MINE THE CERREJÓN

Cerrejón is a coal mine located in the Guajira department in the north of Colombia. It is the largest mining operation in Colombia and among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world. The legal entity managing the Cerrejón operation is known as Carbones del Cerrejón Ltd. The current Cerrejón company was created in 2002 as a joint venture of three international mining firms BHP Billiton, Anglo American PLC and Glencore International AG, each with a 33.33% shareholding; in 2006, Glencore's share was bought by Xstrata Plc.

The output of the mine in 2009 was 30.3 million tons. Cerrejón contributes close to half of Colombia's coal exports of 73.1 million tons, with Colombia ranked fourth among major coal exporting nations as of 2007.^[1] Cerrejón gives its name to the, prehistoric, 46-foot-long snake (14 m), Titanoboa cerrejonensis, fossils of which have been found in the mining areas.

5-The carbon mine  the Cerrejón, is the open carbon  mine bigger of the world.

6-Colombia is the largest producer of emeralds of the world, with 60%, and It has the mine bigger of world in Boyacá.

3-Colombia is the third country of the world in water resources: 1200 rivers, 1600 lakes, 4500  watersheds and 1900 swamps.

4-Colombia has the largest theater festival in the world.

2- Colombia has 10% of flora and fauna of the planet, despite  its that geographical extent not reach 1% of the land.

SURPRISING FACTS

1- Colombia has the largest number of species per unit area on the planet.

THE SANCTUARY OF FAUNA AND FLORA MALPELO

Located some 506 km off the coast of Colombia, the site includes Malpelo island (350 ha) and the surrounding marine environment (857,150 ha). This vast marine park, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, provides a critical habitat for internationally threatened marine species, and is a major source of nutrients resulting in large aggregations of marine biodiversity. It is in particular a ‘reservoir' for sharks, giant grouper and billfish and is one of the few places in the world where sightings of the short-nosed ragged-toothed shark, a deepwater shark, have been confirmed. Widely recognized as one of the top diving sites in the world, due to the presence of steep walls and caves of outstanding natural beauty, these deep waters support important populations of large predators and pelagic species (e.g. aggregations of over 200 hammerhead sharks and over 1,000 silky sharks, whale sharks and tuna have been recorded) in an undisturbed environment where they maintain natural behavioural patterns.

 8-The Sanctuary Of Fauna And Flora Malpelo.