Additional Info

• Full Name: María Alejandra Velez
• Nationality: Colombian
• Institution / University: Universidad de los Andes
• Title of the Research Project: Impact of Collective Titling on Institutional Building for the Management of Natural Resources
• Granted during: 2007
• Research Proyect Country: Colombia
• Status: Former Fellow
• Summary: This research is aimed at an empirical examination of the institutional developments that have occurred in Afro-Colombian communities after the change of a property right regime. We surveyed community leaders to understand whether these communities have succeeded in designing and implementing rules to manage their collective land and its resources. This paper illustrates how collective titling has changed the local environmental governance by creating local rules and legal tools to guard against the encroachment by intruders. Our study presents an example of a complex property system where both formal and informal rights coexist. Keywords: Colombia, property rights, institutions, resource management.
• Subject: Forest, Land Use and Agriculture
• E-mail: mav@adm.uniandes.edu.co