 IDEAM also keeps records of official national environmental data and is tasked with supplying this data to the other governmental institutions.Finally, INVEMAR, as an investigative institution, has conducted various studies and research on Colombia’s renewable resources as well as research on its marine and oceanic ecosystems.Together with IDEAM, INVEMAR support MADs with their research contributions, which have resulted in MADS being better equipped to develop and amend its environmental rules and regulations.