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Turtugaruba Foundation

HQ 🇦🇼 Aruba · 1 project tracked

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Dawn Patrols on Aruba's Nesting Beaches

Ocean Life

🇦🇼 Aruba

Every March to December a crew of volunteers walks Aruba's beaches at first light to find and fence nests of four endangered sea turtle species, because only about 1 in 1,000 hatchlings reaches adulthood.

6,700hatchlingsHatchlings protected each year, on average
4speciesSea turtle species nesting on Aruba that are monitored
25volunteersFieldwork volunteers in the monitoring team
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