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Conservation: Providential outcome

A winning combination of isolation, local involvement and a broad ecological remit are making the management of the seas around Colombia's San Andrés islands a model for other conservationists, reports Mark Schrope.

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Mark Schrope is a Florida-based freelance writer.

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Schrope, M. Conservation: Providential outcome. Nature 451, 122–123 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451122a

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