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		<title>Goldman winner says longliners flout shark finning law</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/goldman-winner-says-longliners-flout-shark-finning-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to real article
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		<title>Baulas National Park&#8211;Safe (for the time being)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 17:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environment Commission DOES NOT vote on bill 17.383 to demote Las Baulas National Park.  Now, the decision lies with our new President, Laura Chinchilla.  Read more in the Leatherback Newsletter.
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		<title>Randall Arauz&#8217;s Goldman Award Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RANDALL ARAUZ
Goldman Environmental Prize, 2010
Recipient.  Central And South America
Speech pronounced during the Award Ceremony, at the San Francisco Opera House, April 19, 2010.
&#8220;When I started Pretoma over 14 years ago, I had no idea WE were going to go so far!  And I say “we”, because over the years a team of dedicated conservationists has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grave Environmental Inconsistencies made by Arias Administration 2006-2010</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/grave-environmental-inconsistencies-made-by-arias-administration-2006-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/grave-environmental-inconsistencies-made-by-arias-administration-2006-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article only available in Spanish
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		<title>Turtles killed &#8216;in millions&#8217; by fishing gear</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/turtles-killed-in-millions-by-fishing-gear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/turtles-killed-in-millions-by-fishing-gear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News
 
Millions of marine turtles have been killed over the past two decades through entrapment in fishing gear, according to a global survey (click here to read full study).
 
Described as the first global synthesis of existing data, the study found especially high rates of &#8220;bycatch&#8221; in the Mediterranean and eastern Pacific. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randall Arauz&#8217;s letter to La Nación</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/randall-arauzs-letter-to-la-nacion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 18 multiple conservation NGOs got together and placed a paid advertisement in La Nación, Costa Rica&#8217;s largest newspaper that detailed the imminent problems the country faces when it comes to protecting its marine resources and how the Costa Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute&#8217;s (Incopesca) board of managers caters to private interests because it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crontollership Court criticizes Minaet for poor management of The Leatherback National Park</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/crontollership-court-critizaces-minaet-for-deficient-management-of-the-leatherback-national-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read &#8211; Crontollership Court criticizes Minaet for poor of The Leatherback National Park (Spanish version only)
Article publish on Friday 5, 2010 by La Nación, a major newpaper in Costa Rica.
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		<title>Randall Arauz and Dr. Wallace J. Nichols Join Turtle Island Restoration Network Board</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/randall-arauz-and-dr-wallace-j-nichols-join-turtle-island-restoration-network-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/randall-arauz-and-dr-wallace-j-nichols-join-turtle-island-restoration-network-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release: February 23, 2010
Contact: Todd Steiner or Erica Heimberg, Turtle Island Restoration Network, 415-663-8590, ext. 103 or 105 cell  415-419-6675
Prominent Sea Turtle Biologists Randall Arauz of Costa Rica and Dr. Wallace J. Nichols of Davenport, CA, Join Turtle Island Restoration Network Board
Olema, CA.  Turtle Island Restoration Network announced this week that Randall Arauz, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leatherback Survival Concert</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/leatherback-survival-concert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/leatherback-survival-concert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch the video from the Leatherback Survival Concert, an initiative to save the leatherback sea turtle and  Costa Rica&#8217;s National Parks on December 14 in San José.


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		<title>This week in Pretoma news (Dec. 5th)</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/this-week-in-pretoma-news-dec-5th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illegal Hawksbill Sea Turtle Jewelry Confiscated at Christmas Fair
Officials from the Ministry of the Environment and Telecommunications (MINAET), along with representatives from Costa Rican NGOs Pretoma, the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, and Widecast, confiscated illegal jewelry made from endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) shells for sale at the Christmas festival in Guadalupe.  MINAET officials in [...]]]></description>
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