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when you read this part it makes the selling not sound so bad.. but the rest of it is sad about the tourists taking selfies..
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Ostional Wildlife Refuge has been a protected area since 1982, and it is the only place in the world where it is legal to harvest and sell sea turtle eggs, according to Costa Rican officials.
Authorities monitor the harvesting of eggs left behind by the first wave of turtles, with the government saying the first wave was often destroyed by turtles arriving later or by high tides.
Locals, through community co-operatives, are legally permitted to collect a percentage of the eggs from the first three days of each nesting period (known as an arribada) for sale or consumption.
Costa Rica?s government says the program, developed with scientists in the 1980s, has helped to increase the sea turtle population, and income from the sale of eggs has been used to pay the guards who patrol the beach and fund research.
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