Comments on: Tourism Disrupts Turtle Nesting in Ostional, Costa Rica

By: Charlie Marchant

Charlie Marchant — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 19:38:08 +0000

In reply to Josh.

Hey Josh, thanks for reading and commenting. What a great topic for a dissertation – and very much one that needs research and awareness around it. What was your work experience placement like? What were the main tasks you did whilst on placement?

Do you know much about why numbers are plummeting in Nancite? I assume they’ve restricted the beach access as they feel it might be related to tourism and poaching – human interference.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:44:34 +0000

Awesome article! Ostional is a very interesting case, I actually wrote my dissertation on it and spent my placement year working on a marine reserve slightly further south. It seems hard to comprehend that legalising the egg trade may actually help the species.

Another famous arribada site further south in Costa Rica (Nancite) had huge arribada populations but the numbers are dropping hugely each year. The beach is a completely restricted zone and nature is left to run it’s course. I doubt there 100% no poaching but it’s definitely a lot less than other beaches in Costa Rica. Still the numbers are plummeting whilst Ostional still has healthy populations…

I’ll find your other article about the legal egg poaching as I’m interested to know your opinion!

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:38:35 +0000

In reply to Joseph. Glad you found it informative, Joseph. Yes, it's a real shame and I sadly think that a lot of the time people just get 'carried away' and do these kinds of things unthinkingly, not realising the negative impacts that their actions will have. We just need to work on raising awareness and continuing to educate people about the consequences of their actions.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:57:26 +0000

This was a really informative article. I can’t for the life of me understand how some people can behave so uncivilized when they are tourists, and even more so when it involves animals. Like, what are you doing dancing like that? What’s the point? To get a few laughs?? :(

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:25:46 +0000

In reply to Sharon. Thanks for commenting. Yes, definitely a proactive approach to researching and being informed is what's needed!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:09:47 +0000

You’ve brilliantly highlighted the fine balance that is needed in so many situations like this around the world.
I think, as travellers, we need to be proactive in researching the places that we are travelling to, making ourselves informed of other cultures, respectful of other environments and responsible for our actions towards man and beast.

By: Katie Featherstone

Katie Featherstone — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:40:36 +0000

I really couldn’t have put this better myself.