Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
Ecuador
Province of Guayas, Santa Elena Peninsula

Relative Location:
The Salinas lakes are located 1 km southeast of the town of the same name and the Pacoa lakes are 10 Km from Santa Elena (15 Km from Salinas) between San Pablo and Monteverde.

Latitude/Longitude:
ECUASAL Salinas: 02º 13´S 80º58´O,
Pacoa: 02º 05´S 80º44´O

Category:
Site of Regional Importance

Basis for Designation:
More than 20,000 shorebirds per year

Size:
ECUASAL Salinas: 500 ha,
ECUASAL Pacoa: approximately 800 ha

Joined:
16 January 2007

Site Owner/Steward:
Ecuatoriana de Sal y Productos Químicos C.A. (ECUASAL)

Site Partners:
Aves & Conservación / Ben Haase (Local ornithologist)

Human Population within 100 km:
200,000 people; fluctuates according to the season, increasing between November and April.

Contact:
Ecuatoriana de Sal y Productos Químicos C.A. (ECUASAL), (593 )4 – 232 5666: info@ecuasal.com
Nicolas Febres-Cordero G. (nico@ecuasal.com)
Juan García (jgarcia@ecuasal.com)
Raúl García (rgarcia@ecuasal.com)

Ben Haase, bhaase@ecua.net.ec,
(593) 4 277 8329 ó 277 7335
(Museo de Ballenas de la Fundación Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamíferos Marinos (FEMM), www.fem.org)

Aves &Conservación,
aves_direccion@avesconservacion.org
(593) 2 2271800