Research Archives - Wendy Chavez

Navigating Coastal Dynamics: Illegal Institutional Arrangements, Gangs’ Activities, and Knowledge Mobility in the Gulf of Guayaquil

What role do corruption, gangs, piracy, and extortion play in disrupting small-scale fisheries in the Gulf of Guayaquil? This research highlights their significant effects, from displacing fishers to endangering their...

Wendy Chavez on January 13, 2025

Policy, Research

Solving Coastal Conflicts: Fiction or Reality?

Early Career Professional: Wendy Chávez-Páez Expert: Lieselot Bisschop Video presented at the Virtual Early Career Ocean Professional Day 2021 (June 1st and 2nd) In this video we maintain a…

Wendy Chavez on September 6, 2024

Art, Policy, Research

Integrated and Convivial Coastal Management

Why don’t we practice Integrated Coastal Zone Management? Let’s give it a try through Convivial Conservation. Research and Narrative: Wendy Chávez Illustration and AR: Freddy Barreiro This poster offers…

Wendy Chavez on August 21, 2024

Cerrito de los Morreños. Picture by my friend Jani Truter. from South Africa

Activism, Research

Prácticas Exitosas en la Organización Comunitaria del Golfo de Guayaquil y el Ambiguo Rol del Estado.

Resumen El objetivo de esta ponencia es ilustrar el éxito del mecanismo “Acuerdos de Uso Sustentable y Custodia del Manglar” existente en Ecuador, mismo que ha permitido a las comunidades...

Wendy Chavez on August 14, 2024

Policy, Research

Communities Deprived of Essentials: Enduring Effects of Coloniality and Clientelism in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Communities Deprived of Essentials: Enduring Effects of Coloniality and Clientelism in Guayaquil, Ecuador Wendy Chávez-Páez & Harry Haro 2024 These settlements offer few votes, which makes them unattractive for clientelism,...

Wendy Chavez on January 12, 2024

Art, Policy, Research

Socio-Ecological Conflicts and the Challenges of Climate Change Case Study: Manglares Don Goyo, Gulf of Guayaquil.

Socio-Ecological Conflicts and the Challenges of Climate Change Case Study: Manglares Don Goyo, Gulf of Guayaquil. Thesis submitted to obtain the degree of Master of Human Settlements at KU…

Wendy Chavez on July 4, 2019