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Association pour le Développement Socio-Économique d'Itsamia (ADSEI)

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Villagers Guarding One of the Indian Ocean's Great Turtle Nesting Beaches

Ocean Life

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A village association on Mohéli turned a beach once fouled by poached turtle carcasses into one of the Southwest Indian Ocean's best-protected green turtle nesting sites.

3,000femalesEstimated green turtles nesting per year
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