The Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira, the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, among other institutions, will sign Friday 25 September the agreement with which the formation of the Regional Table for Environmental Control is made official, which will exercise functions in the territory under the jurisdiction of Corpoguajira.

The table will be a new instrument created with the purpose of coordinating institutions around the Green Growth policy implemented by the National Government. According to the document that will constitute the table, Its main objective will be “To facilitate inter-institutional management for territorial environmental defense and control through dialogue scenarios and coordination of activities of common interest between them., “providing for the construction of solutions to aspects related to the strengthening of environmental management at the national level”. This means that the institutions that sign this agreement, They commit to working together in the environmental management of the territory in question., in this case La Guajira.

Among the commitments that the signatory institutions of this agreement will acquire, The implementation of strategies and plans that seek to protect the natural resources of our department stands out., tackling problems such as tree felling, illegal mining, illegal hunting and trafficking of wild species and the illegal appropriation of water resources.

The Environmental Control Board will also be in charge of encouraging citizen participation in environmental management through education and training strategies that raise awareness among the inhabitants of La Guajira of the importance of complying with established environmental standards., which have been created to guarantee the sustainable development of the department.