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Through case studies of FARC-EP in Colombia and the PLA in Nepal, the author finds that many minors joined voluntarily to escape poverty or violence and experienced high levels of gender equality within the armed groups, which contrasted sharply with the traditional, 'machista' or caste-based societies they returned to. 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It finds that while many firms viewed the formal end of the FARC conflict as having little impact on their specific operations—often because they had already adapted to security gains between 2005 and 2014 or operated in urban areas—a minority of firms actively pursued new markets in previously off-limit territories. The study highlights that corporate engagement is heavily influenced by CEO leadership, sectoral and regional variations, and the availability of state incentives and risk-sharing mechanisms. 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ATALC calls on the Colombian government to end impunity and on the international community to develop concrete protection strategies for social and environmental defenders.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000032#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Colombia experienced a surge in violence against land defenders, with 25 individuals killed in the first 65 days of 2017 and an estimated 80 people killed in 2016.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000032#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Specific victims of this violence include Ruth Alicia López Guisao, a leader of the Coordinador Nacional Agrario and the Congreso de los Pueblos killed in Medellín on May 2, as well as Communist Party and SINTRAGRIM militants José Antonio Anzola Tejedor and his sister Luz Angela.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000032#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document suggests that the violence is driven by private and transnational agents seeking to exploit territories for capital accumulation, specifically through extractive projects and the 'green economy'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000032#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"ATALC demands that the Colombian government use constitutional and legal mechanisms to stop these attacks and identify both the material and intellectual authors of the selective killings to prevent impunity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000032#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["environmental justice","land tenure","extractive industry","green economy"],"geography_discussed":["Medellín","Latin America and the Caribbean"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["statement"]},{"id":"foei-000243","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000243","title":"Urgent call for solidarity with Colombia in response to the wave of murders of social activists defending their territories","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2017-03-09","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/urgent-call-for-solidarity-with-colombia-in-response-to-the-wave-of-murders-of-social-activists-defending-their-territories/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document reports a surge in the killing of territory defenders in Colombia, noting 25 murders in the first 65 days of 2017 and 80 in 2016. 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It proposes a new categorization of cities based on economic productivity and population growth, focusing on 'struggling' and 'emerging' cities. The authors contend that providing equitable access to core services (housing, water, sanitation, energy, and transport) is the essential entry point for broader transformative urban change. 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