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Daytime shot of Olive Ridley hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea), taken from above on the sand, Junquillal beach, Pacific coast of Costa Rica. © Carlos Drews, WWF-International In this third and final installment of a three part series on WWF’s Latin American and Caribbean Program’s coastal adaptation projects in Costa Rica, Valerie Guthrie discusses the community’s efforts [...]  In this second installment of a three part series on WWF’s Latin American and Caribbean Program’s coastal adaptation projects in Costa Rica, Ana Fonseca, the Latin America and Caribbean lead with WWF-LAC, together with Carlos Drews discusses the community’s efforts to adapt – both for the turtles and themselves.
Extraordinary high [...]  Junquillal students monitor temperature differences among sand samples © WWF – LAC By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Junquillal Beach in the north Pacific of Costa Rica is a representative example of many places in Latin American and the Caribbean where wildlife and communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change. In [...]  By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Marine turtles and their nesting beaches are threatened by sea-level rise and nest overheating resulting from climate change. A WWF project in Junquillal beach, Costa Rica, joined forces with the community to lead the implementation of adaptation measures such as coastal planning in consideration of sea-level rise, flood risk reduction, restoration [...] |
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