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☘️During the “Mangroves as Foundations for the #BlueEconomy” course, in the heart of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, our students and instructors found themselves in the stilt village of #NuevaVenecia: a place where instead of streets, there is salt and freshwater, and canoes and motorboats are the forms of transportation🚣. For the local community, the surrounding #mangroves have invaluable importance. They not only provide protection for fauna🌿, but also drive #ecotourism and support fishing, which are vital activities for the community’s subsistence. However, in their efforts to develop socially and economically sustainable activities, they face constant challenges such as gentrification and the interventions of people from outside the community, in addition to the “mangrove exploiters” who illegally exploit resources to produce coal🧨. Some social leaders spoke about how the lack of articulation between the many entities and organizations that go to work in the town -both public and private- results in projects that do not achieve their objectives. 🗣️Once again, this experience makes us reflect about the importance of community involvement in all future projects, and the strategies required to ensure their #activeparticipation.🤝

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