Environment Conservation

Bolivar State as Geo City

Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP / ORPALC) through the Division of Early Warning and Assessment supports countries in the region in the development of integrated environmental assessments provide information and data necessary for decision-making for sustainable development.

In 1995, UNEP initiated a process of environmental assessments called Global Environment Outlook (GEO).

In the framework the GEO project and answering the call of the Forum of Ministers of Environment and related activities Johannesburg, was launched in 2001 the GEO-Cities.

The GEO Cities project seeks to promote a better understanding of the dynamics of cities and their environments, providing reliable and updated information for municipal governments, scientists, policy formulators and the general public in the region.

The GEO-cities project contributes to developing and providing more accurate assessments on the state of the urban environment, and a deeper analysis of the consequences of urban policies. This promotes a more efficient decision making, aimed at sustainable development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

The improvement and conservation of the environment, contrary to what was thought for decades does not impede the process of economic development. Rather, Environment and Development belong together. As the countries develop, the possibilities of improving the environment are growing.

In the cities of Venezuela and the world is not new the phrase "Sustainable Development" but the lack of results inherent to term 'sustainable'.

To achieve Local Sustainability in our cities, to go to work for a global sustainability, we must convert the existing conurbations and to achieve this we must revive the collective consciousness, ie transforming relations unidirectional single domain exploitation and man-nature or city -field, in other mutual collaboration and respect, symbiosis aware that throughout this call occur between. This assumes a level of rationality than hitherto has prevailed in urban systems.

This must stop and give our future generations a heritage and a decent environment.

To start with the work of the country's global sustainability, it is necessary to start from the local sustainability, addressing our cities.

For this Bolivar State Government through the Department of Environment raises promoting Ciudad Bolivar City GEO taking it as a pilot.