How "Green" is Tree Plantation Extractivism? Field Research Insights from Chile

Alejandro did his bachelor’s in Economics and his MSc in Development and Environment. His research focus was on the environmental issues arising from the growth-oriented development model in Colombia. In 2015 he received a DAAD scholarship to study the ZEF doctoral program. The scholarship was awarded by the RLC (Right Livelihood College) Campus Bonn in collaboration with the RLC campus Austral-Valdivia in Chile, and its director Professor Dr. Manfred Max-Neef. Alejandro joined ZEF and the RLC program in October 2015 and performed his field research between June 2016 and May 2017.