Chilean Government Officially Decrees the Creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park - Oceana

Victory | August 24, 2016

Chilean Government Officially Decrees the Creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park

The official designation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park comes after years of campaigning by Oceana and its allies. In 2013, a joint Oceana and National Geographic expedition to the Desventuradas Islands uncovered extraordinary levels of biodiversity in the previously unknown seas surrounding these islands. Following the expedition, Oceana released a report on the findings and a proposal for the regions protection. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced the intention to create a fully-protected marine park – the largest in the Americas – at the 2015 Our Ocean conference in Valparaiso, Chile.