Environmental Corporation

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Research group

Spanish

Sustainable Development Research Group

Academic Unit: Environmental Corporation

Colombian Ministry of Science

Unrecognized

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Natural sciences

Subarea

Earth and related environmental sciences

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Strategic Focus

The fundamental purpose of the GDS Group is to address fundamental, applied and community outreach research projects in a comprehensive manner to implement models of sustainable development, whose implications go from agricultural production models in harmony with the social, economic and environmental context, to the contribution of the development of sustainable urban zones.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Sustainable Development.
Ecology and Tourism.
Education and Environmental Communication.
Environmental Management and Territorial Planning.
Public Policies.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Paula Andrea Urán Carmona

Ph.D., M.Sc., Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Coordinator's Email

paula.uran@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

investigacionyposgradoscaa@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales (Regional Autonomous Corporations).
Departmental and municipal administrations.
Special Administrative Unit of National Natural Parks.

Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley.
Among others.

Highlighted Projects

Transfer of good practices from Spain to Antioquia (Colombia) in Management and Assessment of sustainable rural tourism: Transfer pilot project.
Strengthening of the environmental penalty system in the jurisdiction of Corantioquia.
Joining efforts to perform theoretical-practical workshops on communication tools focused on initiation to narrative and audiovisual production.
Diploma courses in Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Agroecology, and Sustainable Home Gardens.
Analysis of administrative sanctions related to fauna in the jurisdiction of CORANTIOQUIA from 2014 to 2018.

Key Research Findings

Analysis of the concept of sustainability and its application in tourism policies in Colombia.
Good environmental practices for tourism service providers.
Blogs for the formulation and monitoring of PRAE (School Environmental Projects) with a school research approach.
Identification of indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of environmental education processes associated with the environmental management of power generation plants. Territories, Territoriality and Transversality. Conceptions, representations and challenges for PRAE.
Environmental training process of Afro territories, representatives of Afro-Colombian communities in the jurisdiction of CORANTIOQUIA, for strengthening environmental management and heritage administration in their territories from their identity and culture, seeking the certification of their ancestral knowledge and skills.

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Advisory and consulting on:

Sustainable tourism.
Environmental services.
Conceptual strengthening of the line of environmental thought.
Planning for environmental development.

We offer continuing education alternatives, such as:

Virtual diploma in Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility.
Diploma in Agroecology.
Modular diploma in Sustainable Tourism Planning.
Course in Community-based Rural Tourism.
Course on guidelines for the implementation of biosafety protocols in the tourism sector.