The National System of Protected Areas ( es, Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas) (SINAP) is the
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
administrator. It is a department under the
Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Regional Development
The Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development ( es, Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial) was a national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with determining and regulating the standard ...
responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. SINAP was established after Colombia signed the
Convention on Biological Diversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); the sustainable use of its ...
through Law 165 of 1994, and has been the primary activity of the
Colombian Government
The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches.
Its legislature has a congress,
its judiciary has a supreme court, and
its executive branch has a president.
The citiz ...
regarding the conservation of biodiversity.
The areas of the Park System supply 25 million people with water.
In total 59 areas belong to the National Natural Parks System, covering .
The areas are categorized in six divisions, defined in Article 329 of Código de Recursos Naturales (CNR):
national parks (''parques nacionales''), flora and fauna sanctuaries (''santuarios de fauna y flora''), flora sanctuaries (''santuarios de flora''), nature reserves (''reserva natural''), unique natural areas (''área natural única'') and road parks (''vía parque'').
See also
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List of national parks of Colombia
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
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Footnotes
References
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External links
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National System of Protected Areas' page at Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
{{Biodiversity of Colombia
Nature conservation in Colombia
Environment of Colombia
National park administrators
Organizations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Colombia
Convention on Biological Diversity