4to. Foro Virtual de Huella de Agua en México
septiembre 16, 2024
Caquetá, Colombia
At the national level, the guidelines are given by the IDEAM. At the regional level, the implementation of these Water Monitoring Plans are the roadmap of the Environmental Authority. In Huila, the CAM has designed and is currently implementing its Regional Institutional Program for Monitoring Water Quantity and Quality PIRMA.
Contribution year 2014
During 2014, the water footprint chapter was contributed to the National Water Study led by IDEAM and with the implementation of CTA-GSI. Currently, it contributes with water use criteria for agricultural planning with UPRA – Ministry of Agriculture and contributes with the design of the National Water Quality Monitoring Program with IDEAM.
In 2016, miPáramo was born, as an initiative for the protection of the high Andean forest and the Santurbán páramo, through Voluntary Conservation Agreements (AVC) with peasant families; thanks to the alliance between public and private actors and local organizations. The vision is to ensure that the conservation of strategic ecosystems is socially valued, economically viable and that it contributes to the quality of life of families. Thus, the Swiss Embassy in Colombia – COSUDE; The BioCuenca Alliance, GSI-LAC, GIZ and Bavaria, with 550 families from the high Andean municipalities, have managed to include 3,500 hectares in the Agreements (AVC) and develop innovative productive activities.Learn more_miParamo
Strategic scaling of the application of the water footprint promoted by Corporate Water Management Strategy.
Practical scheme of Water Bonds operating “MiParamo”, as a verifiable mechanism for the Integrated Management of Water Resources.
Strengthening of the criteria used by the agricultural planning sector in the National Monitoring Program for Water Quality Standards, particularly related to the water footprint.
The partners that constitute a community of practice where knowledge is shared and common technical bases are consolidated in order to jointly influence towards better water management.
It is a public-private alliance that leads the efficient use of water, developed within the framework of the SuizAgua project. Its scope of action extends through Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru. This initiative is led by:
