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Surprise and discomfort generated the request for resignation made by the recently appointed Minister of Environment, Carlos Correa, to the director of National Parks of Colombia, Julia Miranda.
Her departure has generated the rejection of a part of the country’s environmental sector that classifies her as one of the best officials of the National Environmental System. According to what transpired, the request for resignation obeys, according to Miranda herself told El Tiempo, what the Minister wants to carry out. changes. Faced with the decision, the expressions of support and gratitude for the work carried out by the official did not wait.
The ministry indicated, meanwhile, that Miranda’s departure was due to the fact that “the directors of the entities and institutes attached to the ministry submitted their resignation and that of Julia Miranda was accepted.”
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Miranda had been serving as director of the entity since 2004 and has worked on different fronts in the conservation of biodiversity, including the expansion of the National System of Protected Areas of Colombia, of which the country already has five on the Green list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Minister of the Environment, @CarlosECorreaE, asked the resignation of the best government official: Julia Miranda, Director of @ParksColombia. How sad!
– Lucas Pombo (@lucaspom) December 15, 2020
As Regional Coordinator of the Latin American Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks, other Protected Areas, Wild Fauna and Flora, a position she held between 2008-2014, she led the integration of Latin American countries towards the implementation of the Work Program on Protected Areas. He has also served on the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas since the 2000s.
One of his greatest achievements was the expansion of protected areas in Colombia. According to the National System of Protected Areas (Sinap), as of September of this year there were 1,343 protected areas, representing 15.17 percent of the national territory and 31.4 million hectares.
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According to Sinap, there are 122 national zones in the country, divided into national protective forest reserves (59), national integrated management districts (4) and national natural parks (59). Similarly, there are 288 regional in nature, distributed in recreation areas (10), soil conservation districts (15), regional integrated management districts (107), regional natural parks (60) and regional protective forest reserves (96). In addition, there are 933 civil society nature reserves.
A great loss. The legacy that Julia Miranda leaves with the creation and expansion of national parks, and the strengthening of the unity of @ParksColombia, during his 17 years of management. An exemplary public servant. https://t.co/Y0D2NWzGv6
– Manuel Rodríguez B. (@manuel_rodb) December 15, 2020
Additionally, the work carried out over the years allowed Colombia to become the country in the region with the highest number of protected areas included in the Green List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In total, in South America there are seven ecosystems that are part of this standard and five of them are in the national territory.
In Colombia, the Gorgona, Tatamá and Chingaza National Natural Parks, as well as the Galeras and Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuaries are part of the aforementioned list.
The first to be certified, in 2014, were Gorgona, Tatamá and Galeras and this year Malpelo and Chingaza joined. Others are in this process, such as Cahuinarí, a natural park located in the Putumayo department, which is also close to achieving this objective.
All thanks to Julia Miranda, a valuable woman who made profound contributions to the conservation of the biodiversity of this mega-diverse country at the head of @ParksColombia and put our national parks on the agenda of international relations
– Sandra Vilardy (@svilardyq) December 15, 2020
In 2012, the IUCN presented Julia Miranda with the Fred Packard Award for her service in protected areas. Similarly, received from the Ministry of Defense the highest recognition granted by this entity to a civilian, for their work in favor of the conservation and protection of the natural and cultural heritage of Colombians.
Thank you Julia Miranda for putting up with me for so many years. For opening the discussion of use, occupation and possession. For preventing the taking of politicking and resisting in the conflict. For transparency. Hopefully whoever comes can build on what they have won and open the agenda even more @FcdsOrg
– Rodrigo Botero G (@RodrigoboteroG) December 15, 2020
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