Social and Environmental Impact of the Sugarcane Industry in Valle del Cauca – Interactive Timeline

Summary

The goal of this research project is to create a history line of the sugarcane industry in the Valle del Cauca, Colombia. In this timeline there is a description of the introduction of the sugarcane back in the 1500’s, its expansion in the Valley, and the impact it had and continue having on the Afro-Colombia Population in Valle del Cauca. Sugarcane industry has been involved in land usurpation, biodiversity loss, contamination of the rives, and air pollution as a result of the burning process of the crop.

Mentor: Professor Vilma Arriaran La Torre, Science Department

Students: Giusseppi Perez and Leesel Frasel

External Collaborators: Lina Lugo Maturana and Alexander Paz

BSAA Science Edition – December 2024

Link to Timeline in Open Lab

https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/black-studies-across-the-americas/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=7