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El presente trabajo se realizó en la Isla Uvita, declarada Monumento Nacional en 1985, ubicada en el litoral Caribe de Costa Rica. Esta zona se caracteriza por tener una gran riqueza de sus recursos marinos y costeros. El propósito fundamental fue ofrecer diversas acciones de conservación, manejo y desarrollo sostenible en dicha área, promoviendo la coordinación y participación de todos los sectores claves. Se hace referencia a la necesidad de ejecutar una estrategia de manejo que promueva la estabilidad de los recursos marinocosteros del sitio insular, para fortalecer tanto la riqueza particular como para establecer normas educativas y científicas que promuevan las condiciones adecuadas para el desarrollo sostenible. Isla Uvita presenta problemas de conservación y manejo, debido a la ausencia de una entidad administrativa que controle y norme los usos. Se conoció la percepción social del limonense mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario tipo encuesta y además se desarrolló un taller, en el sitio. Con base en la percepción social, la mayoría opinó que se deben controlar las actividades dentro de la isla, estableciendo controles de vigilancia, reconocen que este sitio lo debe manejar MINAET y JAPDEVA, apoyado por la Municipalidad de Limón, la cual ha de adquirir el compromiso de conservación. La estrategia de manejo hace énfasis en seis líneas estratégicas, como la organización institucional, protección, zonificación, educación y capacitación, monitoreo e investigación y recreación. The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica is known for its marine resource diversity, and is where the Uvita Island Insular System is located. This site was declared a National Monument in 1985, and chosen as the site for the present study, which had the main objective of offering an adequate managing tool to perform several conservation and sustainable development actions on the Island, to promote the coordination and participation of all stakeholders. The study clearly identified the need for developing a management strategy to promote pertinent conservation actions at the site, to strengthen not only its particular diversity, but also to establish educational and scientific regulations to encourage the adequate conditions for the sustainable development of the Island. Currently, the Island faces conservation and management problems due to the lack of an administrator to control and regulate the use of the site. In order to learn about the perception of the local people, a survey type questionnaire was administered and a workshop held at the site. Based on the results of the survey, the majority of the local people thought that the Island activities should be regulated and vigilance controls established. It was also well recognized that government institutions, such as MINAE and JAPDEVA, should manage the site with the support of the local government, which should acquire a commitment towards conservation. ºThe study proposed a management strategy for the Island, placing emphasis on six lines of action: institutional organization, protection, zoning, education and training, monitoring, and research and recreation.

This essay examines the racialization of space and the role of memory in the twentieth-century urbanization of La Paz, Bolivia. Historical memory linked particular races to specific spaces; this in turn helped determine spending on infrastructure, hygiene, and other urban projects. The essay analyzes the ways in which the extramuro (outside the walls of the city) was marked as the place for undesirable, but necessary elements of the city, and as the point of origin for the filth and a whole host of diseases within the city. The relationship between La Paz and the discourses on indígenas in public space in the twentieth century takes center stage: these discourses marked indígenas as undesirable and yet redeemable. This essay analyzes the close connection between the construction of race and the urbanization of that same space. I conclude by reassessing the links between race, space, and memory in Bolivia.