In coordination with the National Police, the Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira seized 600 lumps of charcoal height Kilometer 21 pathway Palomino-Riohacha, que eran transportados una tractomula.

Cada saco plástico con carbón vegetal, registró un peso aproximado de 20 kilos, valued in the national market in $50.000 pesos.

The confiscated material is from the wood cut of the natural forest, product of illegal forest exploitation among those that use species such as: Guayacán (Bulnesia tree), Puy (Tabebuia bilbergii) and fine heart (Platymiscium pinnatum), species that are currently declared threatened in the national territory. Illegal trafficking of charcoal is an activity that significantly affects the region's biodiversity, es por eso que desde Corpoguajira en conjunto con las autoridades se hacen constantemente operativos contra el tráfico ilegal de dicho material.

The production of charcoal brings with it consequences such as the loss of habitat for countless species, la emisión de gases efecto invernadero, accelerates the effects of climate variability, contributing to desertification and drought, inter.

Corpoguajira invita a todos los habitantes de la península a denunciar cualquier hecho que represente un peligro para el medio ambiente, conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, a través de los números 310 6581142, 318 5858383 and 300 6008358.

Debes saber: Los 600 sacos carbón vegetal se estiman en un valor total de $30.000.000 en el mercado nacional.