MARVIVA
FOUNDATION
MarViva promotes the safeguarding and creation
of marine protected areas in oceanic and coastal areas in
Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide support for
the implementation of legislation protecting these areas,
the enforcement of existing laws, and efforts to establish
new reserves. Our overall aim is effective change toward
a more sustainable use of coastal and marine resources.
Base of the MarViva fleet
Golfito lies to the south of Costa Rica,
close to the border with Panama. It is a " sub-gulf
" within another larger one known as Golfo Dulce. In
Costa Rica there is another gulf known as the " Gulf
of Nicoya " which traditionally has benn regarded as
a " bottomless pit " in terms of the abundance
of fish. But Nicoya is in the final throes of exhaustion,
according to researchers in Costa Rica, who give it around
three more years before its definitive collapse. The Nicoya
situation is a deplorable example of fisheries management,
and Golfito may well be following the same course: a huge
marina, fundamentally geared towards sports fishing, has
already been approved. These tourist activities, together
with the increase in industrial fishing activity caused
by the collapse of the Nicoya Gulf fishery, may rapidly
endanger Golfo Dulce and its resources.
Golfito is the operational base of the fleet of the private
foundation, MarViva. Here, MarViva is developing a surveillance
plan for protected marine areas, by means of agreements
with governmental authorities that allow them to patrol
alongside the park rangers, providing them with boats and
personnel from the Foundation.
| CONTACT MARVIVA
Tel: ( 506 )
2903647
Fax: ( 506 )
2314429
WEB: www.marviva.net |
