Erradicación de cultivos ilícitos y desplazamiento forzado en el parque natural Sierra de la Macarena

This paper is one of the results of the research project: "Manual eradication of illegal crops and forced displacement in Meta and Guaviare departments". The project studied the social, political and economical effects of eradication process implemented in the influence zone of PNN Macarena. Different perspectives about the situation were investigated: The view of social groups affected by eradication, and the view of government employees involved at situation. The first section, offers a geographical context as well as an overview of the particular social, political, economical and biological features of the region. Next, it presents and evaluates the different eradication strategies implemented: fumigation, manual eradication and alternative development. Finally, cases of Macarena, Puerto Concordia and Vista Hermosa show eradication impacts at local level: economical crisis, land expropriation, alternative development failure and forced displacement.