environmental places of

Bogotá

PARK SIMON BOLIVAR

the largest urban park and important city of Bogota is located in the geographic center of Bogota, in the town of Gauteng. is quite popular among the citizens who visit it daily.

Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park is a set of surrounding parkland, its currently is considered the "lungs of the city", because of its strategic location in the heart of Bogota, for its extensive vegetation and large size of its greenery. Also by the amount and variety of scenarios that comprise

It is the main green area in Park Metropolitano Simón Bolívar, has an area of 113 hectares, which can perform various activities such contemplative

Formerly named, currently known in commercial and Salitre Magico Park, is a recreational area that includes rides. The amusement park is well known for its Ferris wheel from which achieves a perfect view of the entire city.

PARK METROPOLITANO EL LAGO

The park is part of the complex Grooms has an area of 23 hectares with pedestrian paths and small booths for roasts. It is ideal for passive recreation and contemplation. In the lake, the main attraction,

It has a place to host up to 3,000 people, a social hall for events, 3 bathrooms points batteries, playground area, feeding area, parking for 130 vehicles and two water sources that enrich the landscape level.

is performed recursively in this place, in the event of the summer festivals organized by the Institute for Recreation and Sport. For eight Sundays homeja rende Joe Madrid. Jazz groups involved in these Sunday afternoons in August and September.

Bogotá Botanical Garden

is the largest botanical garden in Colombia. It lies in the savannah of Bogota, is a research,

education and leisure from the Colombian capital.

The founder of the present garden Enrique Perez Arbelaez, who also acted as seed

collector in the forests of the Andes. This garden contains five special collections

dedicated to the conservation of species including botanical families, Araceae,

Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, Lamiaceae and Orchidaceae.

This botanical garden developed numerous research activities in collaboration with

universities in Bogota, and education to students and the general public. with

biotechnology programs, conservation of endangered plants and ecology, restoration of

degraded lands and the urban environment.

PARCK METROPOLITANO EL TUNAL

The Tunal is a park located in the southeastern metropolitan geographic

Bogotá, weekends Receive more than 50,000 people,

Performing different activities such as festivals and sports tournaments. Only

access to the coliseum and some courts have cost. It has tennis courts,

squash, football, and basketball microfútbol.

The traditional park Tunal born in the early 1970s, then had some football and

some rides, which were built on land that bordered the canal San Carlos.

1980 was built football stadium, opened in 1997, six tennis courts and two

years later the park gates closed and he did a remodel.

PARCK IN THE INDEPENDENCIA

is one of the oldest in Bogotá. It was built in 1910 to commemorate the first

anniversary of Independence, the July 20, 1810. It is located on the eastern side of

the town of Santa Fe, in the foothills of the eastern hills that border the city.

For its opening several kiosks were built, such as machines, which emulated the

architecture built in iron, and the Egyptian, with decorative details of ancient

Egyptian temples, the Fine Arts, Art Nouveau, the Industry, evoking Eastern

architecture, and La Luz, the Italian architect

PARK MIRADOR DE LOS NEVADOS

Metropolitan Park is located in the village of Suba, north of Bogota presents

an area of 6 hectares and is a public area of great historical and symbolic for

the city. It was built in an old quarry, where for more than 50 years were

extracted materials for public works in the district. It has trails, gazebo on

the west of the city and relict of flora and fauna.

The Parque Mirador de los Nevados is a benchmark of high environmental and

landscape value that enables passive enjoyment and learning. Its architecture

was designed based on the cosmogony Muisca, reason that makes it a unique

setting in the Capital District.

Wetland of Córdoba

The Wetland Cordoba is one of thirteen wetlands Bogota savannah, is located in the town of Suba in nearby neighborhoods South Nice, Nice-Córdoba, Nice VIII, Lagos de Córdoba and station Transmilenio system took the same name as the Wetland. Its main tributaries are the waters that come from the eastern hills of the city and is located within the Juan Amarillo Wetland account with which is connected via a channel that runs through the south side of Lake Club Los Lagartos.

it was a wet area mainly covered by wetlands and bodies water.2 Wetlands are natural scenarios, due to social and cultural dynamics of the city, have been immersed in an urban environment in which its structure, function and interrelationships have been significantly altered.

Córdoba The wetland is part of the 13 wetlands of Bogotá,

SANTA MARIA LA

KE WETLAND

The St. Mary Lake Wetland is located in the town Engativá

The wetland is located in the district of the same name (St. Mary of the Lake), and today it bordered on the south district, east of AvenidaBoyacá, north to 80th Street and the neighborhood Minuto de Dios, the West with the Carrera 76 and Tabora districts and La Granja. [3]

The flora of the ecosystem highlight the groves of willows and alders, lentils, hyacinth, water rushes and umbrellas. Addition of a mixture of acacia, eucalyptus, myrtle and cherry.

Currently developing a rescue program that includes system ecological restoration, debris removal, development of walking trails, sidewalks, bike paths and viewpoints. Besides advancing the construction of a collector in the race lead 76 that allow wastewater to a different place in this ecosystem [6]

strategy develops environmental classrooms of the District Department of the Environment. This strategy of non-formal environmental education, looking through pedagogical processes strengthen political subjects capable of appropriation of the territory.

WETLAND CHAPLAINCY

The Chaplaincy Wetland is a wetland of plain, fluvial-lacustrine, located in the southwestern city of Bogota, in the town of Fontibon

Area covered by wetland pastures dominated by Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu grass or African) and between eucalyptus tree line stands (Eucalyptus) species unsuited to this type of ecosystem.

The Chaplaincy wetland water system was part of the basin the missing Fuchaque surtía Tintal lagoon, which was the subject of successive subdivisions, urban development product devoid of environmentally conscious, and far to the concept of the wetland. Thus today as Tibanica wetlands, Cow, Donkey, Ceiling, Lake and wetland itself Timiza Chaplaincy, remamentes all Tintal the lagoon, are deteriorated and disintegrated to the highly same water system

WETLAND COW

is located in the town of Kennedy in Bogotá The ecosystem is at a height of 2536 meters 2 on sea level.

The plants are in severe decline. You can find native species Hydrocotyle ranunculoides(Rendonditas water), Bidens laevis (dry aquatic Love) and Lemma (Duckweed). In addition to introduced species such as alder, Urapan, acacia and eucalipto.

The wetland has presented a steady decline due to population growth of the city, and become a center of violence and drug abuse.

their lands are invaded, and it is estimated that the number of inhabitants may continue to increase. It has been identified that the community of the area has no interest in recovering the ecosistema.