News Headline
Protecting Biodiversity in Costa Rica’s Thermal Convection Dome in the Pacific
Source
Inter Press Service News Agency
Publication Date
2014-10-21
SAN JOSE, Oct 20 2014 (IPS) - The vast habitat known as the Costa Rican Thermal Convection Dome in the eastern Pacific Ocean will finally become a protected zone, over 50 years after it was first identified as one of the planet’s most biodiversity-rich marine areas.