As stated in Article 23 of Law 99 of 1993, the CORPORACIÓN AUTÓNOMA REGIONAL DEL ALTO MAGDALENA, is a public corporate body created by the Act, made by local authorities which by their nature are geographically the same ecosystem or form a geopolitical, biogeographical or hydro, endowed with administrative and financial autonomy, equity capital and legal, charged by law to manage within the department of Huila, the environment and renewable natural resources and work for sustainable development in accordance with the laws and policies of the Ministry of Environment.