Sea Turtle Conservation
We are going to the beach! On a regular workday… no wonder all the other volunteers are jealous of HBP volunteers’ work. It is a great variety of tasks in our projects. Currently, 2 of the 4 HBP-projects at CEL are occupied and we, as the 5 international volunteers mostly give sessions on our topics in government primary schools. But that’s not all… today we are heading for something different. The first Nirvana beach festival at Kodi beach walk is…
The long stretch of Kodi Beach is not just sand and palm trees; it’s unfortunately, also a lot of plastic. Plastic that is harming wildlife and spoiling what could have been a perfectly beautiful beach. To better this situation, FSL India has partnered with Clean Kundapura Project, who have been arranging weekly beach cleanings regularly. FSL India’s HBP team and our volunteers have participated in the beach cleanings on 40 occasions, where, along with the local community, they have cleared…
FSL India has been a strong contributor towards the conservation of Sea Turtles and the marine ecosystem for more than a decade. In this connection, the HBP team of FSL India’s Centre for Experiential Living had the opportunity to participate in a Marine Life session on ‘Marine Mammal Stranding Response Best Practices’, organised by the Forest Department of Karnataka. The session was held on the 17th of October 2019, at the Forest Department’s office in Kundapura, as a workshop for…
On Tuesday, 22nd of October 2019, FSL India’s HBP Staff and Volunteers, Uppunda Panchayat, Rani Bale Fishermen Co-operative Society and Coastal Security Guard unit jointly organised a beach clean-up at Uppunda, Madikal beach. Some of the local fishermen and youth also joined us to help clean up the beach. The beach area where we collected the washed up trash was 100 metres long. The first step included collecting all items that were larger than 2.5 cm and putting them into…
On 5th July, FSL-India’s Kundapura staff received a call from Beejadi Beach: another injured turtle was found by the local fishermen on the beach. The turtle probably got entangled in the fishermen’s net and came to the beach because of the deep wounds on its neck and flippers. A huge group of people cooperated to rescue the marine creature: local people and FSL-India staff and volunteers, along with members of the ‘Clean Kundapura Project’, an active initiative for cleaning up…
FSL-India has been working for the conservation of Olive Riddley and Green sea turtles, which are considered to be an endangered species. In the past, whenever the local fishermen came across the sea turtle eggs, they used to collect them, cook and eat them. They did not know the importance of conservation of the sea turtles. After the intervention of FSL-India, the fisherman community got an awareness of the need for the conservation of the sea turtles. They joined hands…
In the month of March 2019, FSL-India staff got a surprise: a sea turtle nest at Trasi, along the Kundapura shoreline. Everybody felt so happy and since the beginning, the local fishermen, as well as the community, along with the Forest Department, worked together for taking care of the nest. A strong hatchery was built around the nest and informative sign boards were hung up, in order to protect the eggs. We, FSL-India’s long term volunteers along with Venkatesh, FSL-India’s…
On 20th March 2019, 101 Sea Turtle eggs were discovered by alert fishermen at Maravanthe beach. Working with the Forest Department, FSL-India’s team built a hatchery for the eggs and waited eagerly for the eggs to hatch. The eggs normally take 50-55 days to hatch, but this time, the baby turtles emerged from the eggs 10 days early, surprising the the watching and waiting community. A lot of excitement was generated, as there have been no sea turtle eggs found…
Maravanthe: Babies out of the eggs before their time. Kundapura: A month ago, in Kanchugodu, near Sanyasibele beach, close to Maravanthe, 101 sea turtle eggs were found. On Wednesday, baby turtles emerged from the eggs, this made the locals very surprised and happy, because of the unexpected date of emerging. Conservation: The Olive Ridley and the Green Sea Turtles are 2 of the species existing in the ocean. They lay their eggs on beaches in the month of March. On…
Alerted by the local fishermen, FSL-India’s Sea Turtle Conservation team rescued 100 sea turtle eggs found at Maravanthe beach. Along with the Forest Department, a hatchery has been built and we are eagerly waiting for the turtles to hatch. Rakesh Soans, FSL-India’s President spoke to Times of India, Mangalore about our FSL-India’s efforts to protect this beautiful marine creature.