{"id":16048,"date":"2021-11-17T10:03:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cremacr.org\/help-conserve-the-biodiversity-of-cocos-island\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:42:15","slug":"help-conserve-the-biodiversity-of-cocos-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cremacr.org\/en\/help-conserve-the-biodiversity-of-cocos-island\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1Help Conserve the Biodiversity of Cocos Island!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The government of Costa Rica has just opened a public and volunteer consultation process regarding the proposal de expand the limits of <strong>Cocos Island National Park (CINP)<\/strong> and the <strong>Seamounts Marine Management Area (SMMA)<\/strong>.\u00a0 This process is a great opportunity to improve the conservation status of threatened species of sharks, sea turtles, rays and marine mammals that migrate between Cocos Island National Park (CINP) and the Galapagos Reserve (GR)<\/p>\n<p>Attention!\u00a0 The deadline for your contribution is this <strong>Friday November 19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/minae.go.cr\/noticias-minae\/comunicados\/247-aviso-sobre-consulta-publica\">https:\/\/minae.go.cr\/noticias-minae\/comunicados\/247-aviso-sobre-consulta-publica<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>We would like to recommend the following text in the space provided for your observation:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The proposed expansion of Cocos Island National Park (CINP) is definitely right, as it would provide strict protection to a series of seamounts where aggregations of highly migratory threatened marine species occur.\u00a0 Nevertheless, the design of the Seamounts Marine Management Area (SMMA) is not the most effective for the conservation of these species, as it does not provide continuous and effective protection along the seamounts of the Submerged Cocos Ridge that connects Cocos Island to the Galapagos Archipielago, and which constitute the essence of the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway, thus diminishing biological connectivity.\u00a0 The proposed rectangle for the SMMA must necessarily be modified with a southeast-northwest inclination, for the adoption of a striction protection policy of the seamounts along the Submerged Cocos Ridge and guarantee biological connectivity with Ecaudor.\u00a0 #ProtectSwimway.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cremacr.org\/campanas\/proteccion-absoluta-para-la-migravia-coco-galapagos\/\">http:\/\/cremacr.org\/campanas\/proteccion-absoluta-para-la-migravia-coco-galapagos\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seaturtles.org\/the-cocos-galapagos-swimway\/\">https:\/\/seaturtles.org\/the-cocos-galapagos-swimway\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed rectangle for the SMMA must necessarily be modified with a southeast-northwest inclination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[731,732],"class_list":["post-16048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-expasion","tag-map"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a1Help Conserve the Biodiversity of Cocos Island! 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