[Coral-List] Oil exploration in San Andres, Colombia

[Arrecifes de coral]

Yes, The Seaflower Marine Protected Area, was judged to have protected a "vast territory" of ocean while helping fishermen make a better living. It is certainly a pity that current decision makers were not considering the value of coral reef protection. The Foundation ICRI Colombia in Pro of Coral Reefs has written a petition to the Colombian President so the oil exploration is avoid close to the MPA and the Reserve of Biosphere. We all know the impacts of oil spills!!!

Nohora Galvis
  
Directora Ejecutiva
Fundación ICRI (International Coral Reef Initiative) Colombia en Pro de los Arrecifes Coralinos
http://icri-colombia.blogspot.com/



Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:58:32 -0800
From: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Oil exploration in San Andres, Colombia
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov; corales2006 at hotmail.com





Isn't this the MPA that received the IYB 2010 prize in Nagoya as the best implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity?

Pity.



Milton Ponson, President
Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
(Rainbow Warriors International)
Tel. +297 568 5908
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad 
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean 
Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com
http://www.rainbowwarriors.net

To unite humanity in a global society dedicated to a sustainable way of life

--- On Thu, 2/17/11, Arrecifes de coral <corales2006 at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Arrecifes de coral <corales2006 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Coral-List] Oil exploration in San Andres, Colombia
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 10:31 AM



Our Foundation leads the Initiative for Colombian Coral Reefs http://icri-colombia.blogspot.com/ We reject the Oil exploration in San Andres, Colombia. The proposed site
is a marine protected area (MPA) with coastal and marine ecosystems
including coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, beaches, and deep
water. The Minister of Environment, Housing, and Territorial Development
declared the Seaflower MPA in January 2005. It is the first MPA in
Colombia, the largest in the Caribbean region, and among the largest in
the World. The MPA is part of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, declared
a member of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO's Man and
the Biosphere (MAB) Program in 2000. 

-- 
Cordial saludo,

Nohora Galvis
Directora Ejecutiva
Fundación ICRI (International Coral Reef Initiative) Colombia en Pro de los Arrecifes Coralinos
NIT 900244099-0
Calle 97A No. 60D-88 Bogotá  

http://www.reefcheck.org/newsletter/072010/#9 
http://icri-colombia.es.tl/    

Punto Focal ICRI para Colombia por la Sociedad Civil Iniciativa Internacional para los Arrecifes Coralinos

http://iyor.org/focalpoints/countries/colombia/default.asp   


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