Julia Gorricho
Chair of Sustainability Governance
Former PhD student (2012 - 2018)
Research Interests | Professional Experience | Education | Publications
Research Interests
- Socio-economic conflct management in protected areas
Professional Experience
Currently:
- Project Manager South America, WWF Germany
2012 - 2018:
- PhD candidate at the Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography
Topic: ´The Governance of Transboundary Nature Conservation in the Midst of Violent Conflict´ (working title)
2012:
- Consultant, Amazon and Colombia programmes, WWF-UK, Great Britain
2011:
- Consultant, Fundraisung assistant (pro bono), Governace Team Leader Institute of Development Studies,
2008 - 2010:
- Biodiversity Advisor, Alternative Developement Office, USAID/Colombia
2007:
Conservation Mosaics Program Officer, Columbia
Patrimonio Natural Trust Fund – World Bank
2005 - 2006:
- Researcher, Project: “Socio-Environmental Conflict Management in Protected Areas: The Galapagos Marine Reserve Case”, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada
2003 - 2004:
- Project leader “Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Old Providence and Santa Catalina Islands, Colombia”, University for Peace, Costa Rica und International Development Research Centre , Kanada
1999:
- Consultant, Bogotá Mayor’s Office Development program, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) , Bogotá, Kolumbien
Education
2004 - 2006:
- Master in Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Kanada.
- (Master thesis topic: ´Ultramarine Conflicts. Socio-environmental Conflict Transformation in the Galapagos Marine Reserve´)
1996 – 2001:
- B. Sc. in Anthropologie, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Kolumbien
Publications
- Gorricho, J., Schultze-Kraft, M. (2021) Wartime protected area governance: the case of Colombia’s Alto Fragua Indiwasi National Park. Third World Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1892482
- Gorricho, J. (2018) Protected area governance: key to advancing conservation in the midst of armed conflict : the cases of Alto Fragua Indiwasi National Park and La Planada Nature Reserve in Colombia. PhD Thesis at University of Freiburg. DOI: 10.6094/UNIFR/16835
- Gorricho, J., (2006) Ultramarine Conflicts. Socio-environmental Conflict Transformation in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, MES Major Paper, York University, Toronto.
- Gorricho, J., Rivera, C., (2005) “Mapping Environmental Conflicts in the Ocean at Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia to Create Collaborative Spaces”, in Hernán Correa & Iokiñe Rodríguez (eds.), Environmental Crossroads in Latin America. Between Managing and Transforming Natural Resources Conflicts, University for Peace, International Development Research Centre, San José de Costa Rica, pp. 182-193
- Gorricho, J., Rivera, C., (2005) “The Committee: a Methodology Developed in Colombia for Empowerment, Participation, and the Confluence of Languages”, in Hernán Correa & Iokiñe Rodríguez (eds.), Environmental Crossroads in Latin America. Between Managing and Transforming Natural Resources Conflicts, University for Peace, International Development Research Centre, San José de Costa Rica, pp. 277-287
- Gorricho, J., Rivera, C., (2004) “Management Committee for Sustainable Fishing Development in Old Providence and Santa Catalina. Communication, Dialogue, Collaboration and Harmonization: Our Route to Building Integral Solutions for the Fishing Community Problems”, Old Providence and Santa Catalina Fishing and Farming Cooperative Enterprise, Old Providence Island.
- Gorricho, J., (2001), Faces Behind the Sea Flower Biosphere Reserve: Environmental Education for Old Providence and Santa Catalina Islands, Bachelor Thesis, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá.