Extinction in the ocean

Concerned about the health of the oceans and their biodiversity, La Tortuga Foundation gave several awareness talks in the search to alleviate the worrying extinction present in our seas and represented in the sea turtles, ancestral survivors of them.

Concerned about the health of the oceans and their biodiversity, La Tortuga Foundation gave several awareness talks in the search to alleviate the worrying extinction present in our seas and represented in the sea turtles, ancestral survivors of them.

The preschool and 6th grade of basic education of the Dr. Pedro Centeno Vallenilla Educational Unit of Barcelona got to know these reptiles closely and had the opportunity to practice with their teachers, the good behavior on the beach as a way to respect the heavy females in their nesting time and the tiny turtles on their way to conquer the beach coast. They reinforced the talk with spectacular drawings and elaborate pieces made with putty.

The company Petrolera Sinovensa, fulfilling its Corporate Responsibility quota, also invited the Fundación La Tortuga team to have the opportunity to learn more about this part of biodiversity, which needs the responsible action of human beings in the face of the threat of the disappearance of species that are still present with everything against them. A total of 40 people filled the room with many questions and interventions to know the details of the life cycle and environmental problems that sea turtles go through and expressed the desire to belong to the RAO Anzoátegui team.

THE OCEAN

The body of water that occupies approximately 70% of the earth’s surface is threatened by illegal fishing, plastic waste, and carbon emissions, among other variables that have much of its biodiversity on the verge of extinction.

On June 8, World Ocean Day is celebrated around the world, and countries of the world agree that the celebration will soon cease to be a sad reminder of what was not done to maintain it.

And the fact is that "The climate machine needs, for its proper functioning, an ocean in good health and alive", but climate change has already disturbed life in its bosom and this could "disappear little by little", warned Unesco.

Unesco points out that it is imperative to obtain ambitious agreements for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. This will help to strengthen the ocean’s capacity to mitigate climate change, to meet the adaptation challenges of coastal and littoral regions - island countries often being the most vulnerable - and to integrate sustainable marine and coastal management projects into climate financing mechanisms.

Unesco also stresses the need to develop innovative solutions for energy, food, and maritime transport and to continue scientific research to better understand ocean-climate interactions.

The ocean is not a resource like any other, but the one that makes all the others possible; it produces half of the air we breathe.

WWF also works to mitigate the effects of climate change on the ocean and its flora and fauna.

Sea turtles often have to swim against the current. Threatened by bycatch, loss of habitat and the taking of their eggs, these millennial navigators face drastic changes due to the warming of their marine world.

On beaches around the world, WWF biologists work day and night monitoring sand and nesting temperatures. Their data show the changes that are happening and help experts design the most effective solutions. Turtle hatchlings face many predators as they crawl from the nest into the ocean after hatching. But climate change could result in fewer hatchlings, or a disruption of the balance with an excess of hatched females.

Help us in this task of saving the ocean, the turtles...the planet!