Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality
Over the last five decades, Colombia has made substantial progress in protecting its environment. This includes restructuring its legal and regulatory landscape, undertaking policy initiatives, and strengthening its capacity for protecting and mana...
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okr-10986-339242021-04-23T14:01:58Z Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality World Bank ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS AIR QUALITY WATER QUALITY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAND DEGRADATION DEFORESTATION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Over the last five decades, Colombia has made substantial progress in protecting its environment. This includes restructuring its legal and regulatory landscape, undertaking policy initiatives, and strengthening its capacity for protecting and managing its natural resources and environmental quality, and establishing a system of national parks and forestry reserves that covers more than a quarter of the country. Colombia's environmental management framework has focused on three main environmental priorities: (a) river basin management and conservation of water resources, (b) reforestation, and (c) conservation o f biodiversity. The analysis of the cost of environmental degradation conducted as part of the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA), shows that the most costly problems associated with environmental degradation are urban and indoor air pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding and landslides); and land degradation. The burden of these costs falls most heavily on vulnerable segments of the population, especially poor children under age five. The effects of environmental degradation associated with these principal causes are estimated to cost more than 3.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), mainly due to increased mortality and morbidity and decreased productivity. To identify alternatives aimed at abating the cost of environmental degradation, this CEA examines institutional and policy issues in the functioning of the country's environmental management system and suggests some cost-effective interventions. 2020-06-17T14:50:33Z 2020-06-17T14:50:33Z 2006-02-25 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/431981468018841222/Colombia-Mitigating-environmental-degradation-to-foster-growth-and-reduce-inequality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33924 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Latin America & Caribbean Colombia |
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Over the last five decades, Colombia has
made substantial progress in protecting its environment.
This includes restructuring its legal and regulatory
landscape, undertaking policy initiatives, and strengthening
its capacity for protecting and managing its natural
resources and environmental quality, and establishing a
system of national parks and forestry reserves that covers
more than a quarter of the country. Colombia's
environmental management framework has focused on three main
environmental priorities: (a) river basin management and
conservation of water resources, (b) reforestation, and (c)
conservation o f biodiversity. The analysis of the cost of
environmental degradation conducted as part of the Country
Environmental Analysis (CEA), shows that the most costly
problems associated with environmental degradation are urban
and indoor air pollution; inadequate water supply,
sanitation and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding
and landslides); and land degradation. The burden of these
costs falls most heavily on vulnerable segments of the
population, especially poor children under age five. The
effects of environmental degradation associated with these
principal causes are estimated to cost more than 3.7 percent
of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), mainly due to increased
mortality and morbidity and decreased productivity. To
identify alternatives aimed at abating the cost of
environmental degradation, this CEA examines institutional
and policy issues in the functioning of the country's
environmental management system and suggests some
cost-effective interventions. |
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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality |
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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality |
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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality |
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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality |
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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality |
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republic of colombia : mitigating environmental degradation to foster growth and reduce inequality |
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