High-altitude wetlands that supply drinking water to 2.2 million Colombians and help to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Has used political and legal strategies to strengthen and enforce environmental legislation in the country
AIDA helped to demonstrate that Colombia’s legal obligations as well as international norms.
The country ranks second in coal reserves in South America and is home to what could be one of the largest gold mines in the Americas.
To endorse a demarcation based on scientific criteria by adopting a new atlas of the páramos drawn up by Colombian officials.
The geographical location and characteristics of páramo ecosystems must be mapped out to establish their legal perimeters
Has set important precedents regarding the need to protect environmentally sensitive areas and the importance of the precautionary principle
The ethnic and rural communities that rely on these natural resources for their livelihoods are the most susceptible
Colombian law
Prohibit mining in the páramos
AIDA
The Constitutional Court
Ministry of Environment
To Mining
Santurbán páramos,
Colombia
