Corpoguajira working on retraining strategy wood sawyers and the creation of commercial forests.

The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón; announced during the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, is preparing a document to achieve the goal of Zero Deforestation 2020, through which actions to mitigate this problem will be implemented.

Corpoguajira, as the highest environmental authority, is a step forward, in connection with the announcement of the president of the country, management as evidenced by the current administration develops strategy retraining of chainsaw or wood sawyers in La Guajira and the creation of commercial forests; actions that are framed in an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce, to which the Sena and other private companies adhere.

It is also important to note that the approaches of Corpoguajira with several groups of illegal timber cutters southern department, resulted in the formation of the Association of Friends of Ebony Exaserradores, formed by a group of thirteen people Urumita and sawyers north of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, who are in process of organization.

The main object of the Association, which is legally constituted at the Chamber of Commerce, It is your job counterclaim, leaving the trade of illegal loggers, to become godparents, benefactors and protectors of forests.

With support from the Corporation, the exaserradores develop a structured program and regulated, for the implementation of forest watchers as support for the environmental authority; through the implementation of business plans and productive projects, allowing them sustenance and dignified life for their families; encourage the establishment of productive forest plantations; participate in environmental education activities; among other activities.

With this great management entity contributes to the conservation of dry forest, threat found in, and biodiversity in the peninsula.