Junquillal leatherbacks – Costa Rica
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The ultimate aim is that coastal communities value marine turtles more alive than dead and that they benefit from their conservation.
Carlos Drews, coordinator of the WWF Marine and Species Program for Latin America and the Caribbean
Community to save Pacific leatherbacks and other marine turtles, in Junquillal, Costa Rica (CBP)
Since the year 2005, WWF has driven the Project for Conservation of the Pacific Leatherback and other Marine Turtles at Junquillal Beach (CBP), to save the critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtle in Junquillal Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. This community-based conservation project, leaded by Dr. Gabriel Francia, is pioneering the work on mitigation and adaptation of climate change impacts to the nesting sites and the local people.