Indeed, the beaches are exposed to increasing urbanization, high swells and erosion causing a decrease in nesting surface for sea turtles.

Last week, Dr Cécile Gaspar, our Founder and Director of Strategy, visited Réunion Island to discuss the protocols implemented since 1999 by CEDTM and Kelonia on a similar project. The latter consists of rehabilitating beaches to help sea turtles lay their eggs on Reunion Island.

Many thanks to the teams at CEDTM – Centre d’Etude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines and Kelonia for sharing their knowledge and contributing to this project!

Partners of the project : IUCN French Committee, Te Ora Naho – FAPE, Tahitian Historical Society and La Délégation de la Polynésie française à la Recherche.

Funding : Fonds verts and Fondation de France

This project in which we welcome artists aims to use art to raise public awareness of scientific knowledge and the issues involved in preserving the marine environment.

The program includes :

• sharing knowledge,
• meeting our residents,
• and feeding our baby turtles

A big thank you to these 3 artists who came to discover the work of our association to get inspired…and perhaps produce a work in connection with sea turtles !

• increasing urbanization
• heavy swells
• and ever-greater erosion
  resulting in a reduction in nesting areas for sea turtles.
  

To reduce this phenomenon, Te mana o te moana teams are taking part in the FA’ATURA TE TAHATAI PROJECT which aims to carry out ecological restoration operations to revegetate certain heavily impacted sites.

On Tetiaroa atoll, our teams are beginning to identify areas where native plant species can be harvested, which will then be placed in nurseries to grow before being replanted on the beaches of interest.

A nature-based solution to encourage sea turtle nesting and limit shoreline erosion.

Partners : Comite francais de l’UICN Te Ora Naho – FAPE Tahitian-Historical-Society

Following their visit as part of an educational program, the class wrote a 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔.

« 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 »

We’d like to thank the students and teachers for this wonderful project.

Thank you for inspiring other students of our Fenua!