Costa Rica Tico Times Directory- TurtlesCosta Rica's online source for fishing, products, services, real estate, arts, beaches, businesses, hotels, bars, restaurants, surfing, government The leatherback sea turtle, which can grow as long as 9 feet (2.7 meters) and 6 feet wide (1.8 meters), has inhabited this world for over 100 million years. It has outlasted the dinosaurs, the ice age and a multitude of other catastrophes.Support Conservation Efforts in Parismina- February 19, 2008 The 2008 Turtle Season is underway! Consider visiting Parismina and staying with a local family in a homestay. Volunteer to work directly with ASTOP (Association Salvamos las Tortugas de Parimina)http://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-212.html Save the Turtles, Inc - Community-based Conservation Projects- February 19, 2008 Save the Turtles, Inc. (formerly named Save the Turtles of Parismina, Inc.) is a non-profit organization devoted to protecting endangered sea turtles by supporting community-based conservation projectshttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-211.html La Tortuga Feliz- February 19, 2008 La Tortuga Feliz is a non-profit organization of the protection of sea-turtles in Costa Rica. It is situated on an isolated Caribbean beach in Costa Rica, 1 km north of the mouth of the Pacuare Riverhttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-210.html Playa Negra (ANAI) Sea Turtle Project- February 19, 2008 Playa Negra (ANAI) Sea Turtle Project Asociación ANAI is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization dedicated to supporting the integration of biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development initiatives in tropical regionshttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-209.html Leatherback Sea Turtle- February 19, 2008 Amigos de Las Baulas is an outreach project, that educates the businesses, local community members and tourists living near or visiting the Las Baulas National Park, Costa Ricahttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-208.html Latin American Sea Turtles- February 19, 2008 We work with at least six species of sea turtles in Costa Rica. Leatherbacks and Hawksbills maybe found throughout the country but Green and Loggerheads are restricted to the Caribbean while Black turtles and Olive Ridley turtles can be found only in our Pacific siteshttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-207.html Osa Sea Turtle Conservation Program- February 19, 2008 The beaches of the Osa Peninsula provide critical nesting habitat for three species of sea turtles – Chelonia mydas agassizii, commonly known as Pacific Green, Dermochelys coriacea, known as Leatherbackhttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-206.html |