Ecuador extends Galapagos reserve forming a string of protected areas along the Pacific to Central America

Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

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Ecuador has created the marine reserve north of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific helping to form a ring of protected areas, along the South American north Pacific rim that will include Colombia's Malpeso island, Panama's Coiba islands and Costa Rica Cocos islands. Read full article

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FortHay
That's nice and necessary, but it does not undo the damage done when the islands were designated a province in 1973, allowing unfettered access and settlement far in excess of the carrying capacity
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Pugol-H
Do any of the countries have the ability to enforce this??? even if they have the will.
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