Our Mission
The EPCA is dedicated to the conservation and protection of marine life in the important region of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean called the East Tropical Pacific Corridor or Corridor Maritimo. The broad region between the continent and the Galápagos Archipelago is a critical migratory pathway for marine fauna and is linked to marine ecosystems throughout the vast area of remote islands and continental margins. The goal of the EPCA is to encourage, facilitate, and support marine biology education and scientific research in the region.
Our plans
The EPCA aims to link together a variety of projects and campaigns focused on the East Pacific Corridor region. The foundation intends to link programs at the Museum of Biodiversity in Panama; shark-finning monitoring; exploration, inventory, and DNA sequencing of fish biodiversity in Galápagos, among other programs in preparation. We are positioning ourselves differently from the web of conservation and governmental organizations filling this space, by concentrating on coordinating science and scientists with critical marine biodiversity conservation goals.
What is the East Pacific Corridor?
The tropical eastern Pacific Ocean is a rich and diverse marine ecosystem, under grave threat from climate change and damage from unrestrained development and illegal fishing. The Corridor, the marine passage above the equator between the Galápagos Archipelago and offshore islands and the continent, is a key component of the region's marine ecosystem, exposed to many serious environmental threats and affecting much of the marine ecology of the region, from California to Peru.
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East Pacific Corridor Alliance
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