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Project Biodiversity (Projeto Biodiversidade)

HQ 🇨🇻 Cape Verde · 1 project tracked

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Project Biodiversity — Guarding Sal Island's Sea Turtles

Ocean Life

🇨🇻 Cape Verde

Every summer night on Sal Island, this Cabo Verdean NGO's patrols protect the world's third-largest loggerhead turtle nesting population from poachers and predators.

36.6knestsLoggerhead turtle nests recorded on Sal Island
116khatchlingsTurtle hatchlings released
110casesPoaching cases (down from 440 in 2021)
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