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GVI.2014.2 October Monthly Achievement report, Jalova ANOTHER SUCCESFUL TURTLE SEASON COMES TO AN END IN TORTUGUERO Objective To support our partners from Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) to gather valuable data in the Southern end of Tortuguero National Par k and contribute to marine turtle conserv ation efforts. To contribute to the 14 th & 15 th Sustainable Development goals, which aim to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; and to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss (1). Summary The Tortuguero National Park (TNP) is one of the most important nesting sites of the endan- gered green turtle in the Western Hemisphere. Global Vision International (GVI) has been working in the Southern part of TNP, in Jalova base, for the last 6 years, working in partnership with the Sea Turtle Society (STC) and the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia (MINAE) in Costa Rica. This report focuses on the green turtle season which runs from June to October, and which this year registered 5000 nests in a 3 mile beach in Jalova base, providing volunteers and staff a great hands on experience contributing to its conservation. Report GVI Jalova operates nightly tagging patrols, daily track counts and nest checks during the nesting season. At night, from April to October, staff and volunteers patrol on foot 3.5 miles – 5.6 km of the beach to collect data and tag nesting sea turtles. During the morning patrols, all tracks from the night before are counted, and marked nests are checked. When an appropriate time has elapsed after hatchling tracks have been observed, the marked nests are excavated for hatching success. This report focuses on the green turtle season which runs from June to October, and which this year counted with a new team, new objectives, new volunteers, and a 3 mile beach ready to receive more than 5000 turtles that would come to nest on the southern end of Tortuguero National Park (TNP). The TNP is one of the most important nesting sites of the endangered green turtle in the Western Hemisphere. Global Vision International (GVI) has been working in the Southern part of TNP, in Jalova base, for the last 6 years, work- ing in partnership with the Sea Turtle Society (STC) and the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia
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October Monthly Achievement report, Jalova
ANOTHER SUCCESFUL TURTLE SEASON COMES TO AN END
IN TORTUGUERO
ObjectiveTo support our partners from Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) to gather valuable data in theSouthern end of Tortuguero National Park and contribute to marine turtle conservation efforts.To contribute to the 14th & 15th Sustainable Development goals, which aim to conserve andsustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; and toprotect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manageforests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversityloss (1).
SummaryThe Tortuguero National Park (TNP) is one of the most important nesting sites of the endan-gered green turtle in the Western Hemisphere. Global Vision International (GVI) has beenworking in the Southern part of TNP, in Jalova base, for the last 6 years, working in partnershipwith the Sea Turtle Society (STC) and the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia (MINAE) in CostaRica. This report focuses on the green turtle season which runs from June to October, andwhich this year registered 5000 nests in a 3 mile beach in Jalova base, providing volunteersand staff a great hands on experience contributing to its conservation.
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GVI Jalova operates nightly tagging patrols, daily track counts and nest checks during thenesting season. At night, from April to October, staff and volunteers patrol on foot 3.5 miles – 5.6 km of the beach to collect data and tag nesting sea turtles. During the morning patrols, alltracks from the night before are counted, and marked nests are checked. When an appropriatetime has elapsed after hatchling tracks have been observed, the marked nests are excavatedfor hatching success.
This report focuses on thegreen turtle season which runsfrom June to October, andwhich this year counted with anew team, new objectives, new
volunteers, and a 3 mile beachready to receive more than5000 turtles that would come tonest on the southern end ofTortuguero National Park(TNP). The TNP is one of themost important nesting sites ofthe endangered green turtle inthe Western Hemisphere.Global Vision International(GVI) has been working in theSouthern part of TNP, in Jalovabase, for the last 6 years, work-
ing in partnership with the Sea Turtle Society (STC) and the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia
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(MINAE) in Costa Rica, the volunteers and staff have carried out different conservation effortsand gathered data on turtle population, dynamics and threats in this area.
The season kicked off in June with a training given by our partners, the Sea Turtle Conserv-ancy to our staff whom during a few days worked side by side with their researchers andassistants in the Northern side of Tortuguero, to ensure the success of the 2015 turtle season.
In June 15th the first nightwalk took place in Jalova, inwhich volunteers and stafflooked out for turtles and sawthem emerging from the sea,crawling into the beach,searching for the perfect spotfor their nest, laying eggs,camouflaging them and get-ting back to the sea. As the
season moved forward, theturtles started to emergefrom all over the place, trackswere found everywhere inthe morning, and at night,staff and volunteers workedas many turtles as possible. All our staff spent enough time with our big turtles, making surethat each nest got marked correctly, and that each nest was safe so that our turtles wouldmade it back to the sea.
Peak season went from the end of August to the start of September, and during this time theteam was been able to see them going through all the process from laying eggs to seeing
hundreds of hatchlings emerge, it was a whole new experience for all of our volunteers, andas always a great experience for our staff.
As we reached the end of the season, we stopped seeing that many moms coming to shoreto nest, in contrast we saw an increase in hatchling tracks, giving the team the perfect closurefor our green turtle season. Our night walks finished on the 29th of October and counted a totalof 5000 turtle nests, from which 81 nests were marked, presenting 85% of survival rate andregistering 80 to 130 eggs each nest.
If you would like to know more about this project please visit http://www.gvi.co.uk/pro-grams/sea-turtle-conservation-costa-rica/
Alejandra Carvallo - Sea Turtle Project Leader & Base Manager.
References1. Sustainable development goals, 16th November 2015, http://www.sustainabledevelop-
ment2015.org/
