SUFB 191: Jairo Mora Award To Support Conservation

How To Protect The Ocean · Aug 8, 2016 · 42m

The Jairo Mora award was announced at the International Marine Conservation Congress in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada last week to increase the support to people working in developing countries where their right to protection in their job where their well being may be threatened. The award is named after Jairo Mora, a sea turtle conservation biologist who worked in Costa Rica to protect eggs from poachers and the nests from developers and tourists that may destroy the sites.

Jairo was brutally murdered at the age of 26 while 3 of his female colleagues were beaten and raped for their role…