Variables

Classification

Source/Scale

1. National Protected Areas System

National Natural Parks

National Natural Parks Unit of Colombia (1:100,000)

Regional Natural Parks

National or Regional Protective Forest Reserves

Regional Districts of Integrated Management

Soil Conservation Districts

Recreation Areas

Natural Reserves of the Civil Society

2. Forest Reserves

Type A (Law 2 of 1959―Resolutions 1922 to 1926 from the 27th of December 2013)

IGAC^* (1:1,500,000)

Protective Forest Reserves (Decrete 2278 of 1953)

Humboldt Institute (1:100,000) (created for this research)

3. Strategic Ecosystems

Páramos

Humboldt Institute (1:100,000)

Freshwater Ecosystems

IGAC (1:100,000)

Ramsar Sites

IGAC (1:100,000)

Tropical Dry Forest

Humboldt Institute (1:100,000)

Mangroves

IGAC (1:100,000)

4. Guidelines for the Consolidation of the National System of Protected Areas

National Council for Economic and Social Policy―Conpes 3680

5. Portfolio and Expansion of the National Natural Parks System

National Natural Parks Unit of Colombia (1:100,000)

6. Ecosystem Integrity

Humboldt Institute (1:100,000) (created exclusively for this research)

7. Connectivity

Humboldt Institute (1:100,000) (created exclusively for this research)

8. Opportunities for Conservation

Forest Reserves Types B and C (Law 2 of 1959―Resolutions 1922 to 1926 from the 27th of December 2013)

IGAC (1:1,500,000)

Indigenous Reserves

INCODER^** (1:250,000)

Afro-Descendent Territories

Farmers Reserves

Prioritized Areas According to Former Portfolios

National Natural Parks Unit of Colombia (1:100,000)

Complementary Mechanisms for the Conservation of Biodiversity (Protected Areas Not Included in the National Protected Areas System)

Conservation International Colombia

9. Ecosystem Services

Water Regulation

IDEAM^*** (1:100,000)

Carbon Storage

IDEAM (1:100,000)

Biodiversity

Humboldt Institute (1 Km × 1 Km)

10. Prioritized Basins for Clime Change Adaptation

Prioritized Basins

Humboldt Institute (1:100,000)