CORRECTION: Regarding the book, The Battle for Paradise by Jeremy
Evans, the following correction has been made on page 163 in
paragraph three (3) to wit: "Weston once worked in concert with
government officials in a pre-planned sting operation, complete
with marked bills: Weston, whose role in the operation involved
paying a bribe to the Golfito mayor for a concession and then
documenting the bribe as a way to expose the mayor as a corrupt
government official, was a former cocaine dealer, according to Dan,
and someone who illegally acquired possession of his sawmill
property." 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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