Declaration of Protected Areas
We are committed to undertaking our operations in an environmentally friendly way, and we have validated this policy by interacting with different ecosystems responsibly both at the Mine and Puerto Bolívar.
Over the last 30 years, we have contributed to the declaration of more than 60,000 hectares of protected areas in partnership with Conservation International, the Caribbean Environmental Heritage Foundation (Fundación Herencia Ambiental Caribe), and Corpoguajira. This declaration includes the Montes de Oca Protected Forest Reserve, the Lower Ranchería River Basin DMI, and the Ranchería River delta. We seek to ensure the preservation of these ecosystems.
A clear example of our commitment is the interaction between Puerto Bolívar, the port from whence we have exported nearly 600 million tonnes of coal, and the Bahía Portete National Nature Park (declared in 2014 with Cerrejón's support). The port has become an example of how industrial and commercial activity and environmental conservation can go hand in hand.
We have contributed to the declaration of more than 60,000 hectares of protected areas.
This has been a work in alliance with Conservation International, the Fundación Herencia Ambiental Caribe and Corpoguajira.
Among the protected areas is the Montes de Oca Protective Forest Reserve and the DMI lower basin of the Ranchería River and the Ranchería River delta.
This Cerrejón effort seeks to ensure the preservation of these ecosystems.
Bahía Portete National Natural Park, declared in 2014 with the support of Cerrejón, an example of how industrial activity and environmental conservation can go hand in hand.
Today we are working on the declaration of the first private reserve of civil society Aguas Blancas -Santa Helena - Mushaisa, located between the municipalities of Albania and Hatonuevo.
In addition, we obtained the declaration of the first private civilian reserve (Aguas Blancas-Santa Helena-Mushaisa) for the conservation of 1,976 hectares located between the municipalities of Albania and Hatonuevo.
Other projects
Wϋin-Manna Biodiversity Corridor
With the creation of a biodiversity corridor of more than 25,000 hectares protecting the tropical dry forest between the Serranía del Perijá and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, we have preserved a passageway for the transit of endangered species such as the jaguar, which had not been sighted in La Guajira for more than 50 years.
Tropical Dry Forest Laboratory
Cerrejón and the Humboldt Institute established the first laboratory for investigating this ecosystem in the Colombian Caribbean with a permanent mega-plot for its monitoring.
