EfD’s first collaborative project on marine conservation started with a meeting of the principle investigators from the Costa Rica, Tanzania and South Africa in Costa Rica during early May.
Jo Albers, Jane Turpie, Francisco Alpizar and Roger Madrigal visited marine protected areas and interviewed fishers along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, spent time in boats and underwater, and spent many hours in fruitful discussions on the project, cementing ideas and drawing models in the sand. The project will kick off with a survey in Costa Rica, and data collection in South Africa will also begin later in the year. Co-funding has also now been found for data collection in South Africa, which will put us ahead of schedule.