Active conservation projects in Costa Rica

New or updated projects


 
Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2004

Fishermen-Based Marine Turtle Bycatch Reduction in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

In 2004 WWF started a joint venture project with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to save marine turtles from long-line fisheries b... » Read more


 
Modified: Jul 2007 - Started: Nov 2004

Endangered Marine Turtles in Junquillal: a Model for Community-Based Conservation

Junquillal is one of the most important nesting beaches in Costa Rica for leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and black turtles or Eastern Pacif... » Read more


 
Modified: Jun 2007 - Started: Jul 2004

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... » Read more


 

Latin America and Caribbean Marine Initiatives





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