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Title
View of a mangrove forest, Isla de Salamanca, Colombia, 1977
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1977-02
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
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Description
A view of a part of the dense mangrove forest that sits on a coastal swamp at Isla de Salamanca Road Park, a national park. The water below the forest is a part of the swamp, which is partially covered with floating vegetation. Isla de Salamanca Road Park is a national park located in Colombia’s Caribbean region at the confluence of the Magdalena River and Caribbean Sea along a road that connects the cities of Barranquilla and Santa Marta. Located in Magdalena Department, it was created in August 1964 by the Colombian government to protect the region’s incredible variety of fauna and flora, which includes 140 species of fish, 35 species of reptiles, and 33 species of mammals. The park is also home to 199 species of birds, of which two are endemic to the Caribbean region and threatened globally. Inside the park there is also an enormous variety of freshwater plants and manglar forests, the latter which is the most extensive and representative of the zone. Since 1994, Isla de Salamanca Road Park has been administered as a national park by the National System of Protected Areas, a government agency that falls within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development. In 1998, the national park was declared an Important Biodiversity Area and a globally important Ramsar site. In 2000, UNESCO declared it a Biosphere Reserve. Unfortunately, the park has been in the public eye recently due to a series of fires that have devastated the area and for its history with problems such as illegal hunting, fishing and settlements, criminal activity and drug trafficking, pollution, erosion and sedimentation and business interests. Richard Cross took these images during his work as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia from 1975-1978. He was assigned to work for the former National Institute of Renewable Resources and the Environment and his task was to create a visual record of the exceptional fauna and flora of Colombia’s Caribbean region.
Una vista de parte del bosque de mangle espeso que yace sobre un pantano costero dentro del parque nacional Vía Isla de Salamanca. El agua justo debajo del bosque es parte del pantano y se encuentra parcialmente cubierta con vegetación flotante. La Vía Isla de Salamanca es un parque nacional que se ubica en la región del Caribe colombiano en la confluencia del río Magdalena y el Mar Caribe sobre una carretera que conecta a las ciudades de Barranquilla y Santa Marta. Localizada en el departamento de Magdalena, fue creada en agosto de 1964 por el gobierno colombiano para proteger la enorme variedad de fauna y flora de la región que incluye 140 especies de pescados, 35 especies de reptiles y 33 especies de mamíferos. El parque también es el hogar de 199 especies de aves, de las cuales dos son endémicas a la región del Caribe colombiano y amenazadas mundialmente. Dentro del parque también se observa una variedad excepcional de vegetación de agua dulce y bosques de mangle, la cual sirve como la planta más extensa y representativa de la zona. La Vía Isla de Salamanca ha sido administrada desde 1994 como parque nacional por el Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, dependencia que cae bajo la jurisdicción del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible. En 1998, la Vía fue declarada Área de Importancia para la Conservación de las Aves y sitio Ramsar de importancia mundial. En el año 2000, la UNESCO la declaró Reserva de la Biósfera. Desafortunadamente, el parque ha estado en la vista pública recientemente por una serie de incendios que han arrasado la zona y por su historial con problemas como la cacería, pesca, y ocupación ilegal, la delincuencia y el narcotráfico, la contaminación, la erosión y sedimentación e intereses portuarios. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía durante su estancia en Colombia como voluntario de la organización estadounidense Peace Corps entre los años 1975-1978. Él fue asignado a trabajar para el entonces Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INDERENA) y su asignación fue crear una documentación fotográfica de la excepcional flora y fauna de la región caribeña de Colombia.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.08.44.17
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/8035
Subject
National parks and reserves--Colombia
Mangrove swamps
Landscapes
Place
Magdalena (Colombia : Department)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.08.44.17.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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