40% of the territory of Envigado is protected area adopted by Agreement No. 009 of March 16, 2016 is approved for THE LOCAL SYSTEM OF PROTECTED AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ENVIGADO (SILAPE), as one of the main strategies to ensure the conservation of strategic ecosystems, where forests, water resource, biodiversity, ecological confuncionalidad, including amnezanas species, vulnerable and others of the IUCM are included. In addition, there is a 7-year environmental management plan; this conservation strategy is also included in the Land Management Plan, decree 600 of 2019.

The Core Areas make up 3,299 ha of the urban and rural territory of the municipality. It defines 4 nuclei, guidelines, strategies and actions for the consolidation and sustainability of SILAPE over time:

Tigrillo Corridor Core Area, Perico and Pantanillo forests, Nare Forest Reserve, Eastern Escarpment, Trianon-Heliodora Wetland, Fragments Core Area.