 These efforts will enable national and local institutions to apply the methodology and implement mitigating measures to lower deforestation rates along the Pasto-Mocoa road, southern Colombia, in order to generate carbon credits for these mitigating actions.On February 11th of 2020, the government of Colombia reestablished the "Consejo Nacional de Agua", the national water council.It was created in 2017; the focus of the council is to plan the necessary management of water resources across the Colombian territory.