Minambiente, Minagricultura and ICA are working on the creation of an application called Viveros Colombia, which already registers 1427 nurseries in 28 departments. This measure aims to unify the regulations on nurseries and basic gardens in the country, as well as to simplify and standardize the procedures and costs of registration of nurseries, in order to facilitate the placing on the market of propagating material in nurseries. 2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR NURSERIES Law 30/ Seeds and nursery plants and phylogenetic resources. National Register of Seed and Nursery Plant Producers. General rules of production. General technical regulations and certification control For this reason, through the agreements it has signed with various public and private entities, the Ministry of Environment includes the construction or strengthening of nurseries in restoration and conservation programs. To obtain registration, you must provide the following: name or business name, address, certificate of existence and legal representation issued by the Chamber of Commerce, plan and location, certificate of purchase of equipment, proof that you have a basic garden, list of species and other requirements. Nurseries are bio-factories where the raw material is extracted, basis for the development of any project involving plant animals, both for agricultural and decorative activities, forestry or various ecological restoration approaches. The plant material or species to be propagated depends on the demand and interest required in a given area or region. Crèches are also part of programmes for the rehabilitation of prisons and prisons for persons deprived of their liberty. Through the Revive programme, led by the Ministries of Justice and Legal Affairs and Environment and Sustainable Development, nurseries are adapted to centres where plant material is produced for subsequent use in properties suitable for restoration, particularly in degraded areas that become a major ecological corridor.

8 GENERAL ASPECTS OF REGULATIONTin 2020, hectares of fruit trees are to be planted in Colombia There are 130 nurseries registered in the ICA and 300 unregistered In 2008, more corresponding citrus fruits were destroyed GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION The construction of nurseries is essential to ensure the production of plant material that contributes to the active restoration of ecosystems. The Ministry of the Environment has signed agreements with various public and private institutions for the construction of permanent and temporary kindergartens for this purpose. 4 The productive activity of nurseries is one of the most important bases for other economic activities. Ignorance of the law does not exempt its respect. In order to strengthen and facilitate the production and marketing of plant propagating material, the ICA has updated the requirements for the registration of nurseries and basic gardens with the Institute. Thanks to the ICA Resolution 780006 of 2020, nurseries have a tool that guarantees the phytosanitary status of the material offered to farmers for the start-up or renewal of plantations in the country. Bogotá D. C., August 12, 2021 -MADS-. “At the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, we articulate and manage the supply of more than 3600 nationally identified nurseries, as well as the strengthening and creation of more than 100 nurseries, which will increase the production capacity of indigenous plant material in the country,” said Adriana Santa, project manager of Minambiente`s 180 million trees. In nurseries, the plant material to be propagated is identified, the seeds are collected, classified, located in the germination or root beds and, after germination, directed to the growing zone; Then the species are distributed to the places where they are planted. This process takes an average of six to eight months for fast-growing species and up to three years for some slow-growing species. But it also depends on genetic, ecological and care conditions.

“The nurseries where our seeds grow are life and oxygen factories that allow us to progress in restoring ecosystems. Sectors and communities have a very important role to play in this goal. On all fronts, we are doing everything we can to provide Colombians with better air, a better natural environment and climate change mitigation strategies,” said Carlos Eduardo Correa, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development. Article 4 of ICA Resolution 780006 of 2020 sets out the requirements for the registration with the ICA of nurseries and/or basic gardens that produce and market plant reproductive material and/or live plants, which may be done before the ICA Section Directorate or the office of the jurisdiction where the property is located. The community plays a fundamental role in this process, as kindergartens build a social fabric between the different actors involved, which forms the basis of the commitments proposed by the United Nations during the Decade of Restoration. Connecting people in the multiplication of plant material and tree planting as part of ecological restoration programs strengthens the process in the regions. The aim is that all the material that leaves nurseries, basic gardens, growers and distributors of plant material for citrus propagation provides a highly qualified product without any disease. One of these agreements was signed with the National Army, an institution through which 11 nurseries will be built in strategic high mountain areas and four in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, the latter as part of Operation Black Crab, which aims at the ecological recovery of Providencia by ensuring the production of seedlings for the restoration of the island`s tropical dry forest. Kindergartens can be temporary and permanent. The former last about five years and their purpose is the production of specific plant material, and the latter are part of the life project of a community or group of people.