Summary
In 2020, the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Ibagué in Colombia declared Complejo de Páramos “Las Hermosas” as a “Special Subject of Rights for its protection, recovery and conversation with an integral approach”.
The Tribunal Superior del Distrito Judicial de Ibagué) is a high-level regional appellate court in Tolima, Colombia. The court gave these rights in the same way it gave the Los Nevados National Park rights, and designated the President of the Republic as the legal representative.
Las Hermosas is a moorland complex located in the Colombian central mountain range in an altitudinal range from 1600 to 4500 meters above sea level. Its contains more than 400 lagoons and generates large water tributaries that are central to the development of the country’s agricultural and energy sectors. It contains high biological diversity combined with climatic, soil, geological and geomorphological conditions that provide habitat for numerous species of fauna and flora.
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Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon, Alex Putzer & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2026. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/complejo-de-paramos-las-hermosas/.
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