New Sea Corridor Protection in the Pacific After COP26

Discussed at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, four Latin countries have banded together and will now expand their marine reserves to protect endangered wildlife and ocean areas from fishing fleets.

Leaders from Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador are implementing a new sea corridor collaboratively that is aiming to connect Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, Colombia’s Malpelo Island, and the Cocos and Coiba Islands in Costa Rica and Panama waters from fishing fleets that frequent the areas yearly.

There is a global initiative in place to impact climate change by protecting 30% of ocean and land areas by 2030.

 “We’ve heard a lot of talk about climate change, a lot of unfulfilled commitments. This is strong action; This is what our country and the world needs,” said Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo.