Asociaciòn LAST
Focus: Conservation and Marine biology.
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Project Description
LAST (Latin American Sea Turtles) Association (formerly WIDECAST-Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican group with 11 members and a directive board of 5, working together to make a change in sea turtle conservation. We are member of WIDECAST, an international scientific network with country coordinators resident in more than 40 countries and territories of the Wider Caribbean Region. Our field teams are integrated by local assistants with unparalleled experience in sea turtle research and conservation, people with vast experience working with volunteers and environmental enthusiasts developing creative strategies to avoid the extinction of these species.
In our effort to create environments where humans and sea turtles can live together in balance, we have developed different projects. The first, a group of conservation and research programs both on the Caribbean and Southern Pacific coasts of Costa Rica. The Caribbean program is located in Cahuita, Moin and Pacuare beaches, where we focus on the nesting of leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles, while the South Pacific project is located in Osa Peninsular, where we work in the recovery of mangrove forests and sea grass beds as well as the studies of the rare Eastern Pacific hawksbill turtles.
We have also generated a voluntourism project to create alternative livelihoods by training local partners on how to receive volunteers and tourism in community homestays. This increases strongly their local opportunities to have a better income and reduces the pressure over the turtles, their eggs and their critical habitats.
Besides that, we initiated projects to monitor reefs, train the park rangers in monitoring turtle nesting and educate hundreds of local students on the importance of marine and coastal conservation. Finally we also advise the government on marine environments participate in several local, national and international networks and publish articles to improve the knowledge about the ocean and its life.
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Volunteer in the study of sea turtles in their natural habitat in Costa Rica - the ocean! Work alongside our biologist collecting data from green and hawksbill turtles, and helping to reforest the mangroves. Volunteers help biologists lay nets to catch turtles, and collect biometric data from them also volunteers help to reforest areas of mangroves.
From $55 - $70 per day depending on accommodation choice. $40 inscription fee. All accommodation and meals included
Volunteers aged 18 and over.
Asociaciòn LAST
Sea Turtle Conservation Project,Asociation LAST
P.O.Box 496-1100 Tibas, San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: ++506 2236 0947
Email: volunteers@latinamericanseaturtles.com
Website: www.latinamericanseaturtles.com
Location:San Jose, Costa Rica
Average cost per day: $55
Focus: Conservation and Marine biology
Skills needed: Volunteers must be at least 18 years old
