{"id":15666,"date":"2018-10-18T17:23:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T23:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/cocos-island-world-heritage\/"},"modified":"2019-07-04T00:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T00:38:08","slug":"cocos-island-world-heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cocos-island-world-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocos Island &#8211; Declarations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-none bg-third hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"--awb-background-position:right top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/isotipo-faico-celeste-derecha-claro.png&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-bg-color:#0e67a7;--awb-bg-color-hover:#0e67a7;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 class=\"white centered\" style=\"font-size: 165%;\">Cocos Island<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-has-icon\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:60%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><span class=\"icon-wrapper\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;background-color:#0e67a7;font-size:16px;width: 1.75em; height: 1.75em;border-width:1px;padding:1px;margin-top:-0.5px\"><i class=\"fa-info-circle fas\" style=\"font-size: inherit;color:#ffffff;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#0b5d92;--awb-padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div id=\"nav_menu-3\" class=\"widget widget_nav_menu\"><div class=\"menu-cocos-island-en-container\"><ul id=\"menu-cocos-island-en\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-16481\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16481\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cocos-island-summary\/\">Cocos Island National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15923\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15923\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cocos-island-national-park-creation-location\/\">Creation and Location<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15508\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15508\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/biodiversity-and-endemic-species-from-cocos-island\/\">Biodiversity and Endemic Species<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15914\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15914\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cocos-island-coral-reefs\/\">Coral reefs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15509\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15509\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/sea-birds-of-cocos-island\/\">Sea Birds<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15917\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15917\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cocos-island-sharks\/\">Sharks<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15922\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15922\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cinp-management-plan\/\">General management plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15921\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15921\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/threats-cocos-island\/\">Threats<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15915\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15915\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/cocos-island-world-heritage\/\">Declarations<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15919\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15919\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/history-of-cocos-island\/\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"599\" title=\"Isla del Coco Mantaraya\" src=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/isla-del-coco-raya.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-15148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/isla-del-coco-raya-200x280.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/isla-del-coco-raya-400x560.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/isla-del-coco-raya.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:15px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-bg-position:right center;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h1>Declarations<\/h1>\n<p>Cocos Island is one of the most privileged natural sites worldwide due to its size, isolation, and conservation status. Due to its great biological diversity and the large number of endemic species, it can be classified as a natural laboratory for research on the evolution of species.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:16px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#74bd4c;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#1ca8e5;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#a0ce4e;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Montserrat&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:400;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:18px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Montserrat&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-15666-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-b2e84c2e26e36d00d fusion-toggle-no-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_b2e84c2e26e36d00d\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"b2e84c2e26e36d00d\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#b2e84c2e26e36d00d\" href=\"#b2e84c2e26e36d00d\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">1978: Creation of the National Park<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"b2e84c2e26e36d00d\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_b2e84c2e26e36d00d\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1978, the Government of Costa Rica created Cocos Island National Park, which was later declared the nucleus of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-b97d6de79335962c7 fusion-toggle-no-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_b97d6de79335962c7\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"b97d6de79335962c7\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#b97d6de79335962c7\" href=\"#b97d6de79335962c7\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">1997: World Heritage Site<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"b97d6de79335962c7\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_b97d6de79335962c7\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1997, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared it a Natural World Heritage Site.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-d8b3d900cd8a17167 fusion-toggle-no-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_d8b3d900cd8a17167\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"d8b3d900cd8a17167\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#d8b3d900cd8a17167\" href=\"#d8b3d900cd8a17167\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\"> 1998: Wetland of International Importance<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"d8b3d900cd8a17167\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_d8b3d900cd8a17167\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1998, Cocos Island National Park was declared a Wetland of International Importance under the International Ramsar Convention of 1991.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-45138624f369e84b9 fusion-toggle-no-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_45138624f369e84b9\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"45138624f369e84b9\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#45138624f369e84b9\" href=\"#45138624f369e84b9\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">2002: Architectural Historical Heritage of Costa Rica<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"45138624f369e84b9\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_45138624f369e84b9\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 11, 2002, the Government of Costa Rica declared Cocos Island as an Architectural Historical Heritage of Costa Rica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This declaration is due to the high historical and cultural value that Cocos Island has for the people of Costa Rica and the world, forged from the eighteenth century through the visit and permanence of human groups coming from different places and with different purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-9d0c799054a3685ab fusion-toggle-no-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_9d0c799054a3685ab\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"9d0c799054a3685ab\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#9d0c799054a3685ab\" href=\"#9d0c799054a3685ab\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">2004: Marine Corridor of the Eastern Tropical Pacific CMAR<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"9d0c799054a3685ab\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_9d0c799054a3685ab\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costa Rica (Cocos Island National Park), Panama, and Colombia are part of the CMAR Tropical Eastern Pacific Marine Corridor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p class=\"p1\">The condition of Cocos Island as World Heritage Center and as National Park obliges the State to protect all its existing values: natural, historical, and cultural. These declarations prohibit the demolition and partial or total remodeling of the buildings and the alteration of the elements with historical and cultural value that are in it, without prior authorization of the Center for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Youth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Government of Costa Rica declared Cocos Island as an Architectural Historical Heritage of Costa Rica due to the high historical and cultural value that it has for the Costa Rican population and for the world, forged since the 18th century. The inscriptions on the rocks of Chatham and Wafer Bays, as well as the other cultural vestiges that can be found on the island, witness as to the history of the place, giving it an exceptional value that deserves to be protected and conserved to be enjoyed by the present and future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15666","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15666"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16053,"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15666\/revisions\/16053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosisland.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}