Council of State lets 60 informal neighbourhoods stay in Bogotá reserve buffer
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Colombia's Council of State allowed 60 informal neighbourhoods in the buffer strip of Bogotá's Eastern Hills forest reserve to stay under obligations, and banned new building licences in the reserve. The sources reviewed do not describe the reserve's ecological condition.
- Residents of 64 informal neighbourhoods — Neighbourhoods allowed to remain under obligations: 60 in the buffer strip and 4 in the reserve Alcaldía de Bogotá
What happened
The Bogotá city housing secretariat reported that a Council of State ruling in November 2013 let 60 informal neighbourhoods in the buffer strip of the Eastern Hills forest reserve remain, subject to obligations.
The same ruling let 4 informal neighbourhoods inside the reserve remain under obligations, and banned new building licences in the reserve.
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2013-11Outcome not on recordCouncil of State ruling on the Eastern Hills reserve buffer stripConsejo de Estado (Council of State) · Administrative · →
The Council of State ruled that 60 informal neighbourhoods in the buffer strip and 4 inside the reserve could remain subject to obligations, and banned new building licences in the reserve, according to the city's housing secretariat. Alcaldía de Bogotá
Insurers
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Court
- Unclear Council of State ruling on the Eastern Hills reserve buffer strip: outcome not on record.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the parties, the case number or the grounds of the ruling.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the reserve's ecological condition or the effect of the licence ban.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say how many people live in the 64 neighbourhoods.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the account is the city's own. No independent assessment was found in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Secretaría del Hábitat destaca sentencia del Consejo de EstadoAlcaldía de Bogotá · 2013-11
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