En las playas de Palomino, se realizó hoy la introducción de 136 tortugas marinas, por funcionarios de Corpoguajira, la Ong Campesina Ambiental de Palomino, students of the San Antonio Rural Institution, entre otras entidades.

The individuals (103 turtles Caretta caretta y 33 Turtles Channel), with only ten days of life , They were cared for and assisted by the Palomino Peasant NGO, who signed an alliance with Corpoguajira through which day and night monitoring is carried out by fishermen who have been trained in the protection of adult turtles at the time of their arrival at the nesting sites., equipment management, nests and hatchlings of chelonians.

The Director General of Corpoguajira, in the company of a group of students of the San Antonio Rural Institution, from Palomino

The project is being carried out between the mouth of the Palomino River and Dibulla. The identified clutches were cared for at all times., to prevent looting by residents of the region, natural predators and climatic phenomena.

During the chelonian introduction event, Corpoguajira and Asocars, They made special recognition to the Environmental Peasant NGO of Palomino and the students of the San Antonio Rural Institution, as adoptive godparents of the Sponsor a Turtle and Carry it in your Heart program, and the company Guajira Tours, which was linked as Corporate Godfather.

In La Guajira, four species of sea turtles inhabit: Chelonia midas (green turtle), Eretmochelys dressed (Carey), Dermochelys coriacea (Canal) y Cartetta caretta (gogo). These animals reach sexual maturity between 15 and 20 years old, The pair copulates in the sea and the female nests on the beach around 155 eggs per clutch. Incubation takes place over a period of 55 a 60 días. In the department there are sectors of nesting beaches located between the Palomino River and the Cañas River.. In Alta Guajira the favorite places are Taroa, Rush and Half Moon.