Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: Marine Park Clean-Up

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SAN JOSE, Sep 8 2003 (IPS) - Costa Rican citizens are joining a global environmental campaign by cleaning up the National Whale Marine Park, on the Pacific coast, where tourism has taken its toll, says the United Nations Environment Program. Thousands of volunteers in Central and South America will mobilize Sep. 19-21 to clean up rivers, lake, streams, ravines and coastal areas.

The National Whale Marine Park, in the Cortés district, was founded in December 1989 and covers 110 hectares of land and 5,375 hectares at sea.