Bancamiga joins the sea turtle conservation efforts in Paria

The preservation of the Paria Peninsula National Park and the protected species of sea turtles that spawn in the eastern end of the Sucre state now count on Bancamiga, which has extended its support to the conservation efforts carried out by organizations such as Provita, together with the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism (Minec) and Inparques.

“Bancamiga is collaborating to support the park rangers, giving a contribution that is used to continue patrolling and supervising the area (the park). They go through the mountains, the town of Macuro and the nesting beaches, and they warn us of the illegal acts to control, to report, to have an idea of ​​how the environment is and to protect the extraordinary ecosystem”, explained Clemente Balladares, coordinator of the Program of Conservation at Minec and Associate Researcher at Provita.

Since 2021, the Paria Peninsula National Park has been protected through the Global Park Defense (GPD) system, a Global Conservation technology designed to combat logging and poaching of wildlife.

Sucre’s beaches, where endangered species such as the hawksbill turtle, the green turtle and the cardón turtle take refuge, are flanked by an exuberant mountain massif, whose flora and fauna are similar to those of the Venezuelan Guayana. The mountain rises from the sea, reaching its maximum altitude at 1,371 meters above sea level.

Park rangers dedicated to Paria monitor 892 square kilometers with the software on their phones, which makes it easy for them to georeference tours, report finds and illegal acts, and act if necessary, disarming traps to capture species.

Predation must be avoided

According to Balladares, the conservation work carried out in the area for two decades has reduced the number of looted nests of sea turtles to 5 %. To contribute to this work, he urged the inhabitants and visitors of the Sucre state not to consume turtle eggs and to contact competent organizations when they find a spawning, so that they send a specialist to attend to the nest. Also, people should not touch the eggs for any reason.

“You have to avoid predation. If predation is avoided, the fish flourish, and if the fish flourish, that has benefits for the ecosystem. The fish we eat depends on sea turtles. It’s amazing!” he concluded.

The researcher estimates that, thanks to conservation initiatives, in the far east of the country there are an average of 150 hawksbill nests each year, to which are added those of other species of these reptiles. “It is a good number. This is what we are protecting.”

Bancamiga Banco Universal, as a socially responsible company and committed to sustainable development, supports proposals that positively impact the environment and contribute to environmental sustainability, indicates a statement from the innovative, safe and supportive financial institution.

With information from Bancamiga

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