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Protection For The Leatherback
Some 200 scientists and
environmentalists from all over
the world asked President Oscar
Arias for help to preserve the
leatherback turtle.
They did so
in a letter requesting a larger
commitment of the country to
protect the nesting sites of the
leatherback at Las Baulas
National Marine Park, Playa
Grande, near Tamarindo Beach.
The leatherback is on the brink
of extinction; its population
has suffered a 90 percent
reduction over the last 20
years.
Playa Grande is the major
nesting site for the leatherback
in the East Pacific Ocean, and
the fourth at world level.
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