Turtle SOS CaboVerde

I am a wildlife filmmaker, started a turtle protection project in 2008 to stop the mass slaughter of nesting loggerheads. Will post stories of our daily battle

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Shearwaters – Poacher to Savior https://t.co/6e7oDxHTZv

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Só para os caboverdianos!

Se é caboverdiano, biólogo e tem experiência de trabalho com tartarugas marinhas o projeto Tartaruga Boa Vista procura um Assistente de coordenação científica.
Candidate-se e faz parte de nossa equipa

🐢🐢🐢 https://t.co/B2MpKzFx5n

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Great memory. Establishing our second hatchery on Sal island, Cabo Verde. https://t.co/DnfBl4gQra

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Foreign trawlers, following the rules, could be a great source of income for poor countries. But what happens if they don’t follow the rules? How are they getting away with that? Is someone turning a blind eye. In... https://t.co/jtXDb0MhfK

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Wait for it.... https://t.co/rc3owiH2jf

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You can never reduce your impact on the planet to zero but you can make some of it positive.
A beautiful film about caring for our oceans. https://t.co/4IE8hT0xod

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During the 2018 turtle season there was a massive increase in the number of loggerheads... https://t.co/fwE9m0w3Wt

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Includes "18 additions to the checklist of terrestrial biodiversity of the archipelago (ten arthropods, one bird, two fungi, and five flowering plants). Four of them are first records for Cabo Verde, the others for particular islands.... https://t.co/GNpDZPE2vS

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Help keep Caboverdean children safe!
There is growing concern over the number of tours that are visiting children’s projects and areas of poverty on Sal. For that reason the delegate of ICCA (The Caboverdean Institute... https://t.co/wRrmubdFvK

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Good luck to all the nominees! https://t.co/F0sBIETrrk

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MS Thesis opportunity. https://t.co/of1k9f9agt

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Well done to everyone involved in rescuing this juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in São Vicente. https://t.co/xhrhw0QAek

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Final few days to apply for a SWOT grant. They are available in three categories:
Networking & Capacity Building, Science, and Education & Outreach.
Closes 18 November. https://t.co/06kLFvt3gJ

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Hoje estamos no Sal, no Museu e Centro Cultural de Santa Maria para o encerramento da exposição "Aves Marinhas de Cabo Verde" Venha conhecer mais sobre as ilhas desertas e saber como é a experiência de trabalhar e... https://t.co/K3N3wWCRdB

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Oh no, another turtle encased in fishing net :-( 😥😮
Thanks to the team on Boa Vista who saved her. 👍🙏👏 https://t.co/ry7FWU6TbY

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A new approach for measuring temperature inside turtle eggs. https://t.co/XN98WCi7Lm

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Another disoriented turtle found this morning in the same area as yesterday (Ponte Leme, Santa Maria). Well done again Susanne Löfving and Bucari Balde for your vigilance. Thanks to you this turtle was kept safe and... https://t.co/2WuXxoXQgY

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A big thank you to Susanne Löfving for finding this turtle this morning in the area of Ponte Leme on the eastern part of Santa Maria, Sal island. She had obviously come out to nest but become disorientated by the... https://t.co/HL12aJGnXe

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A Biosfera 1 vem por este meio, solicitar a população de São Vicente apoio para transporte de voluntários para vigilância das praias de nidificação de tartarugas marinhas.
Infelizmente, esse deveria ser um apoio de... https://t.co/YJ3csqEZsS

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Did you know that a large amount of Sal's coastline is within a protected area? Unfortunately this has not stopped a lot of hotels from being built close to the... https://t.co/OSRXpgkB0V