Food, Fun and Facepaint: 2012 Sea Turtle Festival A Success


On Sunday September 12 we celebrated the Second Annual Osa Peninsula Sea Turtle Festival on Carate Beach. The objectives of this annual event are to raise community awareness about the importance of joint actions in the conservation of the sea turtle species that frequent the beaches of the Osa Peninsula in the months of nesting, and to share the objectives and results of Friends of the Osa’s Sea Turtle Conservation Program with the community. [caption id="attachment_1360" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Children made sea turtle sand sculptures"][/caption] This year at least 120 people from...
Este domingo 12 de septiembre se realizó el II Festival de Tortugas Marinas en Playa Carate. Los objetivos de esta actividad anual son sensibilizar a las comunidades sobre la importancia de realizar acciones conjuntas en la conservación de las especies que frecuentan las playas de la Península de Osa en los meses de anidación, como también dar a conocer los objetivos y resultados hasta el momento del Programa de Conservación de Tortugas Marinas Piro-Carate. Este año contamos con la participación de al menos 120 personas de las comunidades de...
Friends of the Osa's successful Sea Turtle Conservation Program continued in 2009 on the Piro and Pejeperro beaches on the southern shores of Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, Central America. FOO staff, visiting biologists, students and volunteers from around the world participated in working for the protection and study of sea turtles visiting these beaches. [caption id="attachment_251" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Hatchling Sea Turtle at Piro Beach - FOO Sea Turtle Program - photo: S DePolo"][/caption] Manuel Sánchez is the field coordinator for this season, accompanied by his field assistant, Ronald Villalobos;...