Developing a Science-based Approach to Scale Up Transboundary Marine Policy and Management: the Designation of the Galapagos – Cocos Swimway

Developing a Science-based Approach to Scale Up Transboundary Marine Policy and Management: the Designation of the Galapagos – Cocos Swimway

Grantee Forever Costa Rica
Location Costa Rica & Ecuador
Grant Amount 575,578
Duration 3 years
Type of Grant Core Grant

This grant to Forever Costa Rica will continue to support the efforts of MigraMar and PACIFICO to obtain legal protection for the Cocos Galapagos transboundary swimway - a corridor between marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. If successful, this project will serve as a global precedent for transboundary management and set up an effective management through the creation of a binational governance structure. This would be the first protected transboundary “swimway” in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, and perhaps the world.