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Cabo Pulmo National Park

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78: 106: 500:. Creating the national park and policing it has been beneficial to the marine ecosystem. While the protection of the National Park is active , there are not always the resources to fully enforce the rules. To prevent overfishing, in 1995 Cabo Pulmo National Park put into effect a non-fishing strategy which would be proven effective in 2010, with the area having a reported increase in total fish abundance of 462%. 113: 85: 597: 61: 519:
Scientists studying reef fish communities have found that the depth of the reef system at Cabo Pulmo has significant positive effect on the number of species present and their populations. Researchers explain that big predators such as whales, dolphins, or sea lions enjoy taking dives to the deeper
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The increase is attributed to increased efforts to reduce fishing and other high impact activities inside park boundaries and an improvement in the health of the reef itself. In the process of improving the conservation, both fisherman and other members of the community working in tourism and other
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declared the 71.11-square-kilometre (27.46 sq mi) area surrounding Cabo Pulmo a federally protected National Marine Park. On May 2, 1997, Jose Luis Pepe Murrieta was the first volunteer Park Director appointed by the INE (National Ecological Institute).Universidad Autónoma de Baja Calif
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Research shows that the conservation of the park also led to the community of Cabo Pulmo finding sustainability through tourism brought in to explore and dive in the National Park. The Local community of Cabo Pulmo was able to set up dive shops and small tourist attractions.
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The reef has a number of colonies of hard coral atop rock outcroppings that run parallel to the coast, occurring in progressively deeper water offshore. After organizing by local community groups, the area was designated a national park in 1995, a
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on the west coast of North America. Cabo Pulmo is estimated to be 20,000 years old. The 27 square mile national park is home to 11 different species of coral. It is the northernmost coral reef in the eastern
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Other research shows that although the introduction and increase of tourism in the park might have economic gains for the local community, the potential damage to the ecosystems might be detrimental.
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as well as an improvement to the local economic wellbeing. Since its conservation, the park has been subject to broad international attention as a model for creating governance for
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Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio; Ezcurra, Exequiel; Moxley, Jerry; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra; Mascareñas-Osorio, Ismael; Sánchez-Ortiz, Carlos; Erisman, Brad; Ricketts, Taylor (2015).
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came in to research local fishing patterns and ways to protect the fish populations, they ended up helping to lobby the government into assisting their protection efforts.
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Castañón, Laura Anne (January 2019). "The people and the park : how a small Mexican community created one of the world's most successful marine preserves".
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in 2008. The conservation of the park, has been important for a local ecosystem recovery from
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Human rights-based approaches to conserving biodiversity: equitable, effective and imperative
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Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo; Reyes-Bonilla, Hector; Calderon-Aguilera, Luis E. (September 2006).
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Cabo Pulmo Microsite from National Committee for Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) (Spanish)
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industries benefiting from the park had improved economic sustainability.
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On June 5, 1995, newly elected as of December 1995, Mexican President
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National marine park on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF ERNESTO ZEDILLO: December 1, 1994
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Before establishment of the park the area was heavily
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Index

Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo
IUCN category
national park

Map showing the location of Cabo Pulmo National Park
Map showing the location of Cabo Pulmo National Park
Baja California Sur
Mexico
Cabo San Lucas
23°26′01″N 109°25′28″W / 23.43361°N 109.42444°W / 23.43361; -109.42444
National Commission of Protected Natural Areas
UNESCO World Heritage Site
session
1182
Latin America and the Caribbean
Endangered
Ramsar Wetland
Spanish
national marine park
Mexico
Baja California Peninsula
Cabo San Lucas
Gulf of California
coral reefs
Pacific Ocean
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
Ramsar Wetland of International Importance
overfishing
Marine protected areas

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