Eastern Tropical Pacific PART 1-Conservation International

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The Eastern Tropical Pacific includes national waters of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Costa Rica and is one of the most productive oceans in the world. In April 2004, the four countries signed the San Jose Declaration to seek the support of international and regional organizations to improve stewardship of their shared marine life and environment.

This region comprises renowned World Heritage Sites, such as Ecuador's Galapagos Marine Reserve, Colombia's Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Costa Rica's Cocos Island National Park and Panama's Coiba National Park. Several major oceanic current systems meet in the Seascape, resulting in a unique variety of tropical and temperate marine life—all threatened by global climate change including recent extraordinarily sever El Nino events.

This video presents some of the conservation experiences in the Eastern Tropical Pacific in the areas of protected area management, research and community engagement, surveillance, tourism, and green business. Interviews were taped during a workshop in Machalilla National Park, Ecuador, in June 2007.

Production: Andrea Margit, Conservation International

Narration: Julieta Ramirez-Krug

Footage:
Alejandro Sanin Acevedo
Fundacion Malpelo
Haroldo Castro
Jeff Gale
Richard Wollocombe
Sylvia Earle

Photography:
Aaron Cubis
Charlotte Boyd
Fernando Felix
Haroldo Castro
John Martin
Marcel Bigue
Marco Quesada
Mario Silva
MarViva
Oswaldo Rosero
Pete Oxford
Phillip Colla
Rod Mast
Russ Mittermeier
Sandra Bessudo
Stephen Edwards
Sterling Zumbrunn
Thomas Stromberg
Vivienne Solis
Wildaid
Yves Le Fevre

Music and sound design: Daniel Magnani

Editing and post-production: D2R Studio

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• environment
• marine
• conservation
• Pacific
• biodiversity
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Costa
• Rica
• shark
• Galapagos