Yudy Artunduaga

General facts Colombia is in the list of the 12 richest

countries in biodiversity in the world. This group of countries has the 70% of the world biodiversity.

It is the second richest country in the world in terms of species, after Brazil. In average, one of every ten species of fauna and flora in the world is in Colombia.

Colombia owns 49% of the moors of the world. They have almost 10% of the vegetable biodiversity of the country and the 8% of the species of the region. They regulate the water that is consumed by 70% of the Colombian population.

http://www.minambiente.gov.co/web/index.html - http://colombiarbiodiversa.blogspot.fr/

Data on Biodiversity in Colombia

Colombia Footprint

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/trends/colombia/

Colombia as Part of Biodiversity hotspots in the world

http://community.priorityclub.com/t5/Oxford-Partnership/ct-p/oxford

Colombia and Sustainable DevelopmentOnly until the government of President Juan

Manuel Santos the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable development was created (2011).

1.The protection of the environmenta. Coasts and seasb. Forests c. Moors / Paramosd. Wetlands

1.Climate Change: mitigation and adaptation

Colombia and Sustainable DevelopmentThe Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Mr. Juan Gabriel Uribe):

Land Fauna Information Housing and people

Protection of wetlands, forests, paramos.

Invading species

“Georeference” Sustainable housing facilities

Delimitation of paramos’ ecosystems

Sustainable Ranching

Manual of Compensation

Import of electric, hybrid cars with zero customs fee

Legal exploitation of wood

Depends on the restoration

Licensing: entities and follow up on projects

Investments

Restoration and reforestation

Websites RDS.org: Red de desarrollo sostenible en

Colombia

Minambiente.gov.co: Ministerio de Medio ambiente y Desarrollo sostenible.