Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Colombia)

Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales
Agency overview
Formed22 December 1993; 30 years ago (1993-12-22)[1]
Preceding agency
  • Instituto Colombiano de Hidrología, Meteorología y Adecuación de Tierras
HeadquartersCarrera 10 № 20-30
Bogotá, Colombia
Annual budgetCOP$50,689,400,000 (2012)[2]
COP$60,814,100,000 (2013)[3]
COP$72,937,566,000 (2014)[4]
Agency executives
  • Ricardo Lozano Picón, Minister
  • Yolanda González, General Director
Parent agencyMinistry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Websitewww.ideam.gov.co

The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Spanish: Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales), also known by its acronym in Spanish, IDEAM, is a government agency of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia. It is in charge of producing and managing the scientific and technical information on the environment of Colombia, and its territorial composition.[5] The IDEAM also serves as the Colombian institute of meteorology and studies the climate of Colombia. The agency is currently led by the Director General, forestry engineer Yolanda González Hernandez.[6] González Hernández is a specialist in Geographic Information Systems with a Masters in Meteorology Sciences from the National University of Colombia, and is the first woman to lead the agency.[7]

  1. ^ Colombia, Congress of (22 December 1993). "Ley 99 de 1993" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (41). Bogotá: 146. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48). Bogotá: 12, 283. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48). Bogotá: 13, 640. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. ^ Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (49). Bogotá: 1, 24. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Marco Institucional" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales. Retrieved 2008-11-12. [dead link]
  6. ^ IDEAM website. "IDEAM Organization Chart" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  7. ^ Colombian Ministry of Environment, (MinAmbiente). "Yolanda González Hernández, primera mujer en dirigir el IDEAM" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.[permanent dead link]