Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Colombia)

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
Ministry overview
Formed4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)[1]
Preceding Ministry
HeadquartersCalle 37 № 8-40
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
04°37′31.31″N 74°04′00.97″W / 4.6253639°N 74.0669361°W / 4.6253639; -74.0669361
Annual budgetCOL$274,026,392,000 (2013)[2]
COP$318,331,457,988 (2014)[3]
Ministry executive
Websitewww.minambiente.gov.co

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Spanish: Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia in charge of formulating, implementing, and orienting environmental policy to ensure the sustainable development of the country.[4]

  1. ^ Colombia, Congress of (4 May 2011). "Ley 1444 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 059). Bogotá: 2. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 13. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (49, 001). Bogotá: 29. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Misión y Visión". Sobre el Ministerio (in Spanish). Colombia, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 7 May 2013.