Santos returned the stick that the momos gave him in 2010

President Juan Manuel Santos arrived Friday in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta with the intention of giving back to the mamos the staff they had given him eight years ago, but they offered him gratitude and recognition for their work. in favor of peace and maternal care. During his visit, the head of state sanctioned two standards of historical importance for the preservation of the environment of Colombia: the law of climate change and the law of Páramos

during an emotional encounter with the mamos of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, who met Friday in the city of San Miguel, President Juan Manuel Santos spoke with these community leaders Arhuaco, Kogui, Wiwa and Kankuamo, thanked them for their support during the eight years of government and returned the command staff that they had lent him in August 2010, the day of his possession, but, to his surprise, the mamos asked him to remain with him, in gratitude and gratitude for his efforts for peace and the care of the environment

Immediately afterwards, the President recalled this moment lived almost eight years ago, and the contrast of the Friday meeting that had it has a nostalgic sense of thanks and farewell: "As President, I arrived here on August 7, 2010, and I have come in some way to ask our elder brothers for permission to take command, take possession of it before the Congress of the Republic, and I had a long conversation with them and they gave me their approval, their support and gave me this cane and m said: We give you this cane and a series of materials that never run out, so you keep them during your tenure, but when you finish his term must come here and make the cane and these materials "

" That's why I came, to make the cane, to tell them what they told me there at eight, especially two specific points: take care, president, they said, mother nature; take care of the environment, because the environment is the source of our life. If he does not care about water, he does not take care of all that nature represents, we simply stop and simply exist ". , said the head of state

According to the history of the President, during their dialogue, they, the mamos of Sierra Nevada, have understood very well that this the realization of peace is a first step, because what comes is the true construction of peace which, according to the president, [1945-19006] "is in us, with respect for differences, with respect for different cultures. in respect of the indigenous communities, for this variety that we are Colombians, which gives us finally a huge force ".

Thus, concerning this first engagement with the native mamos, President Santos does not have the same power. spared no effort to accomplish it.As for the second, the work for the care of Mother Nature, the balance of her government is also very positive, a lot of progress has been made, though he acknowledged that there was still some way to go.

In this way, the President was able to say During his tenure, the country went from 13 million and a half hectares protected to 43 million , which will be delimited the 37 páramos of the country, that 13 wetlands have been added to the international list of Ramsar, that a special protection has been established for 8.5 million hectares of forest reserve in the Amazon, and that Colombia led the questions environmental issues on the world stage, among other achievements.

Climate Change Act

After meeting with the mamos, President Santos sanctioned two laws of historical significance for the country

The first is the Climate Change Act, which creates the conditions and offers the necessary guidelines to manage the adaptation of the territory This law will contribute to the fulfillment of the commitment made by the country against the Paris agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. .

In fact, this legislation will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, projected until 2030, and advance in a climate resilient development pathway.

The objective of the regulation is also to reduce the vulnerability of the country's population and ecosystems to the effects of climate change and to promote the transition to a competitive and sustainable economy.

Similarly, he envisions the recognition of the National Climate Change Information System as one of the fundamental elements of decision-making and provides for the creation of economic and financial issues instruments for climate change management.

This law is the most strategic point in the management of climate change. approach of the country vis-à-vis the phenomenon and joined other advances, such as the 43 measures and lines of action that have been set to achieve the national goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.