In order to protect watersheds, Wildlife in the department, Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira forward from the 2016 the implementation of the BanCO2 strategy through which families dedicated to the conservation of our ecosystems receive payments for the environmental services generated.

The sustainability of the strategy is due to the constant coordination with companies that decide to bet on the preservation and improvement of the quality of life, such as Petrobras., who, within his social responsibility, sponsored 9 peasant families located in the DMI Serranía de Perijá and DMI Cerro Bañaderos, and who recently received their payment for complying with the commitments made in the conservation agreements for their properties..

The strategy allows families to improve their living conditions, achieving the protection of primary tributaries of the department, conserve the habitats that serve as temporary residence and feeding sites for the different species of migratory birds from the northern hemisphere, preserve and restore dry forests, favoring compliance with the Nation's conservation priorities by expanding the ecosystem representativeness of the National System of Protected Natural Areas of Colombia.

It is essential to establish spaces for the development of research that allows knowledge of its natural values ​​and the development of sustainable agricultural production technologies and establish favorable scenarios for the development of environmental education activities., especially focused on knowledge of the ecosystems present in the area and their ecosystem value and BANCO2 has become a tool for this.

It should be noted that these families have had the firm intention of conserving extensive areas on their properties because the sightings of representative species such as the Andean condor are frequent., paujil picopiedra, Morrocoy turtle, rana arrow, solitary eagle, Marimonda, green macaw, and others. Corpoguajira promotes conservation and manages the necessary tools to compensate the population that lives in favor of improving the conditions of our environment.