Sentences with phrase «protected sea turtle nesting»

As of 1963, Tortuguero became a protected sea turtle nesting sanctuary.

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Co-author Dr Matthew Witt from the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter added: «These findings further emphasize the regional and global importance of Gabon's nesting sea turtle populations and places the country in a better position to support and implement measures to protect them.»

«The good news is that the nesting habits of sea turtles do protect them from large - scale nest loss and make them more resilient to this kind of event.

STSL, which is based in Gainesville, Florida, hopes that with this increased appreciation will come a desire to act in ways to help protect and preserve not only sea turtles, but all wildlife and native habitats.»

San Jose - Costa Rica's Capital Tortuguero National Park - 43,000 acres of tropical rainforests, canals and rivers Braulio Carrillo Park - with its famous cascading waterfalls Manuel Antonio National Park - home to the rare and playful squirrel monkey Escallonia Cloud Forest - also referred to as a fog forest Hanging Bridges - 6 suspension bridges winding through the tropical rainforest canopy Poás Volcano - with its mile - wide crater Arenal Volcano - with its softly glowing lava flow Costa Rica Rainforest Hike - with naturalist guides Aerial Tram Ride - glide along the rainforest canopy (a top tourist attraction) Green Turtle Research Station - created to protect Costa Rica's turtle nesting habitat, turtle eggs and young hatchlings Atlantic Turtle Nesting Beaches - witness young turtles race to the sea (during nesting season) Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve - with its mysterious reflecting waters Carara Biological Reserve - Also known as «River of Crocodiles» Visits to Pineapple, Banana & Coffee Plantations Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge - includes Rio Frio boatnesting habitat, turtle eggs and young hatchlings Atlantic Turtle Nesting Beaches - witness young turtles race to the sea (during nesting season) Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve - with its mysterious reflecting waters Carara Biological Reserve - Also known as «River of Crocodiles» Visits to Pineapple, Banana & Coffee Plantations Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge - includes Rio Frio boatNesting Beaches - witness young turtles race to the sea (during nesting season) Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve - with its mysterious reflecting waters Carara Biological Reserve - Also known as «River of Crocodiles» Visits to Pineapple, Banana & Coffee Plantations Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge - includes Rio Frio boatnesting season) Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve - with its mysterious reflecting waters Carara Biological Reserve - Also known as «River of Crocodiles» Visits to Pineapple, Banana & Coffee Plantations Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge - includes Rio Frio boat cruise

In 2014, Sandos Hotels saw 64 protected nests, meaning 5,665 baby turtles found their way to the sea safely through this eco friendly program.

Once the female turtle heads back to sea, the marine biologist or hotel employees will relocate the eggs to a protected area to ensure that nesting sea turtles go undisturbed.

There are also sweeping views of an uninhabited barrier island across the inlet that is a protected nesting spot for loggerhead sea turtles.

Each year from mid-spring through mid-autumn, a portion of the beach at The Ritz - Carlton, Cancun is transformed into a nature sanctuary where the collected eggs of nesting sea turtles are provided a safe and protected environment to incubate.

When you see the turtles, make sure you do not get too close for that photo shoot because the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle is a federally protected animal and they can not be handled or harassed in any way.

If you prefer, you could take a day trip to Costa Rica's most famous national park, the Manuel Antonio National Park, which is about 45 minutes away or you could visit the Playa Hermosa Wildlife Refuge, which protects the Olive Ridley sea turtles that come to nest here every year.

The Hawaii Wildlife Fund sponsors a number of great volunteer programs on Maui, including activities that track and monitor hawksbill and green sea turtles in order to assess the population, protect nests, and assist injured creatures.

Due to being located inside of a National Park, the beach is protected for the nesting of the Giant Leatherback Sea Turtles from October through April.

You can hire a local tour guide who can take you to the sea turtle nesting area at night; no one is permitted to enter the 22 kilometer protected stretch after 6 p.m. without a tour guide.

Mother Caray Green Sea Turtles visit the beaches in the Riviera Maya to lay their eggs and as part of our environmental efforts we protect the nests until they hatch.

Named after the fact sea turtles regularly come to nest on the beaches of this area, El Nido (the nest, in Spanish) became a 360 km ² turtle sanctuary in 1984, which was then enlarged to 900 km ² and established as a protected area named El Nido Marine Reserve Park in 1991.

Aruba is home to several species of sea turtles, and visitors walking Aruba's beaches from March to November will likely encounter areas cordoned off to protect turtle nests.

Las Baulas national park, that protect the leather back sea turtle nesting site (most important nesting site of the country), also include the Playa Grande.

Situated in the counties of Santa Cruz and Nicoya in the province of Guanacaste, the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1984 to protect one of the world's most important nesting sites of the olive ridley sea turtle.

Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, Puerto Rico: Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor — an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle — and protect the island's natural heritage from harmful development.

Updates below This quiet stretch of beach near Limón, Costa Rica, was photographed on May 19 by Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26 - year - old conservationist who regularly patrolled there to protect endangered sea turtles and their nests from poachers (photo of him at work).

Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor — an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle — and protect the island's natural heritage from harmful development.

The turtles aren't quite out of the woods yet (that's a strange image...), because even if they are in areas protected from development, they can still be vulnerable to other threats such as stray logs from nearby forestry operations that drift and clutter beaches, blocking the way for turtles and keeping them from landing, or from going back to sea.