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ADIO is a Costa Rican non-profit organization
whose mission is to protect and restore the population of the Olive
Ridley sea turtles and its marine environment. They also protect
endangered sea turtles that nest on this beach, collect scientific
data on their reproductive behavior and populations. With the goal
of making rational use of 1% of the egg resource in exchange of
protection, the community organized itself acquiring legal status
in 1987 promoting the development of community services through
an alternative economic scheme. The community, in exchange is then
committed to conservation, protecting the turtles, cleaning the
beach, controlling the growth of vegetation on it, help the baby
turtles when they hatch and patrol the beach. This project is the
direct result of the scientific observation and monitoring of the
reproductive behavior of these turtles and gathering scientific
data.  The
results of the investigation are incorporated into a yearly plan
that is then revised by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE)
and the INCOPESCA (Fish and Game Conservation Department).
Other projects this organization funds from the income generated
from the sales of 1% of the eggs are to help the local school and
high school, road maintenance, scholarships to low income students,
aid to senior citizens of this community and sustaining ADIO’s
various sea turtle conservation projects and environmental education
activities throughout the schools of this entire region. As a result
of establishing ADIO in 1987, the growth and proper management of
the turtle populations of this area and the socioeconomic status
of the entire community has increased. |
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