The “Corporación Ambiental” Biomunicipios is a non-profit entity with offices in Medellin and Turbo, established to provide solutions to the environmental problems of the marine-coastal zone in the area of Urabá-Darién.

Its objectives include:
• Recuperate and strengthen the environmental culture of the municipalities, achieving a better correspondence with the principles of conservation and protection of marine-coastal ecosystems
• Stimulate social training, information and research, applied to the organization of programs of which the results contribute to increased awareness on the conservation of natural resources.
• Propose and develop programs aimed at the protection, conservation and recuperation of natural resources.

The Centre, to be completed in 2010 or 2011, aims at a sustainable basis for ecotourism in the region, attracting visitors from Colombia and elsewhere in the world. The Centre will provide various jobs: trained doctors and nurses to take care of wounded marine animals, aquaculture experts related to fish farming, eco-guides, or different positions in local hotels, restaurants and shops. The Centre will ensure the availability of the required training. As a result, the lives of the local population will change due to their increased contact with visitors from elsewhere, and due to the improvement in their economic situation.

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Contact:
Director: Paul Geerders (paul@biomunicipios.org)
Co-director: Diana Maria Arias Lopez (diana-arias@biomunicipios.org)

Cra 55 A. No. 56-42. Villanueva-Copacabana-Medellín, Colombia