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The Battle for Paradise: Surfing, Tuna, and One Town's Quest to Save a Wave Hardcover - 2015
by Jeremy Evans
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- Title The Battle for Paradise: Surfing, Tuna, and One Town's Quest to Save a Wave
- Author Jeremy Evans
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Nebraska Press
- Date 2015-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780803246898 / 0803246897
- Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.33 x 6.01 x 0.89 in (23.70 x 15.27 x 2.26 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Environmentalism - Costa Rica - Pavones, Environmentalism - Dulce, Gulf of (Costa
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015006563
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.209
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- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2015, Page 0
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Lincoln. 2015. October 2015. University of Nebraska Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780803246898. 6 x 9 2 maps. 240 pages. hardcover. keywords: Sports Surfing Environment. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Pavones, a town located on the southern tip of Costa Rica, is a haven for surfers, expatriates, and fishermen seeking a place to start over. Located on the Golfo Dulce (Sweet Gulf), a marine sanctuary and one of the few tropical fjords in the world, Pavones is home to a legendary surf break and a cottage fishing industry. In 2004 a multinational company received approval to install the world's first yellowfin tuna farm near the mouth of the Golfo Dulce. The tuna farm as planned would pollute the area, endanger sea turtles, affect the existing fish population, and threaten the world-class wave. A lawsuit was filed just in time, and the project was successfully stalled. Thus began an unlikely alliance of local surfers, fishermen, and global environmental groups to save a wave and…
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