Sea Turtle Conservation | Live in Costa Rica with Osa Conservation
June 12th @ 3:00pm eastern
Join us live from the beach in Costa Rica to learn about sea turtles and the conservation work done by the amazing team at Osa Conservation to protect endangered sea turtles while they come ashore to lay their eggs.
The sea turtle conservation program monitors the nesting activity, predation rates, and hatchling success of the Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas). Their staff and volunteers gather important population and reproductive data, while helping deter and educate poachers who collect turtle eggs for consumption or sale. Osa Conservation has been collecting data and working in communities to support outreach and protection of sea turtles for over ten years. Primary work has been located at the Piro Beach and Pejeperro beach, both of which are considered to be critical nesting sites on the Osa Peninsula. Their efforts have been paying off, with hatching rates rising significantly, by the thousands, over the past few years.
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