Environmental activities aimed at the conservation and protection of marine fauna

On November 28, the Fundación La Tortuga team went to the auditorium of the Engineering Department of the Universidad Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho (Ugma) to give a talk on sea turtle awareness as part of the RAO Anzoátegui project.

On November 28, the Fundación La Tortuga team went to the auditorium of the Engineering Department of the Universidad Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho (UGMA) to give a talk on sea turtle awareness as part of the RAO Anzoátegui project.

The activity was attended by a large number of students and professors of the university, where an open call was made to all students of the Environmental Engineering program.

The students were able to obtain important information about sea turtles thanks to the research carried out for more than 30 years by Biologist Pedro Vernet.

The conference began with the words of welcome offered by Professor Dulce Maria Chirinos, Coordinator of the School of Environment, then the Environmental Education Coordinator of La Tortuga Foundation, Gaizkale Garay Diaz introduced the attendees to the topic that was going to be discussed during the talk and invited everyone to participate in the RAO Network.

The topics covered by Vernet made known the complex life cycle of sea turtles and the problems for their preservation. The aforementioned topics are discussed in more detail in the workshops, including how to work with the data collection form, an essential tool for volunteers who will have the task of covering an event with these reptiles.

At the end of the talk, a certificate of participation was given to the student Ramón Herrera, who is an RAO leader for having participated in the first basic workshop given last September and promoter of this talk at this site where he is studying Environmental Engineering.

Monitoring work

Continuing with the development of this project, last Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30, several tours were carried out from Mochima to the Isletas de Puerto Píritu, an activity that was rewarded with the identification of feeding areas, sightings, and censuses from the boat and submarines. Also the addition of more nesting activity, which we are very happy about because it will increase the number of turtles in the State.

"It is thanks to the information transmitted in our talks and educational meetings that all those interested will know what to do and how to act in the event of an event with these reptiles, which are threatened and on the verge of extinction", said biologist Vernet.