By Andrew Seligman | Volunteer
This fall, we celebrated the International Coastal Cleanup for the fifteenth year! This worldwide event is supported by the Ocean Conservancy. Together with the efforts of 359 volunteers and Paso Pacífico team members, we removed 1.8 tons of trash from beaches and rivers in Nicaragua.
Over 8 local organizations and companies pitched in to help,
Cleaner beaches :
Give turtles a better chance of reaching the ocean.
Stop pollutatants and plastics from reaching the ocean.
Improve survival rates for a variety of marine creatures.
Create a safer environment for beach-goers and surfers.
We are currently working with several organisations in El Salvador to create a World Surf Reserve of 20,796 hectares of which approximately 11,000 hectares is marine environment . The intention is that development on this land would be restricted to environmentally friendly projects, in an attempt to limit waste and pollutants which would otherwise end up in the ocean. In addition to protecting the ocean for surfers, we expect to protect remaining coral reefs. A number of endanged species live in the proposed reserve including spider monkeys, leatherback turtles and yellow-naped amazon parrots. An area of 6,151 would be protected from any further development.
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