Save 60,000 Sea Turtles in El Salvador

A vehicle was purchased to carry out various activities such as tracking sea turtles on the beach,
transfer of plastic waste in cleaning campaigns in the community, etc. (photograph 1,2)

We make efforts to collect plastic waste due to the risk that species run of dying entangled in it. for example, a photograph of a dead turtle with plastic string wrapped around its body (photograph 3)

We provide informative meetings as members of the organization, showing the progress of our projects and the impact it generates on natural resources and human communities. This season, 200 turtle egg collectors have benefited with the generation of green employment, giving them not only a monetary payment, but also environmental awareness to eradicate bad exploitation practices in coastal marine ecosystems (photograph 4)

We have a hatching success rate of 89%, which means that, out of 20,000 incubated eggs, 17,800 hatchlings were born and released into the ocean. For this reason, we control the incubation temperature of the hatchery and periodically check the eggs during their formation process (photograph 5)

With your support we are adding efforts to reach our goal. This season we have 20,000 olive ridley turtle eggs and 500 chelonia mydas eggs, the latter is classified as an endangered species (photograph 6)

Thanks to your support we have improved the facilities of our nursery and we are receiving groups of people from different places, we provide environmental education for the conservation of coastal marine species, this season we receive more than 500 people from educational centers, companies, etc. to release hatchlings of sea turtles and provide them with part of the knowledge of the importance of these species in the marine ecosystem (photograph 7)

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