Josefina Klinger Zúñiga

[5] In 2006, Klinger Zúñiga founded the organization Mano Cambiada (Changed Hand)[a] to promote sustainable tourism and eco-tourism in Chocó through engagement with the local population.

[6] They collaborated with external stakeholders and joined with 30 different local businesses, including restaurants, hostels, guidance centers, fishing and farmers markets to develop sustainable tourism.

Mano Cambiada promotes environmental and social initiatives that emphasize cultural identities of the Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities in the cove of Utría.

[8] Due to the success of the organization, the Colombian government granted it the right to administer tourist services within the Utría National Natural Park.

[3] Mano Cambiada hosts an annual Migration Festival to celebrate the migratory patterns of whales, birds, and turtles that intersect with the area.