Programs

Ongoing projects:

Sea Turtle Conservation

Sea Turtles are very important and play a very crucial role in maintaining the Marine Ecosystem and keeping it healthy. Sea Turtles are known to live for more than 200 years and travel more than 3000 Kms in a single year. Their population has drastically reduced and put them in schedule 1 of the endangered species list. The last of the nesting areas in the District of Udupi are threatened due to unplanned development activities and lack of awareness about them.

FSL India initiated the Sea Turtle Conservation Project in 2003 with the support of the Forest Department of Kundapura and Maravanthe Turtle Conservation Initiative (MTCI). The objective is to Conserve and protect the sea turtle population along the Kundapura coastline. We have been engaging volunteers for this project who work alongside our teams in monitoring hatcheries and releasing hatchlings into the sea. Our volunteers also help us in conducting awareness sessions in schools and colleges and in the community.

FSL India has been working to save these amazing creatures since 2003. Some of the achievements are:

Mobilised and trained more than 200 Local Community members to monitor 12 nesting sights.
80 schools in the coastal region receive awareness programs every year.
Regular Awareness programs in Harbours and Villages along 60 Km Beach.
Govt. Department, Local Community Based or Community-based. Organization have been linked to each other through the project.
More than Twenty Thousand Hatchlings have been released safely into the sea.
Planning and implementation for Management of hatcheries.
Establishment of Sea Turtle rescue and Treatment centre.
Data Collection and Research on reduction of hatching rate

Project Cost 1,50,000/- Annually Plea: Anyone who is interested in helping us save these Amazing Creatures please help us by donating. Any amount is appreciated.

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