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The Nature Conservancy
From Sand to Sea and Back - Solomon Islands Sea Turtles
In the Solomon Islands, the Conservancy teamed up with Arnavons communities to write one of the great conservation stories of our time. Now, you can watch as a new generation of sea turtles come to life and take to the sea.
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The Arnavon Islands have long been an important nesting site for endangered sea turtles, but systematic hunting pushed local populations to the brink.
Over the last two decades, however, local communities have banded together with The Nature Conservancy to protect the Arnavons and sea turtles.
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To aid in the nesting process, monitors protect the turtles' nests from predation.
When the eggs are ready to hatch, the monitors assist the newly hatched turtles in their journey to sea.
The number of sea turtles nesting in the Arnavons has doubled in the last 20 years.
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Support our efforts to save Hawksbill Sea Turtles, each $40 donated lets us tag one more turtle and help protect it.
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Transcript:
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The first time I came here was in 2001, and it was just like yesterday. The first time I arrived here I was so, so amazed that nature had come so, so close, and so it really touches me.
There are two species of sea turtles that are found in the Arnavon. One is the Huxtable Turtle, and the other one is Green Turtle. We have started wondering in 1992, since then until now it is the longest single species of monitoring that ever done in the South Pacific. This sea turtles, it takes a lot of years, 30 years before they mature to come back to nest again, and the lifespan of the turtle is just like human beings, for 70 years, and the turtle that nests here will not nest in any other place in the world. They will always come back to nest where they are born.
The conservation officers go around at night and they monitor the turtles that come in to lay their eggs because turtles come in to lay their eggs at night. We are currently having people that are trained so that they become conversation officers who are well-equipped. So with the information that we get from the monitoring is, is of high regard.
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