The Pacuare Reserve in Costa Rica lies on the Caribbean coast and contains a 2000 acre area of tropical rainforest and 6km beach providing a nesting ground for the leatherback turtle, the largest and rarest of all turtles. The nesting site for this beautiful species is under threat.

How you can help

The leatherback turtle has survived for more than a hundred million years, but is now facing extinction. Recent estimates of numbers show that this species is declining precipitously throughout its range, particularly in the Pacific over the last twenty years: as few as 2,300 adult females now remain, making the Pacific leatherback the world's most endangered marine turtle population.

It is imperative that their current nesting sites are protected and the leatherback turtle is able to continue nesting in The Pacuare Reserve and is protected from advancing banana plantations.