2013 Ceballos Claudia Colombia

2/3/2013
Greetings from Colombia
Claudia P. Ceballos
WIDECAST Country Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine School, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
claudiaceb@gmail.com
Current Projects in Colombia
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San Andrés Islands and Cays
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Playona beach
Bobalito beach
Isla Palma
Corales del Rosario & San Bernardo NNP
Vía Parque Isla de Salamanca
Mendihuaca y Don diego beaches
Guajira beaches
Map until Nov 19, 2012
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1. Playona Beach (12 km, nest only in 3 km)
Location: Municipio Necoclí, Dept. Antioquia
Species: D. coriacea (aprox. 300 nests / season) Institutions: GILA (Grupo de Investigadores Locales de Acandí), Universidad de Antioquia, Fundación Coriacea, Fundación Darién.
Monitoring: since 1998 approximately. Main Threat: Egg predation (humans and animals).
Contact: Feliciano Chaverra (felicianochaverra@gmail.com) Urabá Gulf
Source of information: Chaverra, GILA, Pers. Comm. 2012, Colombia
Playona Beach http://www.flickr.com/photos/camilo_villegas/4255345454/
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2. Bobalito Beach (15 km)
Location: Municipio Necoclí, Dept. Antioquia
Institutions CORPOURABA, Asociación Quelonia
Species: D. coriacea (aprox. 210 nests / season) (C. mydas, C. caretta?)
Activities: Nesting monitoring since 2007
Contact: Jairo Guillermo Vásquez (jvasquez@corpouraba.gov.co) Punta Caribana
Punta Arenas
Urabá Gulf
Source of information: Vásquez, CORPOURABA Pers. Comm. 2012, Colombia
3. Isla Palma, Archipiélago de San Bernardo
Institutions: Isla Palma Aquarium at Decameron Hotel, WAIRA Foundation, CARSUCRE.
Species: (2008‐2010): E. imbricata (n=30), C. mydas (n=16), C. caretta (n=5).
Activities: Tagging and release of rescued sea turtles.
Contact: Andrea Flórez (biosilvestres@yahoo.com) Coral reefs
Source of information: Flórez, 2012, Colombia
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Photos: Andrea Florez, Tag report to Widecast, 2012
4. Corales del Rosario & San Bernardo National Natural Park
Location: Dept Bolivar (in front of Cartagena)
Species: E. imbricata, C. mydas.
Institutions National Parks of Colombia (UAESPNN), and CEINER
Activities: 2007‐2010: 77 nests; 1884 turtles tagged.
Contact: Diego Duque (ditero32@hotmail.com), Rebeca Franke (rebecafrankke@yahoo.com) Cartagena
Source of information: Proceedings II International Symposium of Caribbean Sea Turtles, 2011 , Guajira, Colombia
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5. Vía Parque Isla de Salamanca (72 km)
Location: Dept. Magdalena
Species: D. coriacea, C. caretta, E. imbricata.
Institutions NGO Tortugas Marinas de Santa Marta, Universidad de la Guajira.
Activities: Since 2004: Nest protection, hatchlings releases Santa Marta
Contact: Carlos Pinzón (tortugasmar1@yahoo.com) Barranquilla
Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta
(4,280 km2)
Source of information: Proceedings II International Symposium of Caribbean Sea Turtles, 2011 , Guajira, Colombia
6. Mendihuaca and Don Diego Beaches
Species: C. caretta, D. coriacea, E. imbricata.
Institutions: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano: Aminta Jauregui ✓
Fundación Colombia Marina: Carolina Monterrosa ✓
Activities: Since 2007: Nest protection, hatchlings rearing at the Aquarium, satellite telemetry, environmental education.
Contact: (tortugas@utadeo.edu.co) (carolina.monterrosa@colombiamarina.org). Tayrona National Park
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7. Alta Guajira
Species: D. coriacea, C. caretta, C. mydas.
Institutions Fund. Hidrobiológica George Dahl, Carbones del Cerrejón.
Activities: Nest protection, agreements with Wayúu fishermen to protect turtles.
Contact: Wilder Borrero (biologo10@gmail.com), Lina Baez: (lina.baez@cerrejoncoal.com) Occasional nesting (Dc, Cc, Cm)
Bahia Hondita, Punta Gallinas
Punta Cañón
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Punta Cocos
Bahia Portete
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Thanks!
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http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21567986‐colombia‐smarts‐loss‐territorial‐waters‐islet‐sea
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