By frank zindel on
14.12.2011
Project Manager for sea turtle conservation program
Submitted: 2011-12-01 06:48:19
Contact: Hiltrud Cordes
WWW Link: http://www.turtle-foundation.org
Period
May 2012 – End of October 2012
Location
Boavista Island, Cape Verde, West Africa
Background Information
TURTLE FOUNDATION is a non-governmental, non-profit organization working in the protection and conservation of sea turtles. The project at Boavista Island was established in 2008 to react on the ongoing illegal killing of the nesting loggerhead sea turtles. Turtle Foundation conducts night patrols of the nesting beaches with capverdean military, local employees and national and international volunteers. Also, environmental education and awareness as well as carrying out research studies are part of the mission of Turtle Foundation.
Duties
TURTLE FOUNDATION is currently seeking a portuguese speaking Project Manager for the turtle nesting season 2012. This is a leadership position that requires an assertive individual with good supervisory skills, a team attitude, sound judgement, initiative, flexibility, and excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will work with a team of app. 6 local and international co-workers to run the conservation project. The Project Manager is responsible for logistics, hiring local employees, oversee work structures, supervise personnel and volunteers, budget and finances and the contact to governmental authorities, local project partners and the headquarter in Europe.
Requirements
The ideal candidate possesses:
Essential Qualifications:
-Qualification in project management or equivalent
-Must be fluent in Portuguese and English
-Demonstrated interest in the conservation of ocean ecosystems
-Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
-Outstanding organizational and time-management skills
-Ability to work efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision
-Proficiency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel
-Holding a driving license
Preferred Qualifications:
-Supervisory and/or leadership experience in a conservation orientated organization/ NGO
Benefits/Costs
This is a paid position. Please include your salary expectations in your application.
Accomodation, food and a return flight to Boavista will be provided.
Additional Contact Information
To apply: Send cover letter, resume, transcripts and at least two professional references as well as your salary expectations to cordes@turtle-foundation.org, attention Dr. Hiltrud Cordes.
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By frank zindel on
19.10.2011
Peter Yuen is a photographer who has a wonderful site dedicated to photographing animals in need of rescue. He has taken fantastic photos of sea turtles in Malaysia, and is donating a portion of photo sales to Turtle Foundation. Thank you, Peter! To see his work (and to buy his photos) go to: Peter Yuen Photography
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By frank zindel on
17.09.2011
Lynnette Miller, a Peace Corps volunteer teaching kids on nearby Santiago Island, brought her kids to one of Turtle Foundation's educational beach camps at Lacacao Beach. Here is her story (and she is a GREAT writer!) :
The first time I saw a turtle lay eggs was a magical night for me. Lying silently, breathlessly behind the turtle, watching this intimate process on the beautiful beach at Lacacao camp.
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By frank zindel on
17.09.2011
Since 1978, Loggerhead turtles have been considered "Threatened" throughout their range. In 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service split loggerhead turtles into 9 separate populations for conservation efforts. Today, 5 of those populations were designated as "Endangered", a status indicating the population is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significan portion of its range. All sea turtles are either endangered or threatened, the latter meaning that the species is declining and is likely to beome endangered in the foreseeable future.
Cape Verde's loggerhead population is in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean DPS.
The population designations are as follows:
ESA Threatened- (ESA = Endangered Species Act)
(1) Northwest Atlantic Ocean DPS (DPS = Distinct Population Segment)
(2) South Atlantic Ocean DPS
(3) Southeast Indo-Pacific Ocean DPS
(4) Southwest Indian Ocean DPS
ESA Endangered-
(5) Northeast Atlantic Ocean DPS
(6) Mediterranean Sea DPS
(7) North Indian Ocean DPS
(8) North Pacific Ocean DPS
(9) South Pacific Ocean DPS
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By frank zindel on
12.09.2011
DECLARAÇÃO E
NOTA DE IMPRENSA
No fim-de-semana de 2 e 3 de Setembro ocorreu um incidente infeliz entre a
policia militar e um grupo de aproximadamente 30 residentes locais da
comunidade de João Galgo que se encontravam acampados na praia da Cadjetinha, localizada
na zona norte da Boavista.
Desde 2008 que a Turtle Foundation
conduz um projecto de proteção e conservação de tartarugas marinhas na ilha da
Boavista, realizando o seu trabalho nas praias de Lacacão, Curral Velho, Boa
Esperança, Canto e a costa norte da ilha, onde a praia da Cadjetinha está
localizada. A praia da Cadjetinha, de aproximadamente 100m de comprimento é uma
praia de desova da tartarugas marinha comum, Caretta caretta, e tem vindo a ser protegida pela Turtle Foundation
desde 2009. Só na semana anterior ao incidente, foram registados 3 ninhos nesta
praia totalizando dezenas de ninho cada ano, enquanto que antes da proteção era
comum encontrar carcaças de tartarugas caçadas nesta praia e áreas adjacentes,
justificando a inclusão desta praia no programa de proteção.
A Turtle Foundation conduz patrulhas
de proteção com o apoio das Forças Armadas Caboverdianas, com a intenção de não
só parar com a caça ilegal destes animais, assim como prevenir e resolver
qualquer tipo de ameaças observadas. Em Cabo Verde, a lei nacional proíbe a
caça das tartarugas, o distúrbio ao seu comportamento durante a sua fase de
reprodução, assim como qualquer alteração ou destruição dos seus habitats
(Decreto nº 7/2002). Ameaças e distúrbios incluem o impacto de luzes
artificiais nas praias de desova, que podem causar desorientação das tartarugas
adultas assim como crias, prevenindo-as de desovar, ou regressar ao mar,
podendo ultimamente causar a sua morte.
Além da proteção das tartarugas fêmeas
nas praias da Boavista, a Turtle Foundation tem vindo a trabalhar em
colaboração com as autoridades nacionais para a mitigação de outros tipos de
ameaças ás tartarugas, incluindo a condução descontrolada de veículos
motorizados nas praias e dunas e a iluminação artificial das praias de desova
por parte dos hotéis. A Turtle Foundation está também envolvida em várias
iniciativas de sensibilização e educação ambiental e apoia grupos locais e
projectos sociais, visando uma melhoria das condições de vida, melhorar a
geração de rendimento dos cidadãos, e educação das crianças em toda a ilha. Em
2011, pelo menos 16 trabalhadores locais são empregados pela Turtle Foundation
em regime de full-time durante a
temporada (Junho a Outubro), enquanto que também financiamos um projecto comunitário
de conservação de tartarugas marinhas (Grupo Varandinha) na zona oeste da ilha
que emprega outras 16 pessoas locais.
Até agora a colaboração entre a Turtle
Foundation e as Forças Armadas, assim como o seu trabalho nas praias tem sido
positivas, e os resultados deste trabalho saltam á vista com a redução
dramática da mortalidade das fêmeas onde a Turtle Foundation trabalha. Mas
salientamos que os nossos principais objectivos são de trabalhar em colaboração
com as comunidades envolvidas, para tal procuramos sempre ter uma aproximação
correcta e amigável ás pessoas, e uma resolução pacífica de quaisquer conflitos
que possam aparecer na praia.
Na noite de 3 de Setembro, dois
soldados trabalhando com a Turtle Foundation aproximaram-se do grupo que se encontrava
a acampar na Cadjetinha e pediram para que uma das luzes que estava a incidir
directamente na praia fosse redirecionada ou mudada, de modo a não perturbar
qualquer tartaruga que decidisse vir áquela praia desovar. Segundo os
militares, os campistas recusaram-se a acatar com o pedido, e apesar das
insistências, os soldados em turno foram insultados e ameaçados com pedras e
garrafas por algumas das pessoa no acampamento. Esta situação levou a que estes
tomassem a decisão de pedir reforços á Polícia Militar em Sal Rei.
Oito membros da Polícia Militar
chegaram á praia algum tempo depois e envolveram-se num confronto com as
pessoas de João Galego, resultando na apreensão de duas pessoas, e ferimentos
leves noutras. Em nenhum momento o pessoal da Turtle Foundation esteve
envolvida no confronto entre as pessoas do acampamento e a Policia Militar.
De momento está a ser feita uma
investigação oficial por parte das autoridades que de certo responderá á
questão de que se houve de facto abuso de poder. A Turtle Foundation pede ás
comunidade que espere também com serenidade o resultado da investigação antes
de tomar conclusões precipitadas sobre o que ocorreu.
A Turtle Foundation lamenta
profundamente o incidente e condena vivamente qualquer tipo de violência,
especialmente se pode ser evitada.
A Turtle Foundation, está totalmente aberta para dialogar com as comunidades
e encontrar as melhores estratégias para um maior e melhor envolvimento da
comunidade local na conservação
das tartarugas.
Pela Direção
Sal Rei, 12 de Setembro de 2011
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By frank zindel on
24.08.2011
Two of our board members from Switzerland visited Boavista a few weeks ago and sent in this trip report:
"After working as volunteers on the Turtle Foundation board since 2006 in accounting and admin
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By frank zindel on
25.07.2011
Great news! On July 18th a team of scientists arrived in Boavista, to carry on a very important sea turtle study. This research will be carried out by a partnership between the INDP and University of Kiel, with the collaboration of Turtle Foundation. We are very excited! Original posting from the INDP can be found on the following link (in Portuguese) http://blogdastartarugas.blogs.sapo.cv/33358.html
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By frank zindel on
25.07.2011
"After 3 and a half weeks of working here I now understand not only why the Loggerhead is protected because of its endangered species status but also because it is an incredible creature. The first turtle that I was lucky enough to see nest appeared on July 15th and I can easily say that it was one of the most amazing moments of my life. As soon as the turtle was spotted I was captivated by its pure brilliance and magnificent beauty."
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By frank zindel on
30.06.2011
We are very pleased that we have been able to start early this season. . . Our local assistants and few volunteers that already started to arrive (both local and foreign) have done a fab job so far, doing what they can to ensure that the beaches are protected most of the night.
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By frank zindel on
12.06.2011
The Turtle Foundations is now offering group discounts for friends and colleagues who come together to participate in our volunteering and internship programs.
If you bring your friends for 2 to 6 weeks stays you and your friends will benefit from a discount on the daily fee; this will decrease from 14 EUR to 12 EUR. Stays of more than 6 weeks will have the daily fee reduced from 10 EUR to 8 EUR :-)
There's also a promotional rate for couples: participation fee will be reduced from 14 EUR to 10 EUR (2 to 6 weeks stay) and from 10 EUR to 8 EUR (stays longer than 6 weeks), but you will have to bring your own tent ;-)
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By frank zindel on
12.06.2011
From Joana Hancock, our Field Coordinator:
So plans are underway for the start of the season, and we've been busy! Setting up equipment, interviewing people, planning data collection and training, and so on, so on... and our first volunteer comes tomorrow!!!
Today we did our first survey of Boa Esperança beach... somewhat relieved that there are no signs of activity yet either... the camp is planned to be ready on the 21st!!! The beach looks as beautiful as ever, and we are all very excited with the start of the season! :-)
The first camp to be set up is the Lacacão Camp, planned to open on the 15th. Around the 21st we will start the patrols on Norte and Canto beaches, and inaugurate the Boa Esperança Camp. Then, finally, we are all set.
LET THE TURTLES COME!
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By frank zindel on
26.05.2011
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By frank zindel on
07.05.2011
Sam has posted his experiences as a volunteer with Turtle Foundation last September on his blog: http://samfrancisview.blogspot.com/. It is a wonderful description, full of humor and insight and great information about life as a volunteer for Turtle Foundation (in his case during the rainy season!!) Check it out.
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By frank zindel on
22.04.2011
Thomas Reischig, Joana Hancock, and Reisa Latorra attended the Sea Turtle Symposium in San Diego April 11-15th. It was amazing to meet so many dedicated people, and to share information, strategies, ideas, hopes, fears, and love of turtles. For all the bad things in the world, it is people like those at the meeting that give us hope for the future of our world and ourselves. Best t-shirt at the meeting: Turtle Girls Rule!
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By frank zindel on
15.03.2011
Wir freuen uns sehr, dass unser örtlicher Projektleiter Fany Ahang Moord, der unser Schutzprogramm für Meeresschildkröten in Berau seit 2003 leitet, am 1. März 2011 in seiner Heimatstadt Samarinda geheiratet hat.
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By frank zindel on
15.03.2011
We are very happy to announce the marriage of our on-site project manager in Indonesia, Fany Ahang Moord, who has been running our protection program in Berau since 2003. Ahang and Ebe got married on March 1s,t 2011 in Ahang’s home town of Samarinda.
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By frank zindel on
02.03.2011
Newly hatched sea turtles can sense their longitudinal position – something that took sailors hundreds of years and many lost ships to figure out. Surprisingly, they do so using the Earth's magnetic field.
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By frank zindel on
15.02.2011
Ende Januar 2011 erhielten Hiltrud Cordes und Frank Zindel die Gelegenheit, im Rahmen des tauchen Awards an der BOOT in Düsseldorf, vor einem zahlreich erschienenen Publikum der Tauchszene unsere Schutzprojekte vorzustellen...
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By frank zindel on
10.02.2011
The RIU Touareg, being built on Lacaçao Beach on Boavista Island, is scheduled to open in May. It is a massive hotel, and being built on a beach heavily used by nesting Loggerhead Turtles, who nest from June through September. Hatchlings come out of the nests 50-60 days after the eggs are laid. We are very concerned about the effects of the construction and the lighting from the hotel on the nesting turtles and hatchlings.
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By frank zindel on
16.01.2011
Just before Christmas some dedicated Turtle Foundation folks spent hours in the kitchen baking cookies, then hours out in the cold selling them to raise funds for our turtle conservation projects. They sold so many cookies on Saturday, they had to bake more late at night to sell the next day. Here are some pictures of the event, and big thanks to them!!
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By frank zindel on
29.12.2010
In a report titled "Global Patterns of Marine Turtle Bycatch," Dr. Bryan Wallace of Conservation International and Dr. Rebecca Lewison of San Diego State University, with several co-authors from Duke University's Center for Marine Conservation, investigated the impact of bycatch on sea turtles around the globe from 1990-2008.
The review cited 85,000 turtles reported caught, but as less than 1% of fisheries were covered, this number is probably up to 100 times less than the actual number of turtles caught and killed in the last 2 decades. Read what YOU can do to help:
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By frank zindel on
22.12.2010
As part of the PBS series "The State of the Ocean's Animals", Matt Damon narrates the story of Loggerhead Turtles in Melbourne, Florida. Florida is one of the 3 largest Loggerhead nesting populations in the world, along with Oman and the site of our own Loggerhead Turtle protection project, Cape Verde. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iwfRwU9Ouw
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By frank zindel on
28.11.2010
One of our most dedicated volunteer, Julie Wamsley, took the initiative and gave a talk to her work colleagues about the impacts of commercial fishing, including those on our sea turtles.
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By frank zindel on
12.11.2010
With the support of the Becker-Cordes Foundation and the Senior Expert Service, Turtle Foundation iniciated a handicraft workshop for unemployed people from the barracas,
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By frank zindel on
12.11.2010
A new kindergarten opened recently in Sal Rei and Turtle Foundation was invited to give a presentation about sea turtles to the children.
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By frank zindel on
07.11.2010
After six fun weekends and more than 100 kids participating, the project School in Nature (Escola na Natureza) has finished for this year, with many tales to tell...
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By frank zindel on
26.10.2010
On October 20th more than 50 rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) beached themselves on the beach in front of Riu Karamboa hotel. Despite attempts to refloat them, they beached themselves again on Estoril Beach.
There have been several mass stranding in recent years - over 300 melon headed whales stranded on Boavista in Nov. 2007, coinciding with the presence of a U.S. submarine. In Nov. 2009 approx. 40 whales stranded near Boa Esperanca. In June 2010, 92 pilot whales stranded on Santiago and Sal.
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By frank zindel on
25.10.2010
The field season in over for 2010, and what a year it was. We've put together a midterm report describing our activities this summer, and some results. Check it out:http://www.turtle-foundation.org/Portals/0/Content/Cape%20Verde%20mid-term%20Report%202010_c.pdf
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By frank zindel on
17.09.2010
The first clean-up of the season took place in late May this year, and 3 trucks loaded with trash taken from the beach was the result...
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By frank zindel on
05.09.2010
From Joana Hancock, Turtle Foundation Field Coordinator on Boavista:
According to our teams, Olive Ridleys might be nesting in Boavista. At least 3 turtles that match the description of an olive ridley have been found nesting in Curral Velho, Lacacão and Norte beach. This is very exciting news, as this species is considered rare in the island!!!
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By frank zindel on
01.09.2010
Here is the English translation of the minutes of the Second Annual Cape Verde Sea Turtle Network, now known as TAOLA.
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By frank zindel on
01.09.2010
From Joana Hancock - Turtle Foundation's Field Coordinator on Boavista:
Two adults and one teenager were arrested last week on Curral Velho Beach.
Just before the start of a patrol a turtle was caught and taken away by car. Soldiers were alerted to this suspect activity, and when the car was found with a bucket and ice near the area where the turtles had been taken before, the soldiers did not hesitate to find the poachers and arrest them. One of them is a local driver, who took his son for his first "turtle hunt".
Fortunately no turtle was killed that time, but problems in the Curral Velho beach remain, with turtles often disorientated from the headlights of many cars that make illegal tours in the beaches of Curral Velho and João Barrosa. There is intense traffic of unknown origin in that area at all times of the night.
In Lacacão beach, the effects of the light coming from the construction site of the new hotel RIU TUAREG are noticeable, with less than 150 nests recorded so far in this beach and an average time of 2.5h of nesting time (followed by disorientation) by the females. Often these turtles need to be "rescued" from the construction site, where they get trapped, and are not able to find their own way to the sea. Falling easy prey to potential poachers living at the construction site, our teams have been doing everything they can to rescue these turtles as much as possible, and avoid the slaughtering. Lacacão remains the most problematic area, as 4 turtles were found recently killed in the construction site. On the other side, mass flooding of the beach two weeks ago by broken pipes and sewage run-off, coupled with extreme high tides have probably compromised all the nests of the season.
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By frank zindel on
31.08.2010
Two adults and one teenager were arrested last
week on Curral Velho Beach.
Just after a turtle was caught before the
start of the patrol in the middle of the beach, and taken by car,
soldiers were very alerted to any suspect movements on the beach. When a
car (BV-33-BP) was found with a bucket and knife near the area where
the turtle was taken before, they did not hesitate in finding the
poachers and make an arrest.
One of them is a local driver, who took
his son for his first "turtle hunt".
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By frank zindel on
24.08.2010
From:
http://asemana.sapo.cv/spip.php?article55636&ak=1#ancre_comm
No mês de Fevereiro
uma tartaruga-oliva fêmea (Lepidochelys olivacea) apareceu na costa da
zona de Derrubado, Norte da ilha da Boa Vista. Stravagante, o
mergulhador que encontrou esta tartaruga, retirou um grande número de
percebes da boca e cara do animal e voltou-a para o mar. A tartaruga,
mesmo estando muito débil, permaneceu na zona durante vários dias e logo
desapareceu. Por Samir Martins e Pedro López
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By frank zindel on
23.08.2010
Two poachers were arrested last night in the little beach of Água Doce, near Boa Esperança!!...
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By frank zindel on
09.08.2010
Boavista: Operador turístico Soltrópico apoia tartarugas
http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/pt/noticias/go/boavista--operador-turistico-soltropico-apoia-tartarugas
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By frank zindel on
05.08.2010
Its with great joy that we announce that we are already on the 3rd "Escola na Natureza" camp in boa Esperança beach, a project carried out in partnership with Clube Ambiental da Boavista, with financial support of the UN GEF Small Grants program...
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By frank zindel on
05.08.2010
É com grande alegria que anunciamos que já estamos no terceiro acampamento para jovens inserido no projecto "Escola na Natureza" na praia de Boa Esperança, um projeto realizado em parceria com o Clube Ambiental da Boavista, com o apoio financeiro do Programa das Pequenas Subvenções das Nações Unidas...
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By frank zindel on
24.07.2010
After 1 and half month delay, and too many turtles unprotected and killed because of this ridiculous situation, we have been finally granted access to our containers and thus our camp equipment, and will be able to start setting up the Curral Velho camp soon!
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By frank zindel on
14.07.2010
The Cape Verdian Sea Turtle Network had its second annual meeting on the 28-30 June, which was organized in the Hotel Marine Club in Boavista.
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By frank zindel on
12.07.2010
The first turtles arrived a few weeks ago, filling our teams with hopes and expectations of a great season. With adequate funding, a team of local assistants formed, and a dedicated group of camp coordinators, we could only hope that the season would start smoothly and without any major trouble.
However...
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By frank zindel on
10.07.2010
From the 8th until the 10th of July this year, the Turtle Foundation camp coordinators Amanda, Mafalda and Sara and our local coordinator for the village “Fundo das Figueiras” Manuel, were sent to the sea turtle camp at Ervatão beach at the east coast of Boavista, to receive additional training.
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By frank zindel on
03.07.2010
Starting this Monday the Turtle Foundation begins to open camps on the beaches of Boa Vista. The aim is to guard the main locations where the turtles make their nests, which are being threatened primarily by human hunting. Biologist Joana Hancock has been talking to “A Semana” about the experiences of protecting these ancient creatures, which existed at the time of the dinosaurs, from extinction. This includes the efforts that are being made to change the mentality of local people as well as explaining that the turtles could disappear for ever in just a few years. Over a period of four months there will be patrols on the beaches helped by soldiers from the Cape Verde Army.
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By frank zindel on
25.06.2010
Endangered sea turtles are being burned alive in BP's cleanup efforts, according to an interview by a BP hired local boat owner involved in the cleanup operations.
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By frank zindel on
21.06.2010
Back from 2 weeks with Turtle Foundation on Boavista.
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By frank zindel on
21.06.2010
Turtle Foundation and Clube Ambiental da Boavista receives grant award
for educational program
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By frank zindel on
21.06.2010
Back from 2 weeks with Turtle Foundation on Boavista.
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By frank zindel on
09.06.2010
DENPASAR, Indonesia: Indonesian police have confiscated 71 endangered giant sea turtles (Green sea turtles) from a food stall on the resort island of Bali, an officer said Wednesday...
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By frank zindel on
08.06.2010
O jornal DESTAK faz uma reportagem sobre o programa de voluntariado da Turtle Foundation.
Artigo original: http://www.destak.pt/artigo/66265
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By frank zindel on
05.06.2010
News release published on the website "CORREIO DAS ILHAS". Full
article on http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article53458&ak=1
A Turtle Foundation,
uma organização internacional de protecção e preservação das tartarugas
marinhas, reúne-se esta noite com a população do Norte para discutir as
alternativas para o rendimento económico que proporciona a apanha de
tartarugas nas praias da ilha. A ideia é trocar tartaruga por
ecoturismo. Um encontro a marcar o Dia Mundial do Ambiente, comemorado
hoje, dia 5 Junho.
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By frank zindel on
04.06.2010
Finally I get to come to Boavista for the first time and see the project in action that we have worked so hard to make happen.
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By frank zindel on
30.05.2010
A clean up operation for the beach of Boa
Esperança
was organized by the Turtle Foundation and local tour operators on Sunday 30th
May.
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By frank zindel on
24.05.2010
The Turtle Foundation team has finally
reunited for the start of a new season in Boavista. Expectations are
high for
2010. Being back and meeting with several friends and colleagues in
Boavista,
it was fun to hear some comment that the turtles will arrive earlier
this
season, given to the very mild winter this year in Boavista,
anticipating a
good season. Whether or not these beliefs will prove right, being back
is
comforting and exciting at the same time.
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By frank zindel on
05.04.2010
If you are familiar with our work, as a volunteer or a member of our cause or in any other way know and support our work protecting sea turtles, you can post a review on GreatNonprofits.org and help spread the word, as well as give us a chance to win $500 toward sea turtle conservation at www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/turtle-foundation
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By frank zindel on
21.03.2010
The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have determined that Loggerhead sea turtles belong to 9 distinct populations. Currently, Loggerheads are listed as threatened throughout their range. The proposal would list 2 of the 9 populations as threatened, and the other 7 would be listed as endangered. Cape Verde's turtles are in the Northeast Atlantic population and would be listed as endangered.
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By frank zindel on
12.03.2010
Turtle Foundation is thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from USFWS in support, for the second year, of our protection program in Cape Verde. 
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By frank zindel on
04.03.2010
Britain is to spend £26 million building a wind farm to power the entire Cape Verde, the isolated archipelago off the west coast of Africa.
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By frank zindel on
10.01.2010
Indonesian Navy stops boat with 1'300 sea turtle eggs.
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By frank zindel on
05.01.2010
U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPOSES MORE THAN 70,000 SQUARE MILES OF CRITICAL HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE OFF WEST COAST
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By frank zindel on
08.12.2009
An illegal fishing net of 1000 meter contained up to 10 dead sea turtles per every 20 meters of net!
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By frank zindel on
05.12.2009
Jakarta, Indonesia — Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, an official said Friday.
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By frank zindel on
05.11.2009
Sea turtle advocates in California and family shrimp fishers from Florida filed a federal lawsuit today against the U. S. State Department for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for allowing shrimp caught in ways that are deadly to sea turtles to be sold in the United States...
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By frank zindel on
02.11.2009
November has come and turtles are virtually gone from Boavista having embarked in new adventures in their long return to their feeding grounds. On sighs with relief thinking that for now, for the next couple of years, these turtles are safe from the poachers, that they can finally roam the ocean freely, away from the pressures and tiring conditions they face on their nesting beaches. But will they? ...
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By frank zindel on
31.10.2009
Turtle Foundation Get-Together-Party in London on December 5, 2009 ...
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By frank zindel on
30.10.2009
On the 18th of October, our team went for a short visit to Varandinha beach, located on the west coast of Boavista. Preliminary data from the NGO Natura 2000 indicates that this beach was one of the most problematic ones this season for poaching ...
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By frank zindel on
29.10.2009
These last two weeks have been dedicated to GARBAGE: Turtle Foundation, worried about the amount of trash, especially plastic, littering the beaches of Boavista, initiated its awareness campaign about this problem in the schools of Boavista.
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By frank zindel on
26.10.2009
Up to 10 years ago, an average of 20,000 sea turtles were slaughtered on Bali to provide meat for "ritual purposes". As a result of the dedication of tourists, sea turtle conservationists, and local conservation groups a ban on killing sea turtles was implemented. But now the government plans to allow the slaughter of 1000 sea turtles annually, a number that will be impossible to enforce and will result in much greater slaughter. YOU CAN HELP:
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By frank zindel on
21.10.2009
Take Action - Help stop the killing of sea turtles in the British Sovereign Base Area (SBA), Cyprus (Episkopi) ...
Sovereign Base Area (SBA), Cyprus (Episkopi)
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By frank zindel on
11.10.2009
At the end of May this year when my degree course was complete, I had a choice to make; stay in my comfy-but-boring office job, or do something out of the ordinary ...
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By frank zindel on
08.10.2009
October 3rd. The end of a season. Or nearly. In this day we conducted our last night patrols. Turtles have been coming to nest irregularly, with emergences decreasing notoriously ...
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By frank zindel on
08.10.2009
We recently received a message from Malcom, a very concerned person, who just returned from a holiday in Dubrovnik. In this message he tells the responsible people of the aquarium about what he found when visiting the Dubrovnik Aquarium and how much he disliked it. But read it yourself...
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By frank zindel on
06.10.2009
Again outside interests are undermining sea turtles and their conservation at the Sea Turtle Sanctuary of Xcacel-Xcacelito in Quintana Roo, which is considered by experts, as the most important nesting area for loggerhead and green turtles in Mexico ...
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By frank zindel on
30.09.2009
Our Plastic Legacy Afloat
Until recently, the earth had seven continents. To that number, humans have added an eighth...
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By frank zindel on
29.09.2009
It is 7:30 in the evening and everyone is ready to go, the volunteers with their sleeping bags and torches and the Cape Verdean soldiers with their AK47 rifles. Ten of us get on to or into the pick up truck and head for the beaches. . . .
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By frank zindel on
28.09.2009
The turtle is a graceful animal, startlingly large at times and the experience becomes very personal when you are the only one sitting on a star lit beach with a female turtle next to you delicately creating a nest for her young offspring. YOU are her protector, and whilst you are there with a soldier assisting you the turtle is safe from slaughter and can take her time to ensure her race has the slim opportunity of surviving into the next decade!!!
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By frank zindel on
25.09.2009
Officers discovered the turtles last Wednesday and set them free at the Nha Trang Sea Reserve.
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By frank zindel on
25.09.2009
Am 14. August 2009 wurde in Anwesenheit seiner Exzellenz Eddy Pratomo, Botschafter der Republik Indonesien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, im Berliner AquaDom zum ersten Mal der von der Berliner Gesellschaft für Großaquarien (BGG) gestiftete Blue Starfish Award verliehen.
On the 14th of August 2009 in the presence of his His Excellency Eddy Pratomo, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Germany the Blue Starfish Award was imparted for the first time in the Berlin AquaDom.
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By frank zindel on
25.09.2009
The nesting season of loggerheads in Cape Verde has not yet finished but we (Natura 2000) have analised data recorded until the begining of September and have made some predictions for the season that want to share with you. The news are really great in Boavista.
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By frank zindel on
20.09.2009
TF RELEASES JUVENILE SEA TURTLE RAISED IN CAPTIVITY
> On Friday Turtle Foundation staff, in collaboration with the Club Ambiental of Boavista and Clam Tours released a small one year old loggerhead turtle that had been raised in captivity since its early days ...
TF ENTLÄSST EINE JUNGE, IN GEFANGENSCHAFT GEHALTENE MEERESSCHILDKRÖTE IN DIE FREIHEIT
> Am Freitag entliessen Turtle Foundation Mitarbeiter eine kleine, etwa ein Jahr alte und seit langem in Gefangenschaft lebende Unechte Karettschildkröte in die Freiheit. Dies geschah in Zusammenarbeit mit der lokalen Umweltschutzorganisation Club Ambiental sowie dem lokalen Reiseveranstalter Clam Tours...
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By frank zindel on
14.09.2009
With the 24th Annual International Coastal Cleanup Day coming up, the plastics industry execs are adding their voices to the plastic vs paper debate...
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By frank zindel on
04.09.2009
"WAR GAMES"
>It's been an extremely busy season. Many reasons have led us to be quiet for several weeks, really too busy to contact with the outside world ...
>Diese Nistsaison nimmt einen ganz schön mit. Dass wir über Wochen nichts hören ließen, liegt einfach daran, dass wir total eingespannt waren und die Außenwelt nicht wie gewohnt auf dem Laufenden halten konnten ...
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By frank zindel on
03.09.2009
Volunteering in Cape Verdian islands and work with turtles was for me the first eye to eye look with the African culture and most important, a new opportunity to work with an incredible creature which exists on this planet for much longer than us ...
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By frank zindel on
03.09.2009
I was a volunteer in this great project and it was really good. It was really inspiring to work in such a passionate group ...
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By frank zindel on
02.09.2009
The Bahamas has amended fisheries laws to give full protection to all sea turtles found in the Atlantic archipelago's waters by banning the harvest, possession, purchase and sale of the endangered reptiles, including their eggs. The new rules take effect Tuesday.
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By frank zindel on
30.08.2009
Until recently, the earth had seven continents. To that number, humans have added an eighth...
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By frank zindel on
21.08.2009
Amidst waves and wildlife in the world's oceans, billions of pounds of Styrofoam, water bottles, fishing wire and other plastic products float in endless circles...
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By frank zindel on
13.08.2009
This is the translation (courtesy of Google Translate) of Astrid's blog entry (originally in German). She's one of the volunteers helping to patrol the nesting beaches on Boavista to protect the turtles from poachers.
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By frank zindel on
12.08.2009
Juli 2009: "dein-wissen-hilft.de" unterstützt die TURTLE FOUNDATION mit einer grosszügigen Spende...
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By frank zindel on
12.08.2009
Please help save Lindbergh Bay from harbor dredging spoils...
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By frank zindel on
11.08.2009
August 9, 2009 — Throngs of people crowded Lindbergh Bay Saturday afternoon to show their opposition to a $12 million plan that calls for dredging St. Thomas harbor and depositing the 162,000 cubic yards of material in Lindbergh Bay ...
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By frank zindel on
10.08.2009
Ich liege mitten in der Nacht am Strand im weißen, warmen Sand, irgendwo auf dieser faszinierenden Insel Boavista, mit ihrer unglaublichen Landschaft, die anders ist als alles, was ich zuvor gesehen habe ...
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By frank zindel on
10.08.2009
Guests at the Island Beachcomber Hotel on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin islands received an unexpected visitor from the ocean last night...
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By frank zindel on
01.08.2009
SWEET AND SOUR
The past two weeks have been a roller-coaster of emotions, that went from deep sadness and frustration, to our first arrest! ...
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By frank zindel on
01.08.2009
80 loggerheads from Cape Verde are released in beaches of Almeria ...
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By frank zindel on
31.07.2009
At least three fire outbreaks occurred simultaneously on the evening of July 26th in Daphne, within the core protection zone of ...
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By frank zindel on
08.07.2009
Its been two weeks since we started the season, and things keep rolling here! We’re getting more turtles everynight in our beaches ...
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By frank zindel on
26.06.2009
Endlich ist es soweit, eines unserer Teams berichtet vom ersten geschützten Nest und der ersten nistenden Meeresschildkröte dieser Saison ...
Its official, our team has recorded the first protected nest and female of the season ...
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By frank zindel on
24.06.2009
The two individuals arrested on June 9, 2009 while attempting to sell some 20 kilograms of sea turtle meat in the city of São Filipe (Fogo island) were sentenced to eight months in prison Thursday by São Filipe court. The judge suspended their sentence, however, for three years.
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By frank zindel on
17.06.2009
"The reason I'm writing is because I wanted to know if you knew about the Turtle slaughter in Dominica ...
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By frank zindel on
16.05.2009
United States ban shrimp from Costa Rica to protect sea turtles.
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By frank zindel on
05.05.2009
National Marine Fisheries Service is considering a plan that could triple the number of sea turtles caught each year in Hawaiin Longline Fishery.
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By frank zindel on
05.05.2009
Eleven satellite-tracked Leatherback sea turtles raced 3,700 miles from Novia Scotia to the Caribbean - see the race!
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By frank zindel on
26.04.2009
Soeben erreichte uns die Meldung ...
We were just informed ...
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By frank zindel on
17.04.2009
Milbrae, CA - On Saturtday, the Pacific Fishery Management Council denied approval for a new high seas longline fishery off the U.S. West Coast...
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By frank zindel on
16.04.2009
Turtle Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife without Borders program ...
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By frank zindel on
10.02.2009
Officials uncovered a sea turtle smuggling syndicate on Sunday that
operated between West Nusa Tenggara and Bali...
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By frank zindel on
31.10.2008
The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Water Police together with the NTB's Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) this morning (31/10) released 26 green turtles in Kodek Bay ...
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By frank zindel on
15.10.2008
Research Released Today Reports Almost 3,000 Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles Washed Up Dead on Baja California Sur Beaches Over Five-Year Period.
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By frank zindel on
13.10.2008
Fort Irwin officials on Thursday suspended their disastrous desert tortoise translocation program ...
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By frank zindel on
10.10.2008
Die Nistsaison 2008 der Unechten Karettschildkröte auf Boavista ist zu Ende und ...
The Loggerhead nesting season on Boavista is over and ...
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By frank zindel on
29.09.2008
Gegen Ende unserer Patrouillen Arbeit war Nuno Lureiro, ein Professor aus Portugal ...
Towards the end of our patrol work of this year's nesting season we had Nuno Lureiro ...
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By frank zindel on
27.09.2008
Activists and campaigners from ProFauna Indonesia staged a demonstration in support of the sea turtle protection at Kuta Beach Bali on 21st Aug 2008
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By frank zindel on
06.09.2008
Samstag bedeutet für uns ja mal wieder verschärfte Kontrollen an den Stränden ...
Today it's Saturday - which means for us tighter beach controls again ...
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By frank zindel on
30.08.2008
Land Unter: Auf einer Insel, die aus Wüste und Geröllfeldern besteht und auf der die Vegetation extrem karg ist ...
Flooded: Thinking of an arid, desert like island with vast dunes, one wouldn't think of what we have experienced ...
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By frank zindel on
27.08.2008
Diese Woche ist eine Organisation aus Portugal hier auf Boavista ...
A Portuguese organization is active on Boavista this week ...
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By frank zindel on
23.08.2008
Beim letzten Wechsel der Soldaten-Gruppen ist wieder ...
This shift we have a group of soldiers ...
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By frank zindel on
21.08.2008
Wir freuen uns riesig über die finanzielle Unterstützung in der Höhe von ...
We are thrilled to announce that we have received a Disney Rapid Response Fund grant ...
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By frank zindel on
18.08.2008
Cachupa Taxi: Unser Tag beginnt wiedermal mit einem Frühstück auf unserer Dachterasse ...
Cachupa Taxi: We start our day having our breakfast on the reef-deck of our house ...
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By frank zindel on
08.08.2008
Am letzten Wochenende hatten wir Gelegenheit, mit unserem Malwettbewerb für Kinder ...
Last weekend we got the opportunity to appear before the public with our children's painting competition ...
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By frank zindel on
26.07.2008
Es ist wieder Wochenende. Für uns bedeutet das, dass wir die Sträde noch intensiver überwachen müssen ...
It's weekend again. For us this means to be even more alert on our beach patrols, because on weekends ...
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By frank zindel on
10.07.2008
Nach einem nachmittäglichen Besuch bei den Kollegen von Natura 2000 ...
After a visit to our colleagues of Natura 2000 ...
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By frank zindel on
07.07.2008
Wie jeden Tag ziehen wir gegen 17h in Richtung Fundo, um dort die Soldaten abzuholen ...
Like every day we leave Sal Rei at 5pm to Fundo in order to meet the soldiers ...
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By frank zindel on
05.07.2008
Schildkröten in letzter Sekunde vor der Schlachtbank gerettet!
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By frank zindel on
27.06.2008
Manuel Fragoso, Norbert Hausen und Christian Roder, Mitarbeiter der Turtle Foundation auf Boavista, berichten von der Lage vor Ort.
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By frank zindel on
10.06.2008
Marine Police confiscated 7 alive green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Kedonganan Beach Badung region, Bali.
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By frank zindel on
08.06.2008
According to the Marine and Coastal Resources Development and Research Center, statistics showed the number of sea turtles coming to Thailand’s Andaman shores to lay their eggs has dropped dramatically.
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By frank zindel on
17.04.2008
The shrimp industry in Costa Rica is responsible fordiscarding over 6000 tons of bycatch and drowning as many as 15000 sea turtlesper year.
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By frank zindel on
13.04.2008
Das Projekt wäre eigentlich startklar, es fehlen aber noch zusätzliche Mittel.
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By frank zindel on
13.04.2008
The project is under way but additional funds are needed.
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By frank zindel on
12.04.2008
The TURTLE FOUNDATION was able to "conquer" two additional turtle islands.
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By frank zindel on
12.04.2008
Enforcement agencies foiled an illegal turtle-hunting expedition by a group of foreigners and seized more than 40 turtles and tortoises.
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By frank zindel on
11.04.2008
Nach sechs Jahren Kampf konnten zwei wichtige Schildkröteninseln "unter Kontrolle" gebracht werden. Nun werden dort ca. 700'000 Tiere pro Jahr schlüpfen.
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By frank zindel on
13.03.2008
WASHINGTON – Martin Villegas Terrones, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Denver for his role in an illegal smuggling operation that trafficked in protected turtle species.
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By frank zindel on
04.03.2008
An investigation in 2007 by ProFauna Indonesia has revealed that Green sea turtle poaching for trade is still continuing in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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By frank zindel on
04.03.2008
More than 8,000 endangered Olive Ridley turtles killed over the past three months.
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By frank zindel on
27.02.2008
An investigation in 2007 by ProFauna Indonesia showed the green sea turtle poaching for trade is still continuing in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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By frank zindel on
18.02.2008
Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia — It may be too late for the Leatherback turtle population here but there is still hope for the Green and Hawksbill turtles.
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By frank zindel on
18.02.2008
Three people died and two others were admitted at the Malindi District Hospital in critical condition after feasting on the meat of a Sea Turtle.
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By frank zindel on
18.02.2008
Sixth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Connection with Illegal Sea Turtle Smuggling
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By frank zindel on
12.01.2008
On 28 December 2007 the marine police of Bali confiscated 12 living Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas).
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By frank zindel on
07.01.2008
Sea turtle hatchlings released to raise awareness on climate change
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By frank zindel on
31.12.2007
Two olive ridley turtles traded for approx. 230 US dollars.
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By frank zindel on
31.12.2007
Although sea turtle products including sea turtle eggs are protected by Indonesian national law local authorities still sell permits to collect sea turtle eggs by millions in Indonesia.
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By frank zindel on
23.12.2007
Scientists Publish Good News for Green Turtles
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By frank zindel on
16.12.2007
Twenty years ago the turtles laid eggs on almost all the islands here. Now their nests are found on only around 3 of the 110 islands, thanks to the pollution, and hunting.
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By frank zindel on
14.11.2007
Turtle conservation at the crossroads in Karimunjawa
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By frank zindel on
28.10.2007
Puerto Rico keeps resorts off beach. Activists, celebrities rally to keep resorts away from the area.
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By frank zindel on
21.10.2007
The reports that on Cape Verde mother turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs are being brutally butchered were confirmed.
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By frank zindel on
21.10.2007
It is not the first time that we discover sea turtles torn into pieces by underwater bombing.
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By frank zindel on
21.10.2007
On September 13, 2007 153 hawksbill hatchlings emerged from Sangalaki's hatchery. A rare event. Sangalaki is usually the "kingdom of green turtles".
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By frank zindel on
21.10.2007
Two turtles that were satellite tagged on Sangalaki last year went completely different ways.
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By frank zindel on
21.10.2007
The captain of the Chinese boat with nearly 400 dead sea turtles aboard was senteced to 4 years in prison.
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By frank zindel on
20.10.2007
 Im letzten Jahr (16.09.2006) wurden auf Sangalaki zwei Schildkröten telemetriert; seither werden ihre Wege von Malaysia aus überwacht. Eine der beiden kam in letzter Zeit mehrmals auf Sangalaki an den Strand, während die andere Richtung Brunei gewandert ist.
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By frank zindel on
20.10.2007
Berichte über grausame Schlachtungen von Meeresschildkröten, die auf den Kapverden zur Eiablage an Land kommen, haben sich bestätigt.
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By frank zindel on
20.10.2007
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Der Prozess rund um das im Mai 2007 in Kalimantan gestoppte chinesische Boot mit beinahe 400 toten Meeresschildkröten an Bord ist abgeschlossen. Der Kapitän des Bootes wurde zu 4 Jahren Haft verurteilt. Das Boot samt Ausrüstung wurde beschlagnahmt und die Schildkröten wurden verbrannt. Die Bootsmannschaft wurde schon vor Prozessbeginn frei gelassen. Sie waren nur Handlanger, taten was der Captain ihnen sagte und wussten offenbar nicht, dass Meeresschildkröten geschützt sind.
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By frank zindel on
19.10.2007
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Am 24. Juli entdeckten unsere Park Ranger auf Sangalaki eine Karettschildkröten bei der Eiablage. Während Grüne Meeresschildköten jedes Jahr mehr als 350'000 Eier auf Sangalaki legen, tun das Karettschildkröten nur ganz selten. Die Eier (170) wurden in die Hatchery verlegt und am 13. September schlüpfte 90% (153) des Geleges.
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By frank zindel on
19.10.2007
The shocking news about turtles being butchered brutally on Cape Verde's beaches were confirmed.
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By frank zindel on
19.10.2007
The captain of the ship carrying 397 dead turtles was sentenced to four years in prison.
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By frank zindel on
18.10.2007
On Sangalaki which is know as the island of the Green Turtle 153 Hawksbill Turtles hatched.
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By frank zindel on
18.10.2007
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Zerfetzte Meeresschildkröten sind die Folge von der in Indonesien zwar verbotenen aber leider immer noch häufig betriebenen Bombenfischerei. Am 9. und 29. September wurde vor Sangalaki jeweils eine tote subadulte Schildkröte gefunden (40 cm lang + 36 cm breit / 30 cm lang + 25 cm breit). Beide wurden wahrscheinlich durch Unterwasserbomben getötet.
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By frank zindel on
17.10.2007
Two adult sea turtles were washed up on Sangalaki's beaches - killed by bombs!
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By frank zindel on
05.10.2007
Puerto Rico keeps resorts off beach. Activists, celebrities rally to keep resorts away from the area.
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By frank zindel on
06.09.2007
Undercover Sting Nets Five Individuals for Illegal Trade
of Protected Sea Turtles and Other Wildlife.
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By frank zindel on
04.09.2007
Hezbollah on hand to help baby sea turtles.
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By frank zindel on
26.08.2007
Die mexikanische Polizei hat im Süden von Oaxaca 57'000 Schildkröteneier konfisziert.
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By frank zindel on
03.08.2007
Auf den Kapverden werden Meeresschildkröten, die zur Eiablage an den Strand kommen, an Ort und Stelle äusserst brutal geschlachtet.
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By frank zindel on
23.07.2007
Wenn Meeresschildkröten in den Kapverden zur Eiablage an den Strand kommen, warten ihre Schlächter schon ungeduldig. Aus finanziellen Gründen können lokale Schutzorganisationen nur eingeschränkte Patrouillen durchführen, weshalb in der Nistsaison dieses Jahres das Blutbad an den Stränden noch grösser ist, als in den vorangegangenen Jahren.
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By frank zindel on
23.06.2007
In Cape Verde turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs are still being butchered on their way up to the beach. Due to less patrolling by the local organizations because of insufficient funding the beaches are even more blood-stained then the years before.
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By frank zindel on
15.06.2007
Turtles coming ashore on Cape Verde to lay their eggs were being butchered on the beaches most brutally and in great numbers.
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By frank zindel on
08.06.2007
Chinesisches Schildkrötenfängerboot mit 397 toten Meeresschildkröten aufgegriffen!
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By frank zindel on
03.06.2007
Malaysian authorities this week seized a second Chinese trawler allegedly poaching endangered turtles and other marine animals from waters off its coast this week.
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By frank zindel on
10.05.2007
The Chinese boat 'Hainan 02099' had a total of 397 sea turtles aboard. All were dead and treated with formalin for decorative purposes.
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By frank zindel on
07.05.2007
Chinesisches Schildkrötenfängerboot mit 397 toten Meeresschildkröten aufgegriffen! Ein Bericht unseres Mitarbeiters Nono Rachmad Basuki.
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By frank zindel on
07.05.2007
In Kalimantan, Indonesia, authorities discovered and stopped a Chinese boat with 397 sea turtles aboard. All turtles were dead - they were treated with formalin and stuffed!
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By frank zindel on
02.04.2007
Marine police on Wednesday stopped a fishing boat from China's Hainan
province near the coast of Malaysia's eastern Sabah state and found more
than 200 protected green and hawksbill turtle species on board.
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By frank zindel on
04.03.2007
Malayische Behörden haben ein chinesisches Boot mit über 200 Meeresschildkröten und weiteren international geschützten Tierarten aufgebracht. Der grösste Teil der "Fracht" war bereits verendet.
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By frank zindel on
24.02.2006
Marine Police in Bali, Indonesia, successfully seized a boat loaded with 158 sea turtles on 22 February 2006 at Sanur beach. Only three animals were dead.
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By frank zindel on
24.02.2006
Marine Police in Bali, Indonesia, successfully seized a boat loaded with 158 sea turtles at Sanur beach.
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By frank zindel on
22.02.2006
Die Marinepolizei in Bali hat ein Boot mit 158 Meeresschildkröten aufgebracht. Glücklicherweise waren bis auf drei Tiere alle noch am Leben.
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By frank zindel on
22.02.2006
Bali, February 2006
Bali sea police arrested five suspected turtle poachers and rescued 120 green turtles during a raid on a boat in Benoa Harbor.
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By frank zindel on
25.06.2005
Almost 150 sea turtles, mostly greens, had been found dead in a net near the feeding grounds of Pulau Panjang, Berau district, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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By frank zindel on
23.06.2005
Almost 150 sea turtles, mostly greens, had been found dead in a net near the feeding grounds of Pulau Panjang, Berau district, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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By frank zindel on
07.06.2005
Nahezu 150 tote Meereschildkröten wurden in einem Netz nahe der Insel Pulau Panjang gefunden!
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By frank zindel on
12.05.2004
Twelve Chinese nationals who were caught with 160 dead turtles in Malaysian waters were jailed eight months by the magistrates court. Magistrate Dalwinder Singh fined them a total of RM 875.000 but they could not pay the fines and instead went to jail.
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By frank zindel on
11.05.2004
While an EC report states that "substantial progress has been made towards protection of the sea turtles", a European Parliament report states "it was clear from our visit, conversations and pictures seen that the provisions of the EC Directive are not being complied with."
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By frank zindel on
11.05.2004
Twelve Chinese nationals who were caught with 160 dead turtles in Malaysian waters were jailed eight months by the magistrates court.
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By frank zindel on
10.05.2004
Randall Arauz received UK's top conservation prize - the Whitley Gold Award from HRH Princess Ann at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
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By frank zindel on
10.05.2004
Total anarchy reigns in the area of the Park with uncontrolled summer furniture blocking the beaches, illegal sand lifting from the dunes, dozens of vehicles driving on the beaches, illegal coastal development, all with the consequent degradation of the nesting area.
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By frank zindel on
02.05.2004
Randall Arauz received UK's top conservation prize - the Whitley Gold Award from HRH Princess Ann.
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By frank zindel on
25.03.2004
The United Nations today lauded Asian governments for increasing their efforts to protect marine turtles and their habitats.
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By frank zindel on
25.03.2004
Delegates select 2006 as "Year of the Turtle" in Indian Ocean and
South-East Asia.
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By frank zindel on
19.03.2004
Delegates select 2006 as "Year of the Turtle" in Indian Ocean and
South-East Asia
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By frank zindel on
27.06.2003
Bali sea police arrested five suspected turtle poachers and rescued 120 green turtles during a raid on a boat in Benoa Harbor early on Thursday.
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