TURTLE FOUNDATION all set for a new season! .... by Joana at the Turtle Foundation
Turtle Foundation in Boa Vista island just finished setting the second of its three sea turtle protection base camps, and has officially started its season.
This year TF will protect the beaches of Curral Velho, Lacacão, Boa Esperança, Norte and Canto, ensuring that most of the nesting beaches along the north, northeast and south of the island are protected against poaching. The first camp to be set up was the one located in Lacacão beach, where the new RIU Touareg opened just a few weeks ago, and the new construction phase is due to start anytime soon. Additionally, TF will fund the local initiative Projecto “Varandinha – Povoação Velha”. With the work of TF, this group and Natura 2000, we are hoping that about 90% of the nesting beaches are fully protected, which is great news!
This past week, the staff received training in Lacacão Camp (see picture below). By the end of the week, all the bases will be operational!
If you would like to join one of our patrols during your stay in Boavista, or become a volunteer, please contact us at: volunteers@turtle-foundation.org more
Our team started regular census on this beach this month, only to find out with
dismay and frustration the number of turtle carcasses accumulating every week.
Taking advantage of the presence of volunteers in the camp and a motivated team
of soldiers, we started some patrols on this beach a few days ago, in hope of
finding the poachers. more
The Turtle Foundation is a non-profit organization dedication to protecting and conserving endangered sea turtles. We are a small, almost entirely volunteer organization, with projects in Indonesia and Cape Verde.
What are we doing in Boavista, Cape Verde? ........ more
Turtle Foundation is still accepting volunteers to help with turtle protection for the 2010 nesting season, which started in June and continues until the end of September. Volunteers are asked to stay a minimum of 2 weeks. Duties include patrolling the beaches to monitor for nesting turtles, staying with turtles until they finish nesting and return to the sea, assisting with data collection and tagging, assisting with educational programs. For a full description of the volunteer opportunity, see http://www.turtle-foundation.org/Waskannichtun/VolunteerJobopportunities/tabid/300/Default.aspx?language=EN
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