Condors play a fundamental role in the balance of ecosystems. For instance, reduce the risk of decay diseases to other animals.

In order to reduce the various threats associated with human activity such as carrion poisoning, la cacería, the decline of wild species (moorland deer and mammals), the collision with power cords and the loss of habitat that have the Condor de los Andes endangered in Colombia, The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Alexander Von Humbolt Institute signed an agreement that seeks to assess the current state of conservation of this species in the country.

The agreement will be executed in the departments of Santander, Norte de Santander and in the Los Nevados National Natural Park and will last five months. Among the actions that will be developed is the taking of non-invasive genetic samples (pens) of Andean condors, which will be collected in the field, which will allow starting a route towards the conservation of the species.

Awareness activities, education and advice to rural families of Cerrito (Santander) in relation to alternative and friendly production processes with the páramo ecosystem, its flora and fauna, They are also part of this commitment to the conservation of the Andean condor.

It should be noted that the condor is of great cultural relevance for the Andean peoples, since it is part of the worldview of various ethnic groups in South America; appears in legends, handicrafts, cartoons, songs and on the coats of arms of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.

Corpoguajira works for the conservation and preservation of the condors that play a fundamental role in the balance of our ecosystems; by consuming a carcass they accelerate the process of nutrient return to the ecosystem and reduce the risk of decay diseases to other animals, including cattle.

In colombia, the condor is mainly found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in the Serranía del Perijá, in the north of the Eastern Cordillera, in the surroundings of Los Nevados and on the border with Ecuador.

Ecodato: It is a species with very low reproductive rates, because it reaches its reproductive age after eight years; they lay a single egg every two years and the chicks remain in the nest for more than a year.