Honda Bay and Bay will be the tenth Hondita declared Corpoguajira protection area

In Colombia we have five of the seven species of sea turtles in the world, all categorized under some threat risk globally by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UICN) and, at the national level, Resolution No. 1912 of 2017 the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development "Whereby the list of endangered wild species of the continental Colombian marine and coastal biological diversity found in the country is established, and other provisions ".

Thus, as simultaneously with performing the step of analyzing and identifying impacts and formulation management measures and agreements manner formulation, declaratory process and Bahia Honda Bay Hondita (Uribia, La Guajira), regional protected area in the category of Regional District Integrated Management, a day of release developed 72 sea ​​turtle species Caretta caretta about 20 days old, who they had been hatching protected by the community.

The release was a success thanks to the joint Corpoguajira, Hidrobiológica George Dahl Foundation and the indigenous community of Hipoluimau (Indigenous Reservation of the Middle and Upper Guajira); this community at the top of their traditional authority and committed to the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources of the Alta Guajira, They are giving a enlarged step for protection and conservation of these fragile reptiles, the Marine turtles, betting on participatory community involvement to achieve the achievements of the objectives of conservation area declaratory process and, improving the living conditions of their community through conservation.