamin Cuker; Giorgio Anfuso. 2021. "An Integrated Method for Landscape Assessment: Application to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4773.
The Barranquilla Metropolitan Area is exposed and often vulnerable to various natural and anthropogenic hazards. The paper’s main objective is to identify the level of understanding that local and regional institutions have of such a multi-hazard scenario, as well as the effectiveness of governance arrangements in minimizing impacts. Research employed a questionnaire applied to 115 stakeholders from government and a survey of 391 households from four communities in the study area. Four focus groups were held during the update of the Barranquilla Development Plan 2020–2023. The results allowed the identification of an updated set of hazards and the levels of government response capacity. The overall level of capacity and effectiveness of local government to respond to hazards was classified as regular. Seventy-seven percent of epistemic ‘experts considered that the institutions responsible for risk management did not undertake sufficient analysis for identifying and managing multiple hazards. Finally, the research team developed a new model of risk management.
Celene Milanes; Marina Martínez-González; Jorge Moreno-Gómez; Ana Saltarín J.; Andres Suarez; Samuel Padilla-Llano; Alex Vasquez; Allan Lavell; Seweryn Zielinski. Multiple Hazards and Governance Model in the Barranquilla Metropolitan Area, Colombia. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2669 .
AMA StyleCelene Milanes, Marina Martínez-González, Jorge Moreno-Gómez, Ana Saltarín J., Andres Suarez, Samuel Padilla-Llano, Alex Vasquez, Allan Lavell, Seweryn Zielinski. Multiple Hazards and Governance Model in the Barranquilla Metropolitan Area, Colombia. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2669.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCelene Milanes; Marina Martínez-González; Jorge Moreno-Gómez; Ana Saltarín J.; Andres Suarez; Samuel Padilla-Llano; Alex Vasquez; Allan Lavell; Seweryn Zielinski. 2021. "Multiple Hazards and Governance Model in the Barranquilla Metropolitan Area, Colombia." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2669.
Tropical dry forests (TDF) are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, especially in Colombia. One way to promote TDF conservation is by upholding the valuation of the ecosystem services they provide. Therefore, in order to deepen the understanding regarding the conservation of TDF from the perspective of local communities, we sampled two populations for our analysis: the first one consisted of people living inside a TDF protected area, while the second one was made up of urban inhabitants living near the TDF. Through a contingent valuation study, we found that 71% of urban inhabitants were willing to pay 12,119 USD/year to the protected area's inhabitants to implement conservation strategies and also that 100% of the protected area's dwellers were willing to participate of the strategy. Hence, we proposed a payment for ecosystem services scheme. Lastly, we observed that inhabitants’ high participation rates for the proposed strategy related to the high importance given to TDF-provided ecosystem services.
David Pérez-Sánchez; Marelis Montes; César Cardona-Almeida; Luis Alberto Vargas-Marín; Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo; Andres Suarez. Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region. Journal of Arid Environments 2021, 188, 104446 .
AMA StyleDavid Pérez-Sánchez, Marelis Montes, César Cardona-Almeida, Luis Alberto Vargas-Marín, Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo, Andres Suarez. Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region. Journal of Arid Environments. 2021; 188 ():104446.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Pérez-Sánchez; Marelis Montes; César Cardona-Almeida; Luis Alberto Vargas-Marín; Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo; Andres Suarez. 2021. "Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region." Journal of Arid Environments 188, no. : 104446.
When fruit bats forage, they serve an important ecological function, such as seed dispersal. Although several authors have approached the significance of bats in generating ecosystem services, there is a gap in understanding the importance of the seed dispersal by fruit bats for ecosystems and society. To fill this gap, we considered different components, such as ecosystem service drivers, functional ecosystem services, structural ecosystem services, and ecosystem services to humans. By taking two agroecosystems from the Colombian Andean region (mixed crops and extensive livestock) as the study cases, the following methodological approach was applied: (i) sampling of frugivorous bats (driver) present in the agroecosystems; (ii) identification of plants dispersed by bats (functional ecosystem services) in each agroecosystem; (iii) identification of the uses given to the plants spread (ecosystem services to humans). Finally, the plants spread by bats were considered drivers for soil fertility as well. In line of this, this research is the first in proposing a “causality chain approach” regarding the generation of ecosystem services by focusing on bat-dispersed plants. The research highlights that the diversity in frugivorous bats, the plants spread by bats, and the number of uses made of these plants were higher in mixed crops.
Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo; Jairo Pérez-Torres; Cesar Ruiz-Agudelo; Andres Suarez. Seed dispersal by fruit bats in Colombia generates ecosystem services. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 2020, 40, 1 -15.
AMA StyleTatiana Enríquez-Acevedo, Jairo Pérez-Torres, Cesar Ruiz-Agudelo, Andres Suarez. Seed dispersal by fruit bats in Colombia generates ecosystem services. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 2020; 40 (6):1-15.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTatiana Enríquez-Acevedo; Jairo Pérez-Torres; Cesar Ruiz-Agudelo; Andres Suarez. 2020. "Seed dispersal by fruit bats in Colombia generates ecosystem services." Agronomy for Sustainable Development 40, no. 6: 1-15.
Luis Alejandro Muñoz-Rios; Jair Vargas-Villegas; Andres Suarez. Local perceptions about rural abandonment drivers in the Colombian coffee region: Insights from the city of Manizales. Land Use Policy 2019, 91, 1 .
AMA StyleLuis Alejandro Muñoz-Rios, Jair Vargas-Villegas, Andres Suarez. Local perceptions about rural abandonment drivers in the Colombian coffee region: Insights from the city of Manizales. Land Use Policy. 2019; 91 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuis Alejandro Muñoz-Rios; Jair Vargas-Villegas; Andres Suarez. 2019. "Local perceptions about rural abandonment drivers in the Colombian coffee region: Insights from the city of Manizales." Land Use Policy 91, no. : 1.
Environmental objectives tend to receive a push to the background in post-conflict scenarios. On the other hand, the processes displacement and refugee's relocation in post-conflict countries have been associated with different environmental impacts. Currently, Colombia faces a post-conflict scenario, which brings about relevant socio-environmental challenges: it is a mega-biodiverse country, it has millions of displaced people and is one of the most inequitable country in the world. Since there is a gap in post-conflict studies regarding the exploration of victims' involvement in environmental strategies, this paper aims to analyze victims' willingness to participate (WP) in Land Recovery Strategies (LRS) in post-conflict Colombia. This research (1) describes the socio-economic characteristics of forced-displacement victims from a Caribbean municipality of Colombia; (2) analyzes the victims' WP in hypothetical LRS and their preferred type of participation in the project, (3) identifies the way of grouping victims according their WP. Finally, (4) it analyzes the kind of benefits victims would prefer to receive in exchange for their participation in the LRS. Our results made evident that the majority of the consulted victims are willing to participate in LRS by giving up manual work time or in exchange of local ecological knowledge. We also found that the victims' participation in LRS associates to the age of the respondents, and whether they have benefited from government programs previously. Victims would prefer monetary retribution in exchange for their involvement in LRS, which may be explained by their vulnerable socioeconomic conditions. This research also demonstrates that victims with positive WP in LRS are a heterogeneous group. We highlight the need of actively involving women in LRS and other post-conflict projects in order to ensure their wellbeing. The results of this research are valuable, because they put forward the population of victims as an active performer within environmental sustainability.
Andres Suarez; Paola Arias-Arévalo; Eliana Martínez-Mera; Juan Carlos Granobles-Torres; Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo. Involving victim population in environmentally sustainable strategies: An analysis for post-conflict Colombia. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 643, 1223 -1231.
AMA StyleAndres Suarez, Paola Arias-Arévalo, Eliana Martínez-Mera, Juan Carlos Granobles-Torres, Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo. Involving victim population in environmentally sustainable strategies: An analysis for post-conflict Colombia. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 643 ():1223-1231.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndres Suarez; Paola Arias-Arévalo; Eliana Martínez-Mera; Juan Carlos Granobles-Torres; Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo. 2018. "Involving victim population in environmentally sustainable strategies: An analysis for post-conflict Colombia." Science of The Total Environment 643, no. : 1223-1231.
Throughout the scientific literature, beaches have been regarded as very valuable ecosystems for the tourism industry; however, these ecosystems provide multiple direct and indirect benefits beyond tourism. This paper accounts for the results from a Willingness to Pay (WTP) study using data from 425 respondents at three beaches in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Out of the respondents from the three beaches, over 70% expressed a positive WTP to maintain Beach Ecosystem Services (BES) beyond tourism purposes. At two beaches, the payment amount was 3.40 US$/month, while at the third beach the payment amount was 6.80 US$/month. Beach environmental quality seemed to be an important aspect regarding the payment amount. It is highlighted that WTP in beaches did not depend on economic variables such as income or employment, whereas variables related to perception had a determining impact. WTP for BES was defined by interest in environmental issues and concerns about ecosystem services loss. The results offered hereto could provide support to decision makers through quantitative information on social preferences regarding beach improvement projects policies, if several reflections are considered.
T. Enriquez-Acevedo; Camilo M. Botero; R. Cantero-Rodelo; A. Pertuz; A. Suarez. Willingness to pay for Beach Ecosystem Services: The case study of three Colombian beaches. Ocean & Coastal Management 2018, 161, 96 -104.
AMA StyleT. Enriquez-Acevedo, Camilo M. Botero, R. Cantero-Rodelo, A. Pertuz, A. Suarez. Willingness to pay for Beach Ecosystem Services: The case study of three Colombian beaches. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2018; 161 ():96-104.
Chicago/Turabian StyleT. Enriquez-Acevedo; Camilo M. Botero; R. Cantero-Rodelo; A. Pertuz; A. Suarez. 2018. "Willingness to pay for Beach Ecosystem Services: The case study of three Colombian beaches." Ocean & Coastal Management 161, no. : 96-104.
Celene Milanés Batista; Andrés Suárez; Camilo M. Botero Saltarén. Novel method to delimitate and demarcate coastal zone boundaries. Ocean & Coastal Management 2017, 144, 105 -119.
AMA StyleCelene Milanés Batista, Andrés Suárez, Camilo M. Botero Saltarén. Novel method to delimitate and demarcate coastal zone boundaries. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2017; 144 ():105-119.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCelene Milanés Batista; Andrés Suárez; Camilo M. Botero Saltarén. 2017. "Novel method to delimitate and demarcate coastal zone boundaries." Ocean & Coastal Management 144, no. : 105-119.
Post-conflict countries (PCC) guide their priorities toward restoration of socioeconomic conditions and relegate sustainability objectives to the background. With the aim to provide insights for the current discussion on rural environmental sustainability in today’s post-conflict Colombia, we analyzed the environmental dynamics of seven PCC. We found that (1) deforestation and land use conflicts were frequent impacts in both conflict and post-conflict scenarios, that (2) return of displaced population, the infectiveness of land use planning, and the dependence on the primary sector were frequent drivers of environmental change; and that (3) natural resources extraction tends to be intensified in post-conflict period. We discuss these findings in light of the current environmental problems of Colombia and the post-conflict environmental challenges. We conclude that in order to ensure environmental sustainability in post-conflict scenario, Colombia should act on structural aspects that go beyond the environmental objectives proposed in the peace agreement between the government and FARC: strengthening environmental institutions, integrating long-term environmental objectives across all sectors, and deintensifying the dependence of the economy in the extractive sector.
Andres Suarez; Paola Andrea Árias-Arévalo; Eliana Martínez-Mera. Environmental sustainability in post-conflict countries: insights for rural Colombia. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2017, 20, 997 -1015.
AMA StyleAndres Suarez, Paola Andrea Árias-Arévalo, Eliana Martínez-Mera. Environmental sustainability in post-conflict countries: insights for rural Colombia. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2017; 20 (3):997-1015.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndres Suarez; Paola Andrea Árias-Arévalo; Eliana Martínez-Mera. 2017. "Environmental sustainability in post-conflict countries: insights for rural Colombia." Environment, Development and Sustainability 20, no. 3: 997-1015.