CORALINA
CORALINA is the environmental authority of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. Its mission is to conserve natural resources and promote the sustainable development of the Caribbean island territory, with a participatory and territorial approach that respects cultural and ethnic identity.
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CORALINA, the Corporation for the Sustainable Development of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, is the environmental authority of the island and coastal territory of the Colombian Caribbean. Law 99 of 1993, known as Colombia's General Environmental Law, created the Regional Autonomous Corporations (CAR) as public corporate entities responsible for managing and conserving the environment and renewable natural resources within their jurisdictions. These corporations are the highest environmental authority in their territories and the administrators of renewable natural resources.
CORALINA began its work on June 30, 1995. Its mandate includes the protection of strategic ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass beds, coral reefs, coastal wetlands and endemic or threatened species, as well as promoting sustainable development with a participatory, ethnic and territorial approach. In 2000, UNESCO declared the archipelago the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, a recognition that has strengthened CORALINA's role as a coordinator of environmental actions with local, national and international impact.
The corporation actively manages protected areas such as the Old Point Regional Natural Park and works on mangrove restoration projects, invasive species control, environmental education, responsible tourism, circular economy and climate and oceanographic monitoring. It also leads processes of community strengthening and the inclusion of the ancestral knowledge of the Raizal community in environmental management.
In recent years, it has promoted educational and awareness campaigns such as Wi Lov Seaflower, coordinated conservation actions for emblematic species such as the hawksbill turtle and the black crab, and consolidated its presence in the environmental planning processes of the territory. Thanks to its comprehensive and collaborative approach, CORALINA has established itself as a model of island environmental governance in Colombia and the Greater Caribbean.
