National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment (Colombia)
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The National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment, known as INDEREMA, was an Colombian environmental
government agency
established in 1968 to implement environmental policy
and promote green development
in Colombia. INDEREMA was successful in helping create the environment in government and the acceptance in society to move environmental protection
into the national agenda, this led to the creation of child agencies like the National Natural Parks System
, and the eventual evolution into the Ministry of Environment
in 1993.
Environmental policy
Environmental policy is any [course of] action deliberately taken [or not taken] to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on...
government agency
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
established in 1968 to implement environmental policy
Environmental policy
Environmental policy is any [course of] action deliberately taken [or not taken] to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on...
and promote green development
Green development
Green development is a land use planning concept that includes consideration of community-wide or regional environmental implications of development, as well as site-specific green building concepts...
in Colombia. INDEREMA was successful in helping create the environment in government and the acceptance in society to move environmental protection
Environmental protection
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently...
into the national agenda, this led to the creation of child agencies like the National Natural Parks System
National Natural Parks System (Colombia)
The Special Administrative Unit of the National Natural Parks System is Colombian central agency that manages all the national parks and protected areas....
, and the eventual evolution into the Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Environment (Colombia)
The Ministry of Environment was the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with determining and regulating the standards and guidelines for the protection of the environment, investigate and implement environmental policies...
in 1993.