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International Academic Conference “Earth, Life and Society”
February 20 – February 22 UTC+0
📅 Date: February 20-22, 2026
📍 Location: University of Cartagena, Colombia
🏛️ Modality: In-person
The International Academic Conference “Land, Life and Society ,” a pre-event to ICARRD+20 , will be held from February 20 to 22, 2026, at the University of Cartagena. The conference will bring together academics, representatives of social movements, international organizations, and government officials to discuss land redistribution policies, food sovereignty, agrarian justice, the climate crisis, geopolitics, rural democratization, and the sustainability of life.
Over three days, plenary panels and parallel sessions will be held, addressing, among other topics, responsible land governance, resource grabbing, labor and social reproduction, agroecology, water and biodiversity, as well as contemporary challenges in geopolitics and South-South cooperation.
CLACSO will actively participate in various panels and discussion spaces, including the intervention of its Executive Director, Pablo Vommaro , as well as members of the network.
The meeting will culminate with the reading and ratification of the Cartagena Manifesto.
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