Jul
10
Written by:
frank zindel
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.
At Ervatao Beach, the capeverdian NGO Natura 2000 is running a sea turtle camp since several years, to study the loggerhead turtles and give protection to them during their time on the beach. Here our camp coordinators worked for two nights alongside with spanish and capverdian students, as well as Natura 2000 staff and learned how to conduct the night patrols, the work with the nesting turtles and the morning surveys according to the protocol recently agreed between the two NGOs for the island.
Turtle Foundation`s coordinators were very happy about this experience and what they learned in the 2 days and nights at Ervatao. Following up with patrolling the beaches they have to work on, once the Turtle Foundation Camps are set up, this experience will certainly improve their ability to do a got job for the turtles at Boavista.
We greatly thank the help and support provided by Natura 2000, this season, as well as past ones, and wish them and all the other turtle teams in Cape Verde an excellent start to the season!
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