Environment and armed conflict in Colombia: terrorist attacks against water resources and oil infrastructure in Norte de Santander (2010-2020)

Jerónimo Ríos, Julio C. González and Mariano García de las Heras

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2023, vol. 34, issue 8, 1429-1457

Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of the armed conflict in Colombia on the environment, and in particular, terrorist attacks on the oil infrastructure and the phenomenon of oil spills in river basins in the department of Norte de Santander. The study covers the last decade, from 2010 to 2019, and is focused on one of the most violent departments in Colombia, through which the country’s most important oil pipeline runs, connecting Caño Limón in Arauca and Coveñas in Sucre. Based on governmental and other reports, the papersituates these acts violence within within the wider dynamics ofarmed confllict. A model is also proposed pointing to the urgency of finding new variables and risk probability factors so that this threat to security in Colombia, currently as unpredictable as it is unresolved, may be effectively managed.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2021.1978750

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