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SURFRIDER - Tamarindo Chapter News
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Tamarindo Neighbors Meet at the Recycling Day tent in front of Iguana Surf 9 AM. Langosta Neighbors Meet at the lifeguard tower in front of Hotel Barceló 9 AM Give a Christmas present to the beach!
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11/12: Threat of Tuna Farms in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, IS BACK. Read more..
10/27: Environmental Tribunal finds 14 out of 16 projects on the Osa Peninsula either don't have permits or are violating them. Read more..
10/26: A Tale of Entanglement - Why we must never forget why littering is a big deal, and why we must teach others not to do it.
10/18: Fact: The Osa Peninsula is home to thousands of rare and endangered species like the jaguar, which a recent count carried out by biologist and researcher Eduardo Carrillo of the National University confirmed that only 30 Jaguars exist on the Osa today. Ten years ago, the Jaguar population was 150. That is why Nature Air, CR Traveler, and Osa Peninsula Travel are hosting RainForestAid 2009, from June 19th to 21st. For more info, go to www.rainforestaid09.com.
10/22: IUCN Calls for Stronger Measures to Protect Leatherback Turtles, Sharks, and Whales - During the recent IUCN World Conservation Congress, held in Barcelona from October 5 to 14, three resolutions were adopted calling for improved protection of leatherback turtles, sharks and whales. Read more..
9/29: From JournalCR.com - Many Guanacaste beaches improve water quality. Playa del Coco one of those not included on list.
9/29: From the Osa Coalition - New video showing the destruction at Playa Plantares, near Puerto Jimenez on the Golfo Dulce. On the site you can voice your opposition to this illegal mauling of natural resources, since only with international pressure can it be stopped. Bulldozers on the beach stop to watch turtles hatch while Puerto Jiminez residents worry. Read more..
9/27: Spain donates $35 million for water, sanitation projects.. Following the visit by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias earlier this month, Spain last week announced a $35 million investment in water and sanitation projects here. The donation was made public by Ricardo Sancho, president of the Costa Rican Water and Sewer Institute (AyA) and Foreign Relations Minister Bruno Stagno. One of the first projects to benefit from the donation is the area of Conte, in Pavon, Golfito, and its 3,000 residents. Another project waiting funding is the Boca Arenal in San Carlos, which will now be completed thanks to the donation. Other areas that will also benefit from this gift are Lower Talamanca in Limon and communities in Sixaola, which have had constant problems with the quality of drinking water. The province of Puntarenas will also see improvements in its sewer system, including the building a water treatment plant that has been badly needed for the last 150 years, according to Sancho. The work in Puntarenas will cost some $20 million and benefit 110,000 residents of the area.
9/22: From AMCostaRica.com - Nosara study supports feasibility of recycling trash
9/22: From JournalCR.com - International Coastal Cleanup in Playa Ocotal a great success, hosted by the Ocotal Beach Resort and the Ocean Conservancy.
9/22: From TamarindoNews.com - See the VIDEO from the Trashion Fashion show in Tamarindo.
** How about some summer reading for the kids?? Check out All the Way to the Ocean, a book that teaches kids not to litter, because eventually it will end up in the sea and hurt marine life.
** New Book for Teens talks about saving turtles in Tamarindo - Turtle Feet, Surfer Beat is the story of Penelope who moves to Tamarindo with her parents for a month and learns about the peril of the leatherback turtle. The 86-page book written by Marina Kuperman is printed on recycled paper and has a journal in the back for a girl's own eco-adventure. Read more at -
www.turtlefeetsurfersbeat.com.
From A.M. Costa Rica -
Construction sites within the Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas are facing closure by the government's Tribunal Ambiental, but local real estate brokers say that the situation is not as clear-cut as the tribunal suggests. Read more.. (Fact: The park is of particular importance to
the critically endangered leatherback sea
turtle, whose numbers have plummeted
more than 90% during the past 20 years
(TT, April 13, 2007).
Playa Grande ranks as the most important
nesting beach in Costa Rica and one of
the five most important in the world.
From Greencoast.com: Op-ed piece explains recent community meeting in Puerto Viejo regarding the New World Eco-Marina. For more info, go to Salvemos Puerto Viejo, or Let’s Save Puerto Viejo
Latin American Surf Tour's - Seven Ways to Help the Planet (in Spanish)
Puerto Viejo Residents protest marina built next to Salsa Brava, from www.amcostarica.com
Coalición Costarricense por las Ballenas - AYUDA A LAS BALLENAS, VISITA ESTE LINK Y LLENA CON TUS DATOS PERSONALES.. Costaricans for the Whales - Help the Whales by visiting this link and signing the petition.