Gorgona National Park is one of the most representative protected areas in Colombia. Because of its rich biodiversity and the large amount of research carried out on its terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems, it is known as the “Science Island”. Although there are no local communities living on the island, local communities are highly dependent on the resources provided by the so-called “Gorgona-Sanquianga region” (Sanquianga is another National Park, and it protects the most important mangrove ecosystem on the south-west coast of Colombia). Aware of its responsibility and the park’s importance, Gorgona National Park administration has updated its Management Plan for the period 2015-2019, taking into account a regional context beyond its own geographical limits, and including for the first time an ecosystem services approach and climate change considerations. These climate change considerations are not only part of an analysis to set better conservation measures on conservation objects, ecosystems and species, but to maintain key resources for the communities that base their livelihoods on the legal activities outside the Park, such as fishing. The process of capacity building has included the Park staff, local stakeholders, WWF technical team support and other actor’s inputs and recommendations. Parks and WWF Colombia acquired new skills and technical capacity through this first experience. To keep pace with other conservation organizations and to advise other protected areas, there is still a need to develop better skills and strengthen and expand climate Smart conservation teams. In the short term, this can be through staff training on climate adaptation, biodiversity and climate science, and GIS tools and modeling techniques. At the end, Climate change adaptation measures and vulnerability assessments in Gorgona has been a team effort including different levels of knowledge, capacities and interest, but most of all, it shows the responsibility and will of Gorgona and WWF to preserve the most valuable resources of the Pacific in Colombia.