On the 16th of September, our team went to the CRIOBE/IRCP (Center of Insular Research and Observatory of the Environment / Institute for Coral Reefs in the Pacific) for a workshop on a coral transplantation method. We began with a lecture on coral reefs’ biology and ecology by Laetita Hédouin, a researcher specialized in coral’s early […]
The French Polynesia heard in Hawaii.
Since September and to the 10th September 2016, the IUCN Congress (Union for Conservation of Nature “on the theme of Conservation takes place in Hawaii. During those ten days, the world’s leading governments, the business and scientists, the representatives of NGOs (like our association with the presence of our President Dr. Cecile Gaspar), cultural groups, youth, […]
Beginning of educational programs for school children…
On the 31st of August, the organisation provided its first educational program for this scholar year, for a class from the agricultural secondary school of Moorea. The class visited the Clinic and learned about the ecology of sea turtles, the different species in French polynesia and the threats they have to face. They also learned […]
Launching of the photo-identification of sea turtles in French Polynesia…
The scales on each side of sea turtle’s head are like fingerprints for human : unique to each individual and stable with time. As such, a photograph of a sea turtle’s head allows us to identify this turtle and to follow her in her movements : it’s what we call photo-identification. Unlike conventional tracking methods (tags, satellite […]
Arrival of a new sea turtle at the Clinic …
The Clinic welcomed a new sea turtle this month : Sammy is a young green turtle found by a fisherman who was fishing along the reef in Moorea. As he noticed that the turtle had difficulties swimming, he decided to take her in his boat and bring her back to the Clinic. Sammy has no apparent […]
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