Los medios comunitarios del gran Bioma Amazónico colombiano como alternativas de cambio en el marco de la Cumbre Amazónica de Belém

The paper examines how a network of 11 community radio stations from the Colombian Amazon participated in the Belém Summit (August 8-9, 2023) to provide a grassroots perspective on the protection of the Amazon biome. It argues that community media offer a more truthful and critical treatment of information than mass media because reporters live the territorial realities, such as lack of basic services and state neglect. The author highlights that these community-led reports reached over 5 million people across Latin America and the Caribbean. The document further critiques the resulting 'Belém Declaration,' arguing that it lacks a strong position against fossil fuel extraction and fails to fully integrate the ancestral vision of indigenous peoples or the critical discourse of popular sectors.

• A network of 11 community radio stations from the Colombian Amazon participated in the Belém Summit to ensure that popular, indigenous, and peasant sectors were connected to high-level government dialogues.
• Community media coverage of the summit reached an audience of more than 5 million people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, demonstrating the continued importance of grassroots communication in marginalized areas.
• Community reporters focused their analysis on structural and environmental issues that they argue were not sufficiently addressed in the 'Belém Declaration,' specifically mining, deforestation, the lack of agricultural border delimitation, and the targeted killing of social leaders.
• The document identifies a significant gap in the final Belém Declaration regarding the energy transition, noting that it lacks a strong commitment to ending the extraction of fossil fuels, despite the Colombian president's public statements regarding the link between the current economic system and oil, gas, and coal.
• The final agreements of the summit are characterized as reflecting the goals of executive powers rather than incorporating the ancestral vision of indigenous peoples or the technical and scientific antecedents from the July 2023 Leticia preparatory meeting.

APA

D., O. F. T. (2024). Los medios comunitarios del gran Bioma Amazónico colombiano como alternativas de cambio en el marco de la Cumbre Amazónica de Belém. World Association for Christian Communication. https://waccglobal.org/los-medios-comunitarios-del-gran-bioma-amazonico-colombiano-como-alternativas-de-cambio-en-el-marco-de-la-cumbre-amazonica-de-belem/

Chicago

D., Oscar Felipe Tellez. Los medios comunitarios del gran Bioma Amazónico colombiano como alternativas de cambio en el marco de la Cumbre Amazónica de Belém. World Association for Christian Communication, 2024. https://waccglobal.org/los-medios-comunitarios-del-gran-bioma-amazonico-colombiano-como-alternativas-de-cambio-en-el-marco-de-la-cumbre-amazonica-de-belem/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{d2024los, author = {D., Oscar Felipe Tellez}, title = {{Los medios comunitarios del gran Bioma Amazónico colombiano como alternativas de cambio en el marco de la Cumbre Amazónica de Belém}}, institution = {World Association for Christian Communication}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://waccglobal.org/los-medios-comunitarios-del-gran-bioma-amazonico-colombiano-como-alternativas-de-cambio-en-el-marco-de-la-cumbre-amazonica-de-belem/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }