National System of Protected Areas (Colombia)

For other uses, see National System of Protected Areas.

The National System of Protected Areas (Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas) (SINAP) is the Colombian national park administrator. It is a department under the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Regional Development responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. SINAP was established after Colombia signed the Convention on Biological Diversity through Law 165 of 1994,[1][2] and has been the primary activity of the Colombian Government regarding the conservation of biodiversity.[3] The areas of the Park System supply 25 million people with water.[3]

In total 59 areas belong to the National Natural Parks System, covering 16,954,500 hectares (65,462 sq mi).[4]

The areas are categorized in six divisions, defined in Article 329 of Código de Recursos Naturales (CNR):[5] 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

## Footnotes

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1. ^ "Law 165 of 1994". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
2. ^ "¿Qué es el Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas?" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
3. ^ a b Villegas & Sesana 2007, p. 31
4. ^ "Los parques" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
5. ^ "Article 329 of Código de Recursos Naturales". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-24.

## References

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* Villegas, Benjamin; Sesana, Laura (2007), Colombia Natural Parks, Villegas Asociados, ISBN 978-958-8156-87-3.

## External links

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* (in Spanish) National System of Protected Areas' page at Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia

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Biodiversity of Colombia

General biota|

| Vertebrates|

* Birds
* Endemic
* Mammals
* Primates
* Reptiles
* Lizards
* Snakes

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Other|

* Butterflies
* Non-marine molluscs
* Flora

Regional biota|

* Altiplano Cundiboyacense
* Eastern Hills, Bogotá
* Invasive (Hippopotamus)
* Magdalena River

Ecoregions|

| Tumbes
Chocó
Magdalena|

* Chocó–Darién moist forests
* Eastern Panamanian montane forests
* Esmeraldas–Pacific Colombia mangroves
* Magdalena Valley montane forests
* Magdalena–Urabá moist forests
* Panama Bight
* Western Ecuador moist forests

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Tropical
Andes|

* Bogotá savanna
* Cauca Valley dry forests
* Cauca Valley montane forests
* Cocora Valley
* Cordillera Oriental montane forests
* Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
* Magdalena Valley dry forests
* Northern Andean páramo
* Northwestern Andean montane forests
* Patía Valley dry forests
* Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
* Santa Marta montane forests
* Santa Marta páramo
* Sumapaz Páramo

Other|

* Amazon–Orinoco–Southern Caribbean mangroves
* Campinarana
* Caquetá moist forests
* Catatumbo moist forests
* Guajira–Barranquilla xeric scrub
* Japurá–Solimões–Negro moist forests
* Napo moist forests
* Negro–Branco moist forests
* Sinú Valley dry forests

Nature reserves|

* Arví Park
* Azufral
* Bahía Portete–Kaurrele
* Cerulean Warbler
* Chamicero de Perijá
* Colibri del Sol
* Laguna de Sonso
* Thomas van der Hammen

Organizations|

* Alexander von Humboldt
* Fundación ProAves
* John von Neumann
* PNN
* Proyecto Tití
* SINAP
* Sinchi

* Portal
* Natural hazards
* Natural regions
* Protected areas

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