Monday, August 06, 2018

Good Bye to a Great & sometimes misunderstood Leader, The Colombian President & Nobel Prize

Adiós, Presidente! 

Farewell to a great leader, President Santos, sometimes misunderstood by many of my fellow countrymen, history will judge him benevolently, he was someone who bet all his political capital on Colombia’s peace agreement among many other progressive policies.

I have to say it was a truly honor to work under President Santos command, and accomplished all objectives on green economic ,financial, and market instruments as well as developed the Green National Business plan  where we had accomplished more than a thousand green business! ,creating more than 7,000 truly green jobs,  showing more than 50 million usd on net sales of green micro-entrepreneurs .

We did it! , we did harvest the pillar of green growth as the new vision. Proud, proud to have worked as Head of Office at the now well renamed Green Business Office at  Colombian Ministry of Environmental  & Sustainable Development. A new age has begun in Colombia, let us pray for keeping the right and only track we could take, the sustainable development way !




The results of our National Green Biz Plan. 2014-2018 (1st Q)- Numbers dont lie ; 
On the Green Economic, Financial & Market instruments area; these are our magnificent results on Santos last period 2014-2018

Updating the Compensatory Rate for Water Use (After more than a decade)
Compensatory Rate for the protective forest reserve of the eastern forests of Bogotá.
Remuneration Rate for Punctual Water Spills
Compensatory Rate for Capture of Wildlife
Compensatory Rate for Timber Forest Use
Payment for Environmental Services
Carbon Market Implementation
Carbon tax design
Design and negotiation of the tax on plastic bags
Environmental economic valuation guide.

The environmental compensatory rates, unlike a tax in which the economic resources goes to a common stock , the compensatory rates seek to compensate the footprint or an anthropocentrically generated impact. Remuneration rates under the polluter pays principle


Friday, August 03, 2018

Finalmente la actualización de la Tasa Compensatoria Forestal!


And the cherry on the cake! Finalmente y después de mucho trabajo ,muchísimo análisis de años por parte de la ONVS , Salió la Tasa Compensatoria Forestal cuya finalidad es preservar y conservar especies forestales que sosteniblemente son utilizadas, generara mas recursos para preservar y conservar nuestros bosques, también buscará mayor control en la deforestación en las regiones . Esta es la última herramienta que de un Bloque significativo de herramientas económicas, financieras y de mercado se han logrado exitosamente en esta administración en procura de un mayor crecimiento verde !


Thursday, July 12, 2018

My Farewell to the Colombia´s Ministery of Environment and Sustainable Development



Saying good bye to a great institution, great guy, great leader, It's never easy, Its been a real privilege worked on a government that gave all for peace under the leadership of Nobel peace prize, It’s been a real honor accomplished all the objectives we had on green economic instruments as well to facilitate green business as a green growth strategy for Colombia, Hopefully I will see most of my colleagues and friends in these green battles to change an unsustainable economic paradigm towards a sustainable one.


My Boss : The Minister of Environment And Sustainable Development for the lasts couple of years. 

We at the office create a huge battery of new green economic instruments as well as the creation of the voluntary carbon market, all of this replicates on new resources, new investments on strategic ecosystems in Colombia, without his leadership and President Santos we could not make it , as simple as that.  On the Green Business Division we create hundreds of new green business and the policy has been adopted as a National policy that will create new opportunities by balance environment, social and economics using the Green National Plan, so far more than 7,000 new jobs in less than 4 years.  We made it!!! ,we delivered strong !!!


Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Presentando resultados de Plan Nacional de Negocios Verde


Here presenting our results to date on the Colombian Green Business Policy on Chanel 1 Colombian News. Check at 1:56 


Aqui presentando en el Canal 1 los  avances del Plan Nacional de Negocios Verdes de Colombia.

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