National Policy for the Integral Management of Biodiversity and its Ecosystem Services (PNGIBSE)

The PNGIBSE is a State policy whose objective is to promote the Integral Management of Biodiversity and its Ecosystem Services (Gibse), so as to maintain and improve the resilience of socio-ecological systems, at national, regional, local and cross-border scales, considering scenarios of change and through joint, coordinated and concerted action by the State, the productive sector and civil society. This means that this PNGIBSE will be the one that conceptually and strategically frames and guides all other environmental management instruments (policies, regulations, plans, programs and projects), existing or being developed, for the conservation of biodiversity at its different levels of organization, in addition to being the basis of intersectoral articulation and a fundamental part of the country's development.

The PNGIBSE identifies five main direct drivers of biodiversity transformation and loss that are typified at the global level: 1. Changes in land use (continental or aquatic), its occupation and the fragmentation of its ecosystems; 2. Decrease, loss or degradation of elements of native ecosystems and agro-ecosystems; 3. Biological invasions; 4. Contamination and toxification and 5. Climate change. To address these drivers of loss and the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and transformation, it proposes six thematic axes: 1. Biodiversity, conservation and care for nature; 2. Biodiversity, governance and creation of public value; 3. Biodiversity, economic development and quality of life; 4. Biodiversity, knowledge management, technology and information; 5. Biodiversity, risk management and provision of ecosystem services. and 6. Biodiversity, co-responsibility and global commitments.

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Biodiversity Action Plan 2016 — 2030 (PAB)

The Action Plan is the operational document that facilitates the implementation of the National Policy for the Integral Management of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (PNGIBSE) through the coordinated execution of specific actions at the intersectoral and regional levels. Its main objective is to reduce direct and indirect pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The plan is based on the six axes of the PNGIBSE and establishes short, medium and long term goals (2020, 2025 and 2030), considering environmental policies, national needs, international commitments (such as the Aichi Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity) and the recommendations of bodies such as the OECD and the National Development Plan 2014-2018.

The proposed goals focus on strengthening regional environmental institutions, improving protected area systems, promoting sustainable local development models and green growth, generating incentives for the protection and restoration of strategic ecosystems, improving environmental information systems, and establishing intersectoral agreements and programs to address regional and local problems. This involves developing strategies such as payment for environmental services, agricultural conversion programs, eco-efficient sectoral initiatives, sustainable development programs with ecological criteria, and strengthening democratic participation through popular consultations and environmental audiences.

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Sixth National Biodiversity Report

The Sixth National Biodiversity Report was prepared in response to the commitment established in Article 26 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which requires Parties to submit periodic reports describing the measures taken to implement the Convention and evaluate its effectiveness in achieving its objectives. Coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, with the support of an Inter-institutional Technical Committee, this report covers the period 2014-2018 and highlights the actions taken by Colombia and the results obtained in relation to the 20 Aichi Goals and the goals of the Global Strategy for the Conservation of Plant Species.

The report integrates nearly 400 references from various sources and types of documents, including policies, diagnoses of the state of biodiversity, institutional technical reports, scientific articles and inquiries on the websites of institutions such as Regional Environmental Authorities, NGOs, universities and sector agencies.

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