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Podcast: In Common
Episode: IJC#9: Magical realism, water and power with Valentina Fonseca Cepeda
Description: Listen to a conversation that Frank van Laerhoven had with Valentina Fonseca Cepeda .
Together with Daniel Castillo-Brieva, Luis Baquero-Bernal, Luz Angela RodrÃguez, Eliane Steiner, and John Garcia-Ulloa, Valentina co-authored a recent IJC publication entitled Magical Realism for Water Governance Under Power Asymmetries in the Aracataca River Basin, Colombia, an article on wetlands, water and conflict in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta wetland complex in Colombia.
As many wetlands worldwide, this system is characterized by its high biodiversity and various livelihoods that are closely linked to water. Unfortunately, also as many wetlands worldwide, th...