Preventing plastics pervading an oceanic oasis: Building the case for the Costa Rica Thermal Dome to become a World Heritage site in ABNJ

Published date: October 2018

Additional Information: Funding Information: An oceanographic survey expedition to the Dome was conducted on 3–6 April 2017 by Fundación MarViva of Costa Rica, the timing of which was informed by remotely sensed sea-surface temperature data showing the core area of the Dome close to the Costa Rica coast ( Fig. 1 ). The survey was part of a project led by the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) and funded by Germany's International Climate Initiative (BMUB-IKI). The ultimate aim of the project is to devise and promote a governance scheme in the high seas area of the Dome. This is consistent with guidelines issued by the World Heritage Committee that encourage capacity building and international research cooperation needed for the effective implementation of the World Heritage Convention [22] . Participants in the survey included representatives from GOBI, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Universidad de Costa Rica, the Universidad Nacional, Fundación Keto, Asociación Misión Tiburón and Fundación MarViva. Funding Information: David Edward Johnson, Erick Ross Salazar, Gustavo Rojas Ortega and Christopher Barrio Froj?n would like to thank the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) project, which is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. DEJ, ERS and GRO would also like to thank Paul Tudor Jones and the crew of the Typhoon I, as well as Jos? David Palacios from Keto and Andr?s L?pez Garro from Misi?n Tibur?n for the acquisition and processing of mammal and plankton data. Carolina Sheridan Rodriguez and Sergio Cambronero Solano would like to thank University of Costa Rica and National University (Costa Rica), respectively. All authors express sincere thanks to Marco Castro (MarViva), Omar Lizano and Pedro Ure?a Mora (MIO CIMAR) for help with the production of figures. Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords: Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, EBSA, Fundación MarViva, Microplastics, Regional governance, World Heritage Convention

Local EPrints ID: 479896

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479896

DOI: doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.022

ISSN: 0308-597X

PURE UUID: 7930c158-c6d4-4888-8c90-169d67a3a4a1

ORCID for Christopher Barrio Froján: orcid.org/0000-0001-5562-5508

Date deposited: 28 Jul 2023 16:44

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