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Denounce presented by the Government of
Costa Rica to uphold the Ramsar Convention
In response to the environmental damage on
the Northeast Caribbean Wetland
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The patrol conducted on 10/22/2010 by the guard of the
Wildlife Refuge of “Barra del Colorado” demonstrated:
1. Sediments produced by the dredging operations carried out by the
Government of Nicaragua, have been deposited in the wetland
2. An indiscriminate deforestation and elimination of the understory,
affecting the primary forest in an area of 5.75 hectares (197 felled
trees), altering the equilibrium state of the wetland.
3. Possible construction of an artificial Canal between the San Juan
River, the Portillos Lagoon and the Caribbean Sea, attempts against
the ecosystem of the entire area.
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Northeast Caribbean Wetland, was incorporated in the
list of the Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance, called the Ramsar Convention,
on March 20, 1996
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Flyby
November 8, 2010
Panoramic image of the Portillos Lagoon and
the deforested area
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Deforested
Area
Los
Portillos
Lagoon
Panoramic of Portillos Lagoon, area of the Northeast
Caribbean Wetland
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Deforested Area , next to the Portillos Lagoon
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Flyby
November 11, 2010
Panoramic image of the Portillos Lagoon and
the deforested area
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Accelerated destruction of the Wetland
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Panoramic of the deforested area
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Flyby
November 14, 2010
Panoramic image of the Portillos Lagoon and
the deforested area
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Panoramic of the deforested area, right side of the
river
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San Juan River of
Nicaragua
Portillos Lagoon
Possible Artificial Canal
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Flyby
November 8, 2010
Panoramic image
Sedimented Area
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Sedimented Area
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Flyby
November 11, 2010
Panoramic image
Sedimented Area
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Panoramic of the Sedimented Area
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Construction of the Ditch
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Flyby
November 14, 2010
Panoramic Image
Sedimented Area
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Ditch, November 15, 2010
San Juan River
of Nicaragua
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Each additional day the
environmental damage
increases
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Portillos Lagoon
Deforested Area
November 8, 2010
November 11, 2010
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