IDEAM : sust . masc; acronym or acronym referred to as the COLOMBIAN INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY, METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. IDEAM is a public institution in Colombia, to provide technical and scientific support to the National Environmental System, generating knowledge, producing reliable, consistent and timely information about the state and dynamics of natural resources and the environment, which facilitates the definition and adjustment of environmental policies and decision-making by the public sectors , private and citizenship in general.