Ecuador 🇪🇨 , Colombia 🇨🇴 , Costa Rica 🇨🇷 and Panama 🇵🇦 united their marine reserves to create a corridor in the Pacific Ocean to ensure the protection of sea turtles, tuna, squid, hammerhead sharks and other species.

The new corridor connects the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador with Colombia’s Malpelo Island and the Cocos and Coiba Islands in Costa Rican and Panamanian waters, protecting these migratory species. The corridor consists of a protected area of 500,000 square kilometers that will be off-limits to industrial fishing fleets.

The Latin American countries are trying to contribute to the 30 by 30 Global Initiative, which seeks to preserve 30% of the world’s oceans and land area by 2030 as a way to address climate change.