Una educación para el desarrollo local

The following essay gathers a proposal for the integration of 3 theoretical constructs that contribute to rethink Latin American education: territories, biocultural potentialities and local development. The challenges of the social, environmental, economic and political crises put pressure to educate for the sustainable transformation of developing countries, taking advantage of the richness of biological biodiversity and the deep local knowledge of communities to bet on a synergy between global demands and local territorial offers. Education for local development is a challenge for educators and political leaders to mitigate vulnerability to the effects of climate change, migration and poverty.