FIFTH ORDER
THE ATRATO IS LIFE
TIMELINE
Convention 575 of 2017
Entered into between the Ministry of Environment- IIAP for the formulation of the baseline of the PAO5.
Presentation of baseline and PAO5 proposal
Presentation of baseline and PAO5 proposal by the Ministry of Environment.
Rejection by the CCGA and the Monitoring Committee of the proposal of PAO5
Rejection by the CCGA and the Monitoring committee of the proposal of PAO5 due to the non-compliance with the Judgment’s standards.
Collective review of the PAO5 by the Commission of Guardians
Meeting between the Ministry of Environment and CCGA for the review of the methodology of construction of the PAO5.
1st Technical Roundtable
The Cuerpo Colegiado and the Ministry of Environment agree on the methodology for the collective construction of the PAO5.
2nd Technical Roundtable
Definition of the 5 strategic lines of the PAO5 and their general content.
3rd Technical Roundtable
Structuration of the thematic line of "Improvement of the environmental quality".
4th Technical Roundtable
Structuration of the thematic line of "Sustainable Production".
5th Technical Roundtable
Structuration of the thematic line of "Environmental Planning of the territory".
6th Technical Roundtable
Work on the incorporation of the biocultural and gender approach within the PAO5. UN Women participated.
Municipal Workshop
Conduction of 15 workshops for each of the actioned municipalities, for the review and contributions of communities to PAO5.
Roundtable with non-actioned municipalities
Roundtable with the communities of the municipalities not actioned for the review and adjustment of the PAO5.
Subregional Roundtable
Establishment of 3 subregional roundtables (high, middle and low watershed) for the concertation about the adjustments of the PAO5.
Roundtable for Adjustment of PAO5
Technical roundtable to resolve observations from CCGA regarding the document of the PAO5. Adjustments are agreed.
Technical roundtable for revision of the PAO5
Technical roundtable for revision and final adjustments on the Action Plan document. Approval is granted.
Approval of PAO5
Approval and protocolization of the PAO5 within the Session VI of the Commission of Guardians.
Research of Heavy Metals in Waterbodies
Corpourabá and Codechocó sign a Convention within the framework of the orders 5 and 8 with the objectives of advancing in the design of a network for monitoring the quality of the Atrato River and y gauge the concentration of heavy metals in the hydric resource and sediments.
Resolution 448 of 2020
Whereby the Ministry of Environment issues the TdR for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Study for mining formalization.
Execution of the project “Dialog with the Atrato"
Execution of the project “Dialog with the Atrato: a biocultural approach to the conflict management linked to the water with indigenous communities of the watershed of the Atrato River”
Agreement No. 199 of 2021
Implementation by Corporación Bioparque of the project “Definition of the remediation model for the Quito River watershed (Cértegui, Unión Panamericana, Cantón de San Pablo and Río Quito municipalities)”, which was consolidated through Agreement No. 199 of 2021, between Fondo para la acción ambiental y la niñez (Fondo Acción) and Corporación BIOPARQUE.
Convention 638 of 2021
Codechocó and the Ministry of Environment's execution of the project “Rehabilitation of the ecologically relevant areas of the Atrato River, specifically in the watershed of the Quito River, in compliance with the judgment T-622”, whose objective is the restoration of 170 hectares of the areas degraded by anthropic activities. This Convention looks forward to implementing actions to start restoration processes in ecologically relevant areas of the Atrato River, specifically in the watershed of the Quito River with the community of San Isidro. All this for a cost of COP 1,062,281,088
Convention 1112 of 2021
Once the Ministry of Environment and the IIAP started the Phase 1 of the project “Education, culture and Participation for the Majestic Atrato River”, entered into the Consortium Fondo Colombia en Paz and the IIAP, legalized with the signing of the Convention 1112 of 2021.
Project “Research on the cleanup and ecological restoration of the watershed of the Quito River”
Universidad de Córdoba execution of the project “Research on the cleanup and ecological restoration of the watershed of the Quito River, within the framework of the judgment T-622 of 2016”.
Socialization of the results of the Convention 705 of 2021 and the Bioparques Project
Socialization of the results of the Convention 705 of 2021 and the Bioparques Project in the municipality of Río Quito.
Convention 817 of 2023
The Convention 817 of 2023, signed between the MADS and the IIAP, combined efforts to design a participative strategy for environmental training and participation in Chocó and the watershed of the Atrato River. Its objective is to reinforce institutional and communal capacities, promoting environmental governance models based on the dialogue of Wisdoms and the management of socio-environmental conflicts.
Convention 1220 of 2023
Creation of a School for Environment Leadership and education in waste management through the Convention 1220 of 2023, along with WWF and the MADS, oriented to the reinforcement of the environmental management of the watershed.
Creation of Atrato Program in the Fondo para la Vida y la Biodiversidad of the MADS
The Fondo para la Vida y la Biodiversidad acts as a financial mechanism that derives resources for initiatives of environmental restoration, ensuring its execution and sustainability through the years. With the creation of the subaccount for the Atrato Program, the resources for the ecologic restoration, the illegal mining control and the reinforcement of the communities in the watershed of the Atrato River, are derived. In addition, it responds to the financial challenges of the judgment as it centralizes and optimizes the use of national and international funds, by granting the effective and continuing execution of necessary actions for the restoration of the watershed of the Atrato River.
Convention MADS and WWF Colombia
This Convention of Cooperation between the MADS and WWF Colombia combined technical, administrative and financial efforts to reinforce the comprehensive management of the watershed of the Atrato River, focused on its rehabilitation, restoration and environmental governance. With an investment of $2.885 million COP, of which $1.991 million COP come from MADS and $893 COP million from WWF.
Invited columnists: Viviana Gonzáles and Rodrigo Rogelis, members of the Centro Sociojurídico para la Defensa Territorial Siembra, legal attorneys of the petitioners of the judgment T-622 of the Atrato River.
In order to guarantee the protection and decontamination of the Atrato River, in Chocó, Colombia, the judges of the Constitutional Court declared it a “subject of right”. Six years after the judgment, there is still a lot to do. This is a collective work with the journalist Marie Eve Detoeuf, from “Le Monde”.
The Guardians of Atrato, along with the Centro Sociojurídico Siembra, will submit next Thursday, November 3rd, a petition to the Constitutional Court for the fifth anniversary of the Judgment T-622, the first to acknowledge a River a subject of rights. In the text, the status of the implementation of the judgment is identified, and even though it has progressed, it has not been fully fulfilled.
“The judgment T-622 of the Constitutional Court? Everybody here knows it”, says José Adán Palacios, while he charges his boat on the pier of Quibdó. José Adán, who is from Bojayá, transports passengers and merchandise, and knows better than anyone this majestic River and its watersheds. “But the judgment has not changed a thing; the contamination carries on, whether it is due to the mining, deforestation, or trash”, the boatman sighs.