To the recue of La Tortuga

Oriana Vielma sends us this review to quebellaesvenezuela@gmail.com.  We share it with you:

  Through out the years, one of the most important wilderness areas of Venezuela has been the focus of attention of multiple viewpoints and interests: Island La Tortuga a paradise in the Caribbean that has survived the predatory tourism. This is the second largest Venezuelan island after Margarita. Since colonial times the island has withstand attacks of desire in order to exploit its majestic natural resources. The first attempts of this predation soar was in 1623 when the Dutch settlers burst Salinas East Island Carenero thus stealing sodium chloride territory. Placed dynamite and opened the entrance to the sea, creating the lakes surrounded by mangroves that are still observed today.

 Today, almost 400 years later, owners of illegal settlements and tourists arriving in boats, helicopters and planes have also failed to take care of the potential of this unique landscape.

 Indeed, the lack of basic services such as fresh water, electricity and communications have made it impossible for the development of a tourism infrastructure paradise, a difficult place to colonize. Studies conducted in 2005 by oceanographers and marine biologists, reviewed on the discovery of a new bird species never reported before, and xerophytes populations, plants able to withstand long periods of drought, at the same times the authorities where warning on the environmental conditions suffered its reservoir of marine life especially its Coral reefs.

 The devastation continued unstoppable:

 According to recent statements by the deputy minister of Quality Tourism Services and the Ministry of Popular Power for Tourism (Tourism Ministry), Esther Hernandez, boats that had been visiting the place, but sailed authorized by the National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA) and low surveillance Guard Command, still did not meet the current Plan and Use Regulations (published on May 4, 2005).

 "Many left the trash yachts, ran aground on coral reefs, and a number of things that we as the highest authority in the area felt it was necessary to stop." Hernandez said.

 La Tortuga is located in the Caribbean Sea to the north edge of the Cariaco Trench. It is 170 kilometers northeast of La Guaira, 120 km west of Margarita, 85 km Unare Lagoon and 72 km from Elbow out. It is located at least 4 hours and Guanta Higuerote .

 The touristic development that is expected to achieve in La Tortuga Island comprises is a use of natural areas in a structure of low environmental impact resulting in the preservation of this unique landscape, similar model to the one that is already running in the Maldives islands in the ocean Indian.

 This vision is shared by the Venezuelan people, as part of the construction of a country through the relationship between man and space, not only as a transient entity, but also as a dynamic entity in preserving the planet Earth...