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# Protecting Paradise | WILD HOPE
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nature/specials/protecting-paradise-wild-hope-fzdzdt/
- Published: 2025-01-30T17:30:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-21T14:18:45.000Z
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nature, #ZZZ_Show_1b3b1a16-4d15-417c-9287-bc59a89e1201, #v1.3, #ZZZ_Special_9f03e710-1f31-41b3-b6d3-db267e65213f, #special

On Panama’s remote Pearl Islands, marine biologist Callie Veelenturf is using her research on endangered sea turtles to help the country enshrine the rights of nature into law — and help the communities living there protect their own environment and livelihood.