Malekula’s Marine Turtle Community Conservation making a difference

Noel Kaibaba and Philip Vanuau of Bamboo Bay, Malekula entering turtle nest data into Kobo Toolbox, an online smart-phone data collection App, as part of the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative in Vanuatu. Image: Christopher Bartlett, Resilience
May 28, 2022
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Malekula’s Marine Turtle Community Conservation is making a difference in concerted efforts to save Vanuatu’s sea turtles. “We have to do everything we can to save sea turtles in the country,” Noel Kaibaba of Bamboo Bay, Malekula said. “Baby turtles are being hit hard by climate change, wild dogs, fishing nests and even people still eating their eggs.”

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BIEM initiative
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