Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge

Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area, it was created in 1986 by decree 16614-MAG. [2] [3] It is located among the tropical forest region, with 1950-3000mm yearly precipitation.

Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Mixto Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge area.
LocationCosta Rica
Coordinates9.604°N 82.642°W / 9.604; -82.642
Area45.66 square kilometres (17.63 sq mi) (terrestrial), 59.23 square kilometres (22.87 sq mi) (marine)
Established29 October 1986
Governing bodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
Location in Costa Rica
Official nameGandoca–Manzanillo
Designated11 December 1995
Reference no.783[1]

The Gandoca-Manzanillo Ramsar site is located in this refuge. [1]

On 2 September 2013 the refuge was renamed after the murdered environmentalist Jairo Mora Sandoval.[4] The formal posthumous homage ceremony was held in the refuge on 26 April 2014. [5]

Biological and ecological importance

The refuge protects mangroves, estuaries, seagrass, inundated forests, coral reefs, sea turtle nesting.

Protected species

History

The 1992 novel The Madwoman of Gandoca (Spanish: La Loca de Gandoca), by Anacristina Rossi depicts the fights and efforts from an autobiographical point of view to create the refuge, as there were opposite private and government efforts to develop the area as a travel resort, the book was a required read at high school (secondary level) in Costa Rica. [6]

Access

It has two entryways, the first and main access is the Manzanillo sector which is the terminus of Route 256, which has a junction with Route 36, which starts in Limón district. A small town provides services to this area.

The second access is in the Gandoca sector, which can be accessed from Route 36 near the border crossing with Panama over the Sixaola River.

References
  1. "Gandoca–Manzanillo". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Refugio de Vida Silvestre Mixto Gandoca-Manzanillo Map". SINAC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Refugio de Vida Silvestre Mixto Gandoca-Manzanillo". Protected Planet. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge renamed to honor slain Costa Rica conservationist". The Tico Times. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. Quesada, Jéssica (26 April 2014). "Refugio Silvestre Gandoca Manzanillo llevará el nombre de Jairo Mora". Telenoticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. Rossi, Anacristina. La Loca de Gandoca. ISBN 9780773456372.
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