{"id":16796,"date":"2019-08-08T12:47:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T07:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=16796"},"modified":"2019-08-09T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:56:06","slug":"fsl-indias-role-in-sea-turtle-conservation-s-janardhana-maravanthe-ex-president-maravanthe-panchayat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/fsl-indias-role-in-sea-turtle-conservation-s-janardhana-maravanthe-ex-president-maravanthe-panchayat\/","title":{"rendered":"FSL-India\u2019s role in Sea Turtle conservation &#8211; S Janardhana Maravanthe, ex-President, Maravanthe Panchayat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/STC3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16802\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"584\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hp3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hp3.jpg 779w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hp3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hp3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hp3-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc10.jpg 590w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc10-404x270.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the intervention of FSL-India, the fisherman community\ngot an awareness of the need for the conservation of the sea turtles. They joined\nhands with FSL-India\u2019s volunteers in collecting and preserving the eggs till\nthey hatched, and ultimately released them into the sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/stc4-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/drawing-contest-stc-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16813\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FSL-india has been doing a very great service in the cause\nof the preservation of that endangered species (Olive Riddley), not only by\nconvserving them, but also by creating a much needed awareness among the\nfisherfolk of this area, as well as the schoolchildren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/STC2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16801\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/STC-clay-model-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16798\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/STC-drawing-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16799\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They usually visit schools, talk to the children and tell them about the importance of conservation of the sea turtles. They alsoo draw murals of the sea turtles in public areas to attract the attention of the children, as well as the people of that area. Keep up the good work, FSL-India!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/STC-mural-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16800\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/fsl-indias-role-in-sea-turtle-conservation-s-janardhana-maravanthe-ex-president-maravanthe-panchayat\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":16797,"comment_status":"Closed","ping_status":"Closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432,449],"tags":[897,898,896,134,877,103],"class_list":["post-16796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centre-for-experiential-living","category-sea-turtle-conservation","tag-conservation-awareness","tag-green-sea-turtle","tag-olive-riddley","tag-sea-turtle-conservation","tag-sea-turtle-hatchery","tag-sea-turtle-rescue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16814,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16796\/revisions\/16814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}