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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
Rica, about the importance of their beaches to the Pacific leatherback sea turtle (Baula), and encourages everyone to
help the turtles and their eggs on land. Pacific leatherback turtles are critically endangered and they need your help. What Can You Do To Help ? ·
Close your curtains at
night. ·
Turn off outdoor lights
from October through March. ·
Don’t use flashlights
on the beach. ·
Don't disturb nesting
turtles, their eggs or their hatchlings. · Keep beach furniture off the beach at night. ·
Keep garbage off the beach
and out of the path of hatchlings. · Visit Las Baulas National Park and go on a turtle
tour.
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