According to the United Nations Convention, Desertification is the reduction or loss of biological productivity, especially in dry areas.

In colombia, the National Action Plan to Combat Desertification and Drought, seeks to contribute to the prevention, mitigación, correction and com¬pensación of the factors causing land degradation, in coordination with national and international bodies considering an ecosystem vision to ensure integrated and sustainable land management, Water, living resources and ecosystems considering ecological factors, economic, cultural and social of the Country.

The 17 de junio de 2011, It will be celebrated worldwide Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, to commemorate this date Corpoguajira has developed throughout this week a full course of training in order to consolidate and strengthen the importance of progress on the subject are being run in the region and the measures needed to mitigate the processes of degradation Earth.

Since Monday 13 de junio, They have given workshops to Agronomists, forestry, biologists, technicians, ecologists, environmentalists, Professionals in Economic Sciences, teachers and university students, community leaders, indigenous, is busy, municipal and regional government agencies Maicao, Manaure, Uribia y Fonseca.

"We are highly committed to providing the expertise to undertake processes that summon us all to the awareness of the need to mitigate the processes of land degradation and desertification, They presented in dry ecosystems, providing information, knowledge and progress to increase biodiversity and La Guajira ", said the Director General of Corpoguajira, Arcesio Romero Pérez.

The closure of the workshops, se llevará a cabo el 17 de junio de 2011 en Riohacha, and will be attended by invited regional and national, who will discuss among other topics as: soil as a base for food production and participation in climate balances. global CO2 emissions and their impact on global warming. The melting of glaciers. Progress of desertification in Latin America, Central America, Colombia and La Guajira.

The event will take place in the auditorium of Corpoguajira, from the 8:00 a.m.