Decreto 29834 — Expansion of Cocos Island National Park Boundaries

in the entirety of the text - Complete Text of Norm 29834 Complete Text of act: 163F6C EXECUTIVE BRANCH Nº 29834-MINAE THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY In accordance with the provisions of article 140, subsection 3) of the Political Constitution; article 36 of the Ley Forestal Nº 7575 of June 28, 1990; the provisions of Law Nº 6084 of August 24, 1977 and Law Nº 8000 of May 24, 2000.

10.-That in accordance with article 2, subsections c), g) and article 11 of Law Nº 8000 of May 24, 2000; the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas must guarantee the protection of existing marine resources in the jurisdictional and internal waters of the Costa Rican State; as well as collaborate with other administrative authorities responsible for protecting natural resources.

11.-That article 5 of the Political Constitution establishes that Isla del Coco is part of the national territory and therefore, the Isla del Coco National Park is within the Nation's jurisdictional waters; in addition to having been declared a World Heritage Site and a RAMSAR Site of International Importance, including the marine ecosystems. Therefore, They Decree:

Coordinates Isla del Coco National Park (As amended by article 1 of decreto ejecutivo N° 44292 of November 8, 2023) (Sinalevi Note: Through session N°18-2023 of August 17, 2023, the National Council of Conservation Areas, (Consejo Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, CONAC), discussed the topic: Coordinates of Isla del Coco National Park and the Bicentennial Marine Management Area, approving the agreement detailed below:

AGREEMENT 7. At the request of the Área de Conservación Marina Coco, the INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement number AJDIP/155-2023 of July eleven, 2023, is received and acknowledged.

That in said agreement, the official communication from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, DIG-GED-0045-2023, is received and approved, containing the conversion of the coordinates of the Isla del Coco National Park and the Bicentennial Marine Management Area, published in La Gaceta N°89 of May 16, 2022, into the sexagesimal degrees format in degrees and decimal minutes.

That for vessels undertaking a fishing trip at the time this agreement is published, in which the coordinates of the Isla del Coco National Park and the Bicentennial Marine Management Area are converted, an exception will be made and they will comply with the stipulations starting from the next fishing trip.

That the coordinates were converted according to the following tables:

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The protection, administration, and management of the area shall be the responsibility of the National System of Conservation Areas (Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, SINAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, through the Área de Conservación Marina Isla del Coco (ACMIC), in accordance with the provisions of Law Nº 6084 and shall have, for this purpose, the direct support of the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas based on the provisions of Law Nº 8000.

Article 3bis.-The minimum conservation objectives that will guide the planning and management of the Isla del Coco National Park are the following:

1. Conserve a representative part of the Cocos Submarine Ridge (Cordillera Submarina del Coco) and its seamounts, which are recognized for being sites of high biological richness.

2. Conserve a representative sample of the essential habitat of Elasmobranch species, corresponding to concentration, mating, migratory stopover, and cleaning station sites.

3. Protect endemic, endangered, and vulnerable species, such as the Cocos pearlfish (Ogilbia cocoensis), the scalloped hammerhead shark (tiburón martillo, Sphyrna lewini), the whitetip reef shark (tiburón punta blanca, Triaenodon obesus), the giant manta ray (manta gigante, Manta birostris), the Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi), as well as the ecosystems with which they are associated.

4. Establish a natural space where the mobility, connectivity, and dispersal of species are promoted; as well as the adaptation of marine biodiversity to possible climatic and oceanographic modifications related to climate change.

5. Protect deep-sea ecosystems such as Mesophotic coral formations, azooxanthellate coral communities, abyssal plains, ridges (and their benthic communities, endemic species, and potential species new to science).

6. Conserve areas for nesting, feeding, and transit of seabirds.

7. Maintain the ecosystem services associated with the ecological processes that develop within the Isla del Coco National Park.

8. Promote the structural and functional connectivity of highly migratory species at the level of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (Corredor Marino del Pacífico Este Tropical).

(As added by article 2 of decreto ejecutivo N° 43368 of December 17, 2021)

Given at the Presidency of the Republic.— San José, on the twenty-third day of August, two thousand one.

La protección, administración y manejo de zona estará a cargo del Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) del Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía, a través del Área de Conservación Marina Isla del Coco (ACMIC), de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley Nº 6084 y contará para ello, con el apoyo directo del Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas con base a lo establecido por la Ley Nº 8000.

Artículo 3bis.-Los objetivos mínimos de conservación que orientarán la planificación y gestión del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco son los siguientes:

1. Conservar una parte representativa de la Cordillera Submarina del Coco y sus montes submarinos, que son reconocidos por ser sitios de alta riqueza biológica.

2. Conservar una muestra representativa del hábitat esencial de especies de Elasmobranquios, que corresponden a sitios de concentración, de apareamiento y de estación de paso migratorio y limpieza.

3. Proteger especies endémicas, en peligro de extinción y vulnerables, tales como el pez murciélago de la Isla del Coco (Ogilbia cocoensis), el tiburón martillo (Sphyrna lewini), el tiburón punta blanca (Triaenodon obesus), la manta gigante (Manta birostris), la tortuga verde del Pacífico (Chelonia mydas agassizi) así como, los ecosistemas a los que se asocian.

4. Establecer un espacio natural donde se promueva la movilidad, conectividad y dispersión de especies; así como, la adaptación para la biodiversidad marina a las posibles modificaciones climatológicas y oceanográficas relacionadas con el cambio climático.

5. Proteger ecosistemas de profundidad como formaciones coralinas Mesofíticas, comunidades de corales azooxantelados, llanuras abisales, dorsales (y sus comunidades bentónicas, especies endémicas, y posibles especies nuevas para la ciencia.

6. Conservar áreas de anidación, alimentación y tránsito de aves marinas.

7. Mantener los servicios ecosistémicos asociados a los procesos ecológicos que se desarrollan dentro del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco.

8. Promover la conectividad estructural y funcional de especies altamente migratorias a nivel del Corredor Marino del Pacífico Este Tropical.

(Así adicionado por el artículo 2° del decreto ejecutivo N° 43368 del 17 de diciembre de 2021)

Expansion of Cocos Island National Park BoundariesAmpliación de los límites del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco

Artículo 2 — In accordance with article 13 of Law Nº 6084 of August 24, 1977, the Instituto Geográfico Nacional shall proceed to indicate the precise limits of the marine area of the Isla del Coco National Park and shall prepare the corresponding bathymetric charts or official maps.

Artículo 3 — In the marine area of this expansion, the legal norms applicable to National Parks shall govern.

Artículo 4 — Repeal Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 20260-MIRENEN.

Artículo 5 — —It shall be effective from its publication.

Artículo 2 — De acuerdo con el artículo 13 de la Ley Nº 6084 del 24 de agosto de 1977, el Instituto Geográfico Nacional procederá a indicar los límites precisos del área marina del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco y confeccionará las cartas batimétricas o mapas oficiales correspondientes.

Artículo 3 — En el área marina de esta ampliación, regirán las normas legales aplicables a los Parques Nacionales.

Artículo 4 — Deróguese el Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 20260-MIRENEN.

Artículo 5 — —Rige a partir de su publicación.

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