and Community Development of Handicraft" and "Production of Ecosystem Services".
In 2001 a section of ocean to the north of the island Salango was declared a marine sanctuary by the Salangome Ecological Association, in order to develop a site of conservation, especially conservation of those species that reside on the seafloor. The site also serves as a venue for research and tourism in Salango.
As part of PIDCOSA, the "Community Management Research Center and Museum Salango CIMS," project was developed in the beginning of 2005, through which the community officially took over the management of CIMS. The was accomplished once the National Institute of Cultural Heritage declared the archaeological collections, which include 245 museum pieces, as belonging to the cultural heritage of the Commune Salango.
On March 31, 2011 the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism, issued the regulations for the Registration of Tourist Community Centers, in which traditional communities legally organized and trained can develop community tourism activities
