In the north-west of Bogotá, between the towns of Up and Engativa, the Juan Amarillo District Ecological Park, or Tibabuyes: a true natural shelter and epicenter of environmental conservation. Considered the largest wetland within the capital's urban perimeter, it houses lagoons and flood areas of the bogotana savannah, evoking ancestral memories, as it was a place of worship for the Muisca people during the pre-Columbian period. There was the feast of the flowers and offerings were made to the gods, walking the lagoon in decorated rafts. In addition, this wetland was epicentre of agricultural practices, whose vestiges are still appreciated in yellowish, camellon and albarrada.
This lush ecosystem is the natural habitat of different bird species that find shelter and food in their waters and vegetation. In the early 21st century, ecological, land and aquatic recovery projects were developed, including the construction of the Bogotá River interceptor for sanitation. Hydrogeomorphological adjustments, yellowish enhancement, predial acquisition and amojonings have been performed for environmental preservation.
The wetland is the habitat of endemic birds such as theArza bueyera, royal garza, yellow-beaked tingle, patico dive and night garza; national migratory birds such as caravan, red-faced ibis and cormoran; and international such as tringas. In the aquatic vegetation are plants such as enea, buchon and fern of water. Plants such as: walnut, oak, cedar, autilon, jamamong others.
Also known as Tibabuyes, a term that means 'Land of farmers', this wetland is the remnant of the great lake that spread in the savannah. Delimited by the Acueducto Company of Bogotá in 1999, it is surrounded by numerous neighborhoods of the surrounding localities and fed by the Salitre and Negro rivers. This wetland was declared the District Ecological Park of Wetland by Decree 190 of 2004 within the Land Management Plan where the use regime for this ecosystem is also established.
