Guidelines and Best Practices for Surf Ecosystem Conservation

This document was prepared by Save The Waves Coalition (STW), Conservation International (CI), and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as part of the initiative “Expanding the benefits of the blue economy and the conservation of critical biodiversity and ecosystem services through the management of surf ecosystems,” which seeks to promote effective management of the marine and coastal ecosystems surrounding surf breaks.

Its objective is to ensure the protection of biodiversity and the functioning of these ecosystems, while generating benefits derived from the blue economy in the coastal communities of Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru.