Leatherback Trust

Leatherback Trust ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta da ta sadaukar da kanta ga kiyayewa da nazarin kunkuru na teku da kunkuru masu ruwa, tare da girmamawa ta musamman ga kunkuru na teku na leatherback .  An kafa Leatherback Trust a shekara ta 2000 don taimakawa wajen haɗa wurin shakatawa na Las Baulas National Marine Park, ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren zama na ƙarshe na kunkuru na leatherback da ke fuskantar barazanar ɓacewa a Gabashin Tekun Pacific.  Wurin shakatawa yana kare Playa Grande, Playa Ventanas, Playa Langosta, teku mai nisan mil 12 na ruwa, dausayi, tsaunuka, da kuma bakin teku a cikin ƙasa zuwa mita 125 daga layin ruwan teku mai tsayi.

Kamfanin Leatherback Trust yana kuma tallafawa wasu shirye-shiryen kiyaye kunkuru na teku a duk faɗin Costa Rica da kuma ko'ina cikin duniya. A halin yanzu, Kamfanin Leatherback Trust yana tallafawa ayyukan kiyaye kunkuru na teku na leatherback, kore da zaitun ridley a Costa Rica; kunkuru na teku na leatherback da loggerhead a Afirka ta Kudu; kunkuru na teku na loggerhead a Girka; da kunkuru na teku na hawksbill a Tsibirin Virgin na Amurka.

 Las Baulas National Marine Park 
An kafa wurin shakatawa na kasa na Las Baulas bisa umarnin shugaban ƙasa a shekarar 1991 kuma doka ta tabbatar da shi a hukumance a shekarar 1995.  Kafin ƙirƙirar wurin shakatawa, kusan kashi 100% na dukkan ƙwai na kunkuru na teku da aka shimfiɗa a yankin an tattara su ba bisa ƙa'ida ba (farauta), amma yanzu an kawo ƙarshen wannan.  Don cimma wannan, wurin shakatawa ya horar da tsoffin mafarauta a matsayin jagororin yawon shakatawa na muhalli. Waɗannan jagororin yanzu suna kai masu yawon buɗe ido don ganin kunkuru na teku. Wurin shakatawa na kasa na Las Baulas yanzu yana karɓar bakuncin rangadin kunkuru na teku a duk lokacin zaman gida na kunkuru na teku na leatherback, wanda ya fara daga Oktoba zuwa Maris. Leatherback Trust ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tallafawa gwamnatin Costa Rica wajen biyan diyya ga masu filaye don kadarorin da ke cikin wurin shakatawa na ƙasa. Masu shi ba za su iya gina ko kuma su dame wannan ƙasar ba, don haka yana da kyau a sami diyya mai kyau ga ƙasar, wanda daga nan ya zama wani ɓangare na wurin shakatawa. Leatherback Trust ta kuma fara wani shirin ilimin muhalli kwanan nan a matakin gida da na ƙasa.

 Shirye-shiryen wayar da kan jama'a 
Biyu daga cikin shirye-shiryen wayar da kan jama'a mafi nasara da The Leatherback Trust ta dauki nauyinsu sune The Great Sea Turtle Race da Cheer For The Turtles. Great Sea Turtle Race ta yi amfani da bayanai daga kunkuru mai kama da na leatherback da aka bi sawun tauraron dan adam da suka bar rairayin bakin tekun Playa Grande suka nufi yankunan da suke ciyar da su a kudu da Tsibirin Galapagos. Ta amfani da ranar bin diddigin, an yi tseren da aka yi tsammani tsakanin kunkuru, wanda ya yi nasara shi ne kunkuru wanda ya fara isa Tsibirin Galapagos. Tseren, wanda Conservation International ta dauki nauyinsa, ya faru ne a Intanet a shekarar 2007 tare da kunkuru da kamfanoni, jami'o'i da makarantu da dama suka dauki nauyinsa.   Ya isa mutane sama da miliyan biyu a duk duniya kuma an nuna shi a cikin Rahoton Colbert akan Comedy Central Channel a Amurka. Tseren na biyu, wanda Conservation International ta dauki nauyinsa, ya faru ne a shekarar 2008 kuma National Geographic Society ta dauki nauyinsa a shekarar 2009.

Cheer For The Turtles sun yi amfani da bayanai daga shirin sa ido kan kunkuru mai laushi wanda ake gudanarwa kowace shekara a Playa Grande. A tsawon lokacin kakar kaka ta 2010/11, an bayar da sabuntawa na mako-mako kan yanayin kaka (misali adadin ƙwai da aka saka a kowace kaka, adadin kaka da sauransu) na kunkuru 6 na farko da aka ci karo da su a wannan kakar. An daidaita wannan bayanin zuwa wani labari mai ba da labari wanda ke tare da takardar bayanin ilmin halittar kunkuru na teku.http://goldringmarinestation.org/Goldring/CheerForTheTurtles.html. Retrieved 10 September 2012. 

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