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The 2022 nesting season welcomes 114,000 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings in Cape Verde
RIU
Hotels & Resorts, which operates six hotels in the destination
and prioritises the protection and conservation of its biodiversity as part of
its CSR objectives, has supported these organisations for years. Hatching took
place on the islands of Sal and Boa Vista in Cape Verde, an
archipelago that has established itself as one of this species’ most important
breeding grounds in the world.
This season, the
island of Boa Vista became home to 60% of the total number
of turtle hatchlings in Cape Verde, with 32,868 nests. Of this
total, 6,091 have remained under the care of Bios.CV within
the Reserva Natural das Tartarugas. The hatchery had a high success rate,
with 38,480 hatchlings being released into the sea. Bios.CV also
monitored 2,595 of these turtles and rescued 13 from death.
In addition, the organisation carried out experiments in the nests to find
solutions to the serious threat of global warming.
Projeto
Biodiversidade recorded a total of 16,033 nests on the island
of Sal. Of these, 1,715 were distributed among the
organisation's 5 hatcheries, which released 76,231 hatchlings
into the sea. The largest, located on the beach in front of RIU’s hotels on the
island, was home to more than half of these nests. What’s more, the
organisation patrolled 24.2 km of the island’s coastline and
monitored 4,266 turtles. On the island of Sal, all nests in built-up
areas are protected in hatcheries, which play a key role in minimising the
impact of tourism and light pollution.
Another important
achievement this season was the reduction in turtle hunting, falling from 440 catches
in 2021 to 135 in 2022. To better protect the nests,
the hatcheries are monitored and supervised by Bios.CV and Projeto
Biodiversidade volunteers. Thanks to the hotel chain's support, part of the
surveillance team, which is made up of some twenty people, have a camp on the
beach. In this way, the company helps protect the loggerhead sea turtle, which
is classified as vulnerable in the IUCN (International Union
for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. This means that it
is at high risk of becoming an endangered species. RIU's contribution to this
project is part of its objective to increase social investment in all
destinations where it operates, striking a balance between its business
presence and involvement in local development.
Image Credit: © RIU
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