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Any CAR (Corporación Autónoma Regional) (Regional Autonomous Corporation) is
a public corporate entity integrated with all other relevant territorial
authorities that together belong to a geographical basin or ecosystem and they
are in charge of enforcing the environmental policies of the Ministerio del
Medio Ambiente (Ministry of Environment) in that specific region.
They were first mentioned in Article 23, Law 99 of December 22, 1993, and then
each CAR was established by a particular Decree later.
Sources:
http://www.minambiente.gov.co//contenido/contenido.aspx?catID=554&conID=4040
http://www.corpoguavio.gov.co/espanol/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=\14&Itemid=27
The full list of CAR's is seen here (total of 33):
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporaciones_Aut%C3%B3nomas_Regionales
http://www.humboldt.org.co/sina/corporaciones.htm
All the CAR's are represented in ASOCARS, the Association of all the CAR's. Each
CAR has its own logo and flag.
For the logos of all 33 CAR's please see the following:
http://www.asocars.org.co/Cartilla/Cartillaconmusica.html
Another CAR flag is seen here:
http://www.car.gov.co/tools/microsThumb.php?src=recursos_user/imagenes//Noticias\/Marzo_2011/MARC_GIRARDOT.jpg&w=250
(Flag of the CAR of Cundinamarca).
Source:
http://www.car.gov.co/?idcategoria=16040
However there's currently a Bill in Congress that estipulates the closure of 32
of these CAR's given the poor response and bad management that they faced during
the 2010 local flood crisis.
Source:
http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-8791343 (January 20,
2011)
Esteban Rivera, 30 March 2011
Each CAR (Corporación Autónoma Regional, Autonomous Regional Corporation) is
a government mechanism to watch over the ecosystem in each specifically
jurisdiction where it operates, and it is funded by the central government, and
even though they are semi independent organizations (descentralized institutions),
they are organization-wise dependent to the Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sostenible (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development) (which chenged
its name from Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial (Ministry
of the Environment, Housing and Regional Development).
ALL the CARs (Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales, Autonomous Regional
Corporations) are together in the ASOCARS (Asociación de Corporaciones Autónomas
Regionales y de Desarrollo Sostenible, Association of Autonomous Regional
Corporations and Sustainable Development) (official website:
http://www.asocars.org.co/
). The Statutes of the ASOCARS are established in its Acta 058 del Libro III de
Actas de la Asamblea General (Act 058 of the Third Book of Acts of the General
Assembly):
http://www.asocars.org.co/index.php/images/archivos/ESTATUTOS.pdf
Sources:
http://www.minambiente.gov.co//contenido/contenido.aspx?conID=7706&catID=1252
(Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development) and
http://www.asocars.org.co/index.php/iquienessomos
Esteban Rivera, 24 March 2012
image located by
Esteban Rivera, 30 March 2011
"CORPOGUAVIO is a public corporation created under the law, with
administrative autonomy, legal personality and its own capital, that is part of
the territorial entities that constitute geographically the same ecosystem or
configure a geopolitical, bio-geographic or hydro-geographic unit and legally
charged with administering, within the area under its jurisdiction, the
environment and renewable and non-renewable natural resources, and promoting
sustainable development in compliance with the legal provisions and policies of
the ministry of the environment."
Source :
http://www.bnamericas.com/company-profile/en/Corporacion_Autonoma_Regional_del\_Guavio-CORPOGUAVIO.
The flag of the Corporación Autónoma Regional del Guavio is presented
here.
"La Corporación Autónoma Regional del Guavio - Corpoguavio adoptó un diseño de
bandera que presenta como característica básica el tener una gran fuerza
simbólica, dando importancia al azul y el verde como colores representativos. El
diseño de la bandera muestra tres franjas horizontales, las de los extremos de
igual tamaño, y la central un poco más grande en su orden: azul, blanco y verde
representando las tres actividades básicas de la Corporación: Protección del
recurso agua, Trasparencia y Compromiso con el medio ambiente. En la franja
blanca central se ubica el Logosímbolo en los colores originales.
La bandera debe colocarse en todos los eventos importantes para la Corporación
como uno de sus símbolos representativos.
Diseño: JAIRO NICOLÁS YEPES VASQUEZ"
Translation:
"Regional Autonomous Corporation Guavio - Corpoguavio adopted a flag design that
presents a basic to have great symbolic force, stressing the blue and green as
representative colors.
The design of the flag shows three horizontal bands, the ends of equal size, and
plant a little larger in order: blue, white and green representing the three
basic activities of the Corporation: Protection of water resources, Transparency
and Commitment to the environment. In the central white stripe logo symbol is
located in the original colors.The flag should be placed in all major events for
the Corporation as one of its representative symbols.
Design: JAIRO NICHOLAS YEPES VASQUEZ "
Valentin Poposki, 30 August 2010
The image CORPOGUAVIO can be found here:
http://www.corpoguavio.gov.co/espanol/images/stories/bandera(4).png
Esteban Rivera, 30 March 2011