Battle for Paradise

Name: Battle for Paradise
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 9780803246898
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Surfing, Tuna, and One Town's Quest to Save a Wave

Автор: Jeremy Evans

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Издател: University of Nebraska Press

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Pavones, a town located on the southern tip of Costa Rica, is a haven for surfers, expatriates, and...

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Автор

Jeremy Evans

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2015

страници

240

EAN

9780803246898

ISBN

0803246897

Enbook ID

09343388

Издател

University of Nebraska Press

Теглоt

515

Размери

141 x 222 x 33

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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 one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. In "The Battle for Paradise," Jeremy Evans travels to Pavones to uncover the story of how this ragtag group stood up to a multinational company and how a shadowy figure from the town's violent past became an unlikely hero. In this harrowing but ultimately inspiring story, Evans focuses in turn on a colorful cast of characters with an unyielding love for the ocean and surfing, a company's unscrupulous efforts to expand profits, and a government that nearly sold out the perfect wave.

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