Photo Credit: Octavio Aburto / iLCP.
About the Cover: Located along the Baja California peninsula near Cabo San Lucas, Cabo Pulmo National Park is home to a staggering quantity and diversity of marine life, including endangered whale sharks, five species of sea turtles, whales, and a host of sportfish. Because of its importance to these threatened marine species, Cabo Pulmo was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Biodiversity site in 2005. Despite this designation, this 20,000- year-old coral reef is now threatened due to a proposed development called Cabo Cortes. A coalition of Foundation grantees and partners including: Amigos para la Conservación de Cabo Pulmo (ACCP); Sociedad de Historía Natural Niparajá; Pronatura Noroeste; Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza; Centro Mexicano para la Defensa Ambiental (CEMDA); Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste (DAN); InterAmerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA); CostaSalvaje and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have come together to save this priceless marine habitat for future generations.
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Children from the community of Cabo Pulmo playing in their aquatic backyard.
Photo: Octavio Aburto / iLCP.
Photo: Octavio Aburto / iLCP.
