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Spanish Project
staff
This is a long term project that
requires intensive field work for most of the year. Without
the collaboration and dedication of the following individuals, it
would not be possible.
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Bienvenido Pérez Turbí
(aka Blanco). Hes the park ranger of Oviedo Lagoon, Jaragua
National Park. He helps with beach surveys and hatchery work.
A famous songwriter/singer, plus the staff`s more senior
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Pablo Féliz (aka
Pablito). He is a biology student from Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
and member of Grupo
Jaragua. A native of El Cajuil, on the shores of Oviedo
Lagoon. Every week, he walks the eastern Jaragua beaches,
but also helps in anything he can, from tortoiseshell shop surveys
to nesting work in Saona. |
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Héctor, our boat
captain of Oviedo Lagoon. He belongs to the volunteer group
"Voluntarios Comunitarios de Jaragua". He lives in El
Cajuil. |
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Pelagio Paulino (aka
Negro). Hes also a park ranger and our main assistant in
Saona Island, del Este National Park. He is extremely
enthousiastic and energetic. He does the weekly beach
surveys and hatchery upkeep. His home in Mano Juan is our
base camp. |
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Mico Paulino. Negro's
son, he also helps out with turtle work in Saona. His dream
is to meet Daddy Yankee someday. |
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Johanny de la Cruz. Our
main captain in Saona. He helps Negro every week with beach
surveys and to defend the nests from poachers. |
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Jesús Tomás. The
principal investigator in this project. He currently holds a
Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship from the European Union at
the University of Exeter, UK. Hes the troublemaker who
started this mess. Here's
a link to his webpage |
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Ohiana Revuelta.
She's another Spanish researcher under contract from the
University of Valencia. She has become an expert in
Pedernales culture and way of life. Here she is preparing
coconut fish in Saona. |
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Toni Raga, professor
from the University of Valencia. From Valencia he does
wonders for the project from the Marine
Zoology Unit of Cavanilles Insitute. |
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Mercedes
Fernández (aka Merche).
Shes also a professor at University of Valencia... without her
help from there this project would not be happening. |
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Francisco Geraldes.
He is the director of the Center for Marine Biology Research
(CIBIMA) from
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. He makes sure the
first university of the Americas is part of this
effort! |
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Marino José. He has
helped us with beach surveys since the start in Bahía de las
Aguilas. Along with his wife Katia, they are the owners of
our second home in Pedernales (Hostal Doña
Chava) |
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Erin Leline.
She is one our enthusiastic volunteers during
2007 and 2008. She has helped tremendously with our outreach
efforts in Cabarete (northern coast). |
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Sara Arce was a
student from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia who did an
internship at INTEC in 2007... and she was an excellent field
assistant! |
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Dawaira Méndez. She isa
biology student, a native of Oviedo. Even though she likes
birds, shes realising who are the truly interesting animals
now.... |
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Yolanda León.
Co-principal investigator of this project, shes a part of Grupo
Jaraguas directive board and also a professor at INTEC and
UASD. Her home is the base camp in Santo Domingo. |
