Working together–Improving the Oceans
ARCAE (The Costa Rican Environmental and Educational Network) volunteer Jon Schrank (USA) teaches Jose Cortez — a local sea turtle expert from Punta Banco, Costa Rica – how to use a GPS in order to mark the positions of marine fauna they observe during a visual census of the mouth of the Gulfo Dulce along Costa … Read more
ARCAE begins field work in Southern Golfo Dulce
On December 10, 2011 the Costa Rican Environmental and Educational Network—ARCAE began field work for its coastal conservation project titled: Sea Turtle Activity in an Approved Aquaculture Site, Mouth of the Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. Organization members performed an initial visual survey of the project site aboard a local artisanal fishing boat while GPS logging … Read more
Update on the “No Tuna Farms” Campaign
A grass roots effort to overturn the environmental viability granted to a massive tuna aquaculture project by the Costa Rican National Environmental Secretariat (Setena) has resulted in foreign NGOs, local communities, businesses, and foreign governments all rallying together to stop the initiative from damaging one of the most unique marine environments on the planet. Unfortunately, overwhelming repugnance … Read more
