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Active conservation projects in Costa Rica

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Costa Rican observer trying a new dipnet. Costa Rica.

Getting marine turtles off the hook in Central America

Hundreds of thousands of marine turtles are accidentally caught and killed in fishing nets each year. In the eastern Pacific alone, leatherbacks have ...

Modified: Aug 2009 - Started: Jul 2004

The Junquillal community protects Leatherback turtle nests from poachers, stray dogs and beach erosion. Costa Rica.

Leatherback conservation in Costa Rica

Junquillal beach on Costa Rica’s Pacific coastline is one of the country’s most important nesting beaches for leatherback turtles. But because the bea...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Nov 2004

Shelldon, a female leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) fitted with a satellite transmitter.

Movements of Atlantic Leatherback Turtles - Trans-Oceanic Cooperation for Bycatch Reduction

WWF's gobal programme of work on bycatch, of which this project forms part, aims to mitigate bycatch in a coordinated and strategic manner. The progra...

Modified: Jun 2007 - Started: Jul 2004

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