The proposed mega marine protection area will cover more than 200,000 square miles

Proposed

mega marine

protection area

Caribbean Sea

Panama canal

Costa Rica

Cocos Island

national park

Panama

Colombia

Existing

protected area

Area of

underwater

'seamount'

ecosystems

Ecuador

Pacific Ocean

Galápagos

Islands,

Ecuador

500 km

500 miles

Caribbean Sea

Pacific Ocean

Panama canal

Costa Rica

Panama

Cocos Island

national park

Proposed

mega marine

protection area

Existing

protected area

Colombia

Area of

underwater

'seamount'

ecosystems

Ecuador

Galápagos

Islands,

Ecuador

250 km

Peru

250 miles