Colombia - Seaflower Marine Protected Area (MPA)

In Colombia, in accord with Decree 216 of 2003, the Ministry of Environment, Housing, and Territorial development is the environmental governing body, with a technical office that is responsible for day-to-day operational management of conservation in situ. The mission of this office, the Special Administrative Unit of National Natural Parks, is to manage national protected areas (therefore, the Unit also functions as the environmental authority in these areas) and to coordinate the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP). At the regional level, the National Environment System (SINA), as defined in Law 99 of 1993, delegates environmental authority to the Regional Autonomous Corporations, including the function to declare and manage regional protected areas.