Bio-diversity

In-situ turtle nest protection, monitoring through patrolling, beach cleaning, training tour guides, arranging for site guide licenses, education programmes for school children and fishermen, printing of leaflet and poster on sea turtles and on tourism promotion, display of sign boards to protect turtles and income generation for community. The main activity of the project is to get the involvement of the turtle egg poachers and convert them into beach patrollers to protect the turtle eggs. This gives them employment and an opportunity to earn more income by bringing in tourists to watch the turtles while also being conservationists.

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