The protected areas of
Colombia are grouped into the
National System of Protected Areas. As of 2018, there are 59 nationally protected areas which cover about and represent more than 14% of the country's area.
National Natural Park System
The National Natural Park System is divided into the following categories:
* National Natural Parks (''Parque Natural Nacional'' - PNN): 43
* Fauna and Flora Sanctuaries (''Sanctuario de Flora y Fauna'' - SFF): 12
* National Natural Reserves (''Reserva Natural Nacional'' - RNN): 2
* Unique Natural Areas (''Área Natural Única'' - ANU): 1
* Road park (''Vía Parque''): 1
List of Nationally Protected Areas
Proposed areas
Currently there are other proposed areas for national natural parks:
* Morichales de Paz de Ariporo
The following locations could be declared fauna and flora sanctuaries:
*
Bosque Seco del Patía
*
Serranía de Pinche
*
Serranía de San Lucas
The Serranía de San Lucas is a forested massif in the Bolívar Department of northern Colombia that reaches heights of 2,600m above sea level. It is part of the Magdalena-Urabá moist forests ecoregion, with a rainforest ecology that includes lar ...
Disbanded areas
Some zones of the park system had been disbanded because of negative
human impact on the environment
Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments and to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans. Modifying the environment to fit the need ...
:
* SSF Arauca
* PNN Manaure
References
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Colombia
National parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...