Professionals from KETO currently support the Management Plan developing for the Caño Island Biological Reserve. This is an initiative of the Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA), National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE), ACOSA Regional Board (CORAC-Osa) and the Latin American School of Protected Areas of the University for International Cooperation (ELAP-UCI), as the leader. Several NGO' s support this plan, which will orient the actions that must be made in a protected area in order to conserve it, always taking into account the interests from the communities and ACOSA’s institutional capacity to carry it out.
Marine Rescue Program-Workshop # 1
A workshop for the National Coastguard Service of Puntarenas was made on August 22nd. The main goal was to train the personnel from this service to attend the cetaceans’ strandings in order to ensure the animal welfare during this phenomenon. During this workshop, the participants also learned how to recognize the species of cetaceans involved, based on physical characteristics. We had a total of 14 participants.
Sustainability for the Conservation, The Nature Conservancy
KETO Foundation participated in the sustainability for the conservation workshop, for environmental NGO’s of the Caribbean and Pacific of Costa Rica. Key aspects for the maintenance of the conservation activities in situ by small NGO’s were discussed. In addition, the creation of alliances among conservationists was promoted (August 7-10 2007).
Campaign For Costa Rican whales
The Costa Rican Coalition for Whales was formed by more than 13 NGO’s in 2006 and acted actively since 2007 in order to assist and vote at the last International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. We will keep trying to avoid the extinction of the Costa Rican whales through hunting in international waters. The block of countries integrated by Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Peru obtained the approval for a resolution in favor of the nonlethal use of cetaceans in IWC’s last meeting, held in Anchorage. Pictures from Campaign here
17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town. Nov. 29th- Dec. 3rd, 2007
The 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals is a gathering of marine mammalogists and other scientists from around the world collaborating and improving the science of marine mammals. This conference occurs every two years in different locations. Last year the conference was in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 29th- Dec. 3rd, 2007.
Three of our researches were selected to participate:
Martínez-Fernández, D., A. Montero-Cordero & L. J. May-Collado. 2007. Evaluation of photo-ID techniques success in Pseudorca crassidens from coastal waters of Costa Rica. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town. Nov. 29th- Dec. 3rd, 2007.
Montero-Cordero, A. & D. Martínez-Fernández. 2007. Whale-watching revenues and decree regulation awareness in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town. Nov. 29th- Dec. 3rd, 2007.
Palacios-Alfaro, J. D. 2007. Fish selection of pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) and bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in association with deep shrimp trawler fishery in the central Pacific of Costa Rica. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town. Nov. 29th- Dec. 3rd, 2007
We thank to CSI, CONICIT and SMM for supporting us to make this trip possible.
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