Sea Turtle Restoration Project : Press Room

Protect Leatherbacks in Costa Rica!

The Congress of Costa Rica is considering four bills to eliminate or greatly reduce Las Baulas Park that protects the last, great nesting beaches for leatherback turtles in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Leatherback Trust and the Sea Turtle Restoration Project needs your help to protect this incredibly critical area!

Ask the Congress to keep the Park safe!

To the Congress of Costa Rica

We have been following the migrations of leatherback turtles across the Pacific Ocean in The Great Turtle Race at www.greatturtlerace.com.  It has come to our attention that members of the Congress have submitted bills that would remove land from Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, restrict the size of the Park and even eliminate the land portion of the Park. These ideas threaten the future of the nesting beaches of Playa Grande, Playa Ventanas and Playa Langosta. We love leatherback turtles and strongly oppose such actions. We urge you to vote against any bill that would reduce the size of the Park or threaten its integrity! We also urge you to appropriate the money necessary to reimburse landowners for land that is now privately held within the Park. Such action is necessary not only for the turtles but also for Costa Rica’s reputation as a champion of biodiversity. 

Thank you,

Signed

James R. Spotila

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To learn more about how you can help, visit the Leatherback Trust, our partner in the Great Turtle Race!

0-25 of 1405 signatures

Number	Date	Name
1405	November 14, 2009	Fulya Asaroz
1404	November 08, 2009	Alexandra MAUVE
1403	November 02, 2009	bea roelants
1402	November 02, 2009	eddy temmerman
1401	November 02, 2009	koen temmerman
1400	October 31, 2009	Tayfur Tarkan Gürses
1399	October 05, 2009	Mary Karraker
1398	October 04, 2009	Paul Rattay
1397	September 22, 2009	werner heijden
1396	September 22, 2009	marley heijden
1395	September 22, 2009	marjon heijden
1394	September 22, 2009	Ellen Thijs
1393	September 22, 2009	Tamara Krefft
1392	September 22, 2009	Trung Duong Nguyen
1391	September 22, 2009	Odin Hurks
1390	September 22, 2009	Daisy Kuijs
1389	September 22, 2009	Louis v Willegen
1388	September 22, 2009	Michel van Ravestein
1387	September 22, 2009	willeke van Ravestein
1386	September 22, 2009	Marjolijn Nieuwkoop
1385	September 22, 2009	Alexander Mulder
1384	September 21, 2009	Erwin Koster
1383	September 21, 2009	Wouter van der Veen
1382	September 21, 2009	pieter sap
1381	September 21, 2009	Erwin Boelen

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