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Dec 05, 2008 |
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 Conservation Week and turtles.
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Cozumel's Marine Park held a program of ecological events last week to
mark National Conservation Week.
Students held environmental debates about Cozumel, a fair was organized and a
marina and beaches were cleaned. |
The activities formed part of a national event organized by Mexico's National
Commission for Protected Natural Areas.
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Separately, the Turtle Protection Project, PROTOMAR, said they'd recorded
2,300 turtles nests on the island's east coast, 3 times as many as the previous
year.
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 Baby turtles protected. |
The project is made up of different volunteer 'protection brigades' that record
where turtles make their nests during the laying season and help protect them.
They said that in their 6 months of operation this year, 3,800 people had
helped and a total of some 220,000 turtles had been released.
Visit our Tourist Information section for more about the Marine Park.
Related stories:
"Half A Million Turtles In 3 Years" Mar 30, 2008.
"Turtle Lessons Learnt" Nov
13, 2007.
"More Than 800 Turtle
Nests" Aug 8, 2007.
"Turtle Savers Seek
$10,000" Mar 7, 2007.
"Record-Breaking Turtle
Season" Jul 26, 2006.
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