Gallery 0 Results Reset All Close Mora Martínez Gina Marcela En la Ciénaga de la Virgen o Tesca, en canoa, pajareando de madrugada. La cano es de Javier, un pescador, ambientalista, habitante del corregimiento aledaño a la ciénaga que lleva el nombre de "La Boquilla". Javier hace parte de una empresa comunitaria de ecoturismo en la cual prestan el servicio de paseos en canoa por este importante humedal de Cartagena. Maria Fernanda Patiño Coastline is changing. Mangroves along the coast are facing severe land use change due to unplanned city expansion, diminishing the ecosystem services these provide to society such as extreme tides control. Cartagena city, as many others located by the sea, is seriously threated by sea level rise and increase of extreme events frequency, and mangroves are natural barriers which reduce the impact of these phenomena. Unfortunately unplanned urban soil expansion is taking over this ecosystems, increasing the exposure of society to sea level change risks and demanding in the future expensive grey infrastructure based solutions for a problem which nature can help us to solve for free. Jorge Leon Fotografía en medio del Humedal Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, que muestra cómo pobladores que viven a orillas de la ciénaga grande, desarrollan labores de extracción de recursos naturales de manera artesanal, para así tratar de no afectar al ecosistema que, actualmente, atraviesa una crisis de salinización. Dayana Carreño The serenity of this picture of Red Mangroves (Rizophora spp) is a relief to the soul. Jorge Leon Traditional fisherman launches his "atarraya" looking for the catch of the day early in the morning. In the past, before the coastal wetland was degraded with polluted waters from the surrounding city of Cartagena and it's communicating channels with the sea closed due to unplanned city expansion, fish production was remarkable, supporting the native people from fishers town La Boquilla to live from fish commercialization only. Nowadays this natural resource is so scarce that fishing in most cases is a unwanted job, only practiced by elders. Jorge Leon