Global InformationCabo Pulmo National Park information
| Cabo Pulmo National Park | |
|---|---|
| Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo | |
IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Beach at Cabo Pulmo | |
  Location of park in Mexico  Cabo Pulmo National Park (Mexico) | |
| Location | Off Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Nearest city | Cabo San Lucas |
| Coordinates | 23°26′01″N 109°25′28″W / 23.43361°N 109.42444°W |
| Area | 71.11 km2; 17,570 acres (7,111 ha) |
| Established | June 5, 1995 |
| Governing body | National Commission of Protected Natural Areas |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Official name | Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | vii, ix, x |
| Designated | 2005 (29th session) |
| Reference no. | 1182 |
| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Endangered | 2019–present |
Ramsar Wetland | |
| Official name | Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo |
| Designated | 2 February 2008 |
| Reference no. | 1778[1] |
Cabo Pulmo National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo) is a national marine park on the east coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, spanning the distance between Pulmo Point and Los Frailes Cape, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Cabo San Lucas in the Gulf of California. Bahía Pulmo is home to the oldest of only three coral reefs on the west coast of North America. Cabo Pulmo is estimated to be 20,000 years old. The 27 square mile national park is home to 11 different species of coral.[2] It is the northernmost coral reef in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3][4]
The reef has a number of colonies[citation needed] of hard coral atop rock outcroppings that run parallel to the coast,[5] occurring in progressively deeper water offshore. After organizing by local community groups,[6] the area was designated a national park in 1995, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, and a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance in 2008. The conservation of the park, has been important for a local ecosystem recovery from overfishing as well as an improvement to the local economic wellbeing.[6] Since its conservation, the park has been subject to broad international attention as a model for creating governance for Marine protected areas.[7]
- ^ "Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "5 Things You Didn't Know About Cabo Pulmo National Park".
- ^ Cabo Pulmo Coral Reef in Danger | AIDA Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Community structure of fishes in Cabo Pulmo Reef" (PDF). Marine Ecology. Retrieved 2012-02-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio; Ezcurra, Exequiel; Moxley, Jerry; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra; Mascareñas-Osorio, Ismael; Sánchez-Ortiz, Carlos; Erisman, Brad; Ricketts, Taylor (2015). "A framework to assess the health of rocky reefs linking geomorphology, community assemblage, and fish biomass". Ecological Indicators. 52: 353–361. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.12.006.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Anderson, Ryan B. (2019-06-01). "Beyond "Success": Community, Governance, and the Future of Cabo Pulmo National Park". Human Organization. 78 (2): 147–157. doi:10.17730/0018-7259.78.2.147. ISSN 0018-7259. S2CID 181881040.