Monitoramiento de poblaciones de tortugas Marinas en los sectores de Arrecifes y Cañaveral, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Colômbia

Abstract

Over the last 10 years, there has been promoted the conservation of some species of marine turtles present in the Colombian Caribbean as an initiative led by the Group of Conservation of Marine Turtles of the University Jorge Tadeo Lozano (GCTM-UJTL), that from the year 2000 has developed activities of monitoring in beaches of nesting located in the Arrecifes and Cañaveral in the National Natural Park Tayrona (PNNT), within the Program of Conservation of these species (Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea and Eretmochelys imbricata) that has been implemented in the northern area of the Magdalena Department.