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Laura Daniela Benítez, Yubarta Foundation, Colombia
2017 Profile: *-ORGANIZATION’S WORK: The Yubarta's Foundation is a colombian Non Governmental Organization (NGO), with enviromental character and nonprofit, wich objective is tend to the conservation of the fauna and flora acuatic species, with emphasis in marine mammals; understanding the conservation like a sum of efforts directed to know and educate to value and use the renovables resources in a susteinable way. The Yubarta's Foundation is composed by professionals who make activities in two principal areas: Scientist Investigation and Education.
This work begun in 1986 and it remains until the present time, with a amplified perspective in the thematic (Genetic, behavior, biogeography and sustainable use), and the geographic matter (Colombian pacific and Chile's Patagonia). The contribution to the acuatic mammals conservation has been achivied through the scientific knowledge generation about their biology and echology (Investigation projects development, participatio in nationals and internationals congress, and scientific publications), the education and sensitization of the community (capacitation and advice about the cetacean observation tourism like a sustainable resources use way, new profesionals formation, participation and advice in documentals, speeks, conferences, divulgative exposures, printed
