Terry Lynn Karl, an expert on the "resource curse," urges caution to the Colombian government

A Colombian tribe rejected the oil project of Ecopetrol, Colombia's biggest state-owned oil company, on their lands, Amazon Watch Reports. During the negotiations process, the government received a report by CDDRL affiliated faculty member Terry Karl, an expert on the "resource curse," that outlined how the project would devastate the lands and livelihoods of the U'wa, have negative environmental impacts, cause social and economic problems, and increase violence in the region. Read more »