Conheça nosso Gerente de Projecto - Meet our nesting season Project Manager

É com alegria e orgulho que apresentamos o mais novo membro da equipa Turtle Foundation - Cabo Verde. José Eduino Tavares, mais conhecido como Barroso, desempenhará a função de gerente de projecto da temporada de desova e já encontra-se a trabalhar activamente na conservação das tartarugas marinhas de Cabo Verde.

José Eduino M. Tavares é Psicólogo, multifacetado, nasceu na Cidade da Praia, ilha de Santiago, Cabo Verde. Define-se como uma pessoa de fácil trato, mestre nas relações humanas, fã da vida e adepto da liberdade.

Cidadão do Mundo assumido, defensor de causas da Humanidade, desde cedo integrou o movimento escutista, mas foi na Cruz Vermelha que desenvolveu o seu lado Humanitário.

Motivado em contribuir para a construção de um mundo mais igualitário, já liderou alguns movimentos nomeadamente estudantil, religioso, filantrópico e ambientalista.

“Estou empenhado em contribuir com o meu modesto conhecimento para a prossecução dos objectivos da Turtle Foundation - Cabo Verde, organização que aprendi a amar e a respeitar. Amar e defender as tartarugas são as minhas prioridades."

Barroso, the Turtle Foundation nesting season Project Manager.

We are proud to present the new nesting season Project Manager of Turtle Foundation - Cabo Verde. José Eduino Tavares, also known as Barroso, is already actively working for sea turtle conservation in Cape Verde.


José Eduino M. Tavares is a Psychologist, born in Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde. He is an easy going person, a master in human relations, a fan of life and a defender of freedom.


He is an active community citizen and an advocate of the causes of humanity.  At an early age he joined the Scout movement and was in the Red Cross, where he developed his humanitarian side.


Motivated to contribute to building a more egalitarian world, Barroso led some progressive movements, in student, religious, philanthropic and environmental issues.


"I am committed to contribute with my knowledge toward the achievement of the Turtle Foundation's goals, an organization that I learned to love and respect. To love and protect the turtles are my priorities."  

World Turtle Day celebrated in Mindelo

The World Turtle Day (23rd May) was very well celebrated in Mindelo, in a special event organized during the annual meeting of the Cape Verdean Sea Turtle Network, TAOLA.

Schools, community and all the several organisations involved in sea turtle conservation in Cape Verde that were attending the TAOLA meeting celebrated together the World Turtle Day with music and artistic presentations at the main square in Mindelo.  


The activities were promoted by TAOLA group, in partnership with the delegation of the Ministery of Education, Ponta D'Pom Association and Handcraft Association of Mindelo, and sponsored by CV Telecom.


Congratulations to the organizers of this very nice event and a big thank you to the sponsors.


*also thanks to the colleagues from Karumbé Project, Uruguay, for the inspirations for the turtle costumes! :-)

Entrepreneurs of Cape Verde: Jacquie Cozens of SOS Tartarugas.

Check the interview that Jacquie Cozens of SOS Tartarugas, from Sal Island, did recently to the website Entrepreneurs of Cape Verde:

http://atlantico-weekly.com/entrepreneurs-of-cape-verde/

If you want to know more about SOS Tartarugas' conservation work in Sal, check their blog:

http://turtlesoscaboverde.blogspot.com/

Needed: Interns for morning patrols (Census)

Bettina and Roger checking a turtle track at the beach of Curral Velho.

Morning patrol/census interns will spend 75% of their time doing morning patrols and the 25% doing night patrols. Interns in this position will gain valuable experience in track identification and nest finding.

The accommodation will be at the camp of Lacacao and the participation cost will be reduced from the normal volunteer fees to help with the longevity of their stay. 

Boa Esperança's team on the way to the beach of Agua Doce.

               

Interns are expected to get involved in all different areas of work in Lacacao but the main duties will be the morning patrols. You will be working closely with the nest- and hatchery manager.

The conservation interns Emma and Ollie relocating
a nest on Ponta Pesqueiro beach.

Time period available:

 15^th June - 15^st of October 

(minimum 8 weeks)

Carrie and Lioba during a morning survey on Curral Velho.

Click here for the Application form 

Contact: 

 volunteers@turtle-foundation.org

New website

Have you seen our new website?

It has now a new format, easier to read and navigate around the menus, and is available in English, Deutsch and Português.

We welcome your feedback! 

Berau Data online at The State of the World's Sea Turtles

Thanks to Turtle Foundation's lead biologist, Dr. Thomas Reischig, our data on green sea turtle nesting in Berau from 2002-2010 is now on the global database.

Please see the interactive map at State of the World's Sea Turtles.

Under "Country and Region" click on West Pacific, then click on the red squares on the east side of Borneo  (the large island between Australia to the southeast and Vietnam and Malaysia to the northwest) The map below shows Borneo (the brown part belongs to Indonesia, and the green belongs to Malaysia).

Who wants to be a leader for night patrols?

Caretta caretta returning safely to the sea after nesting.

We are looking for individuals to teach volunteers the skills necessary to patrol at night. Experience is not necessary but helps, more important is enthusiasm and commitment. This position should be considered by people with interest in the subject and planning to stay for the majority of the season.

Nesting turtle 

The skills you will learn are tagging, metal and pit tagging, measurements and depending on the research being undertaken, DNA sampling, parasite sampling and blood sampling.

The time periods for night patrols run from any time in June and go on till October, you must state the time available. The first group of interns must be there for the training course starting in the beginning of June and must be available for at least 2 months. We are also looking for people to work through the high season to the end, from the start of August.

Volunteers watching a turtle laying eggs.

The accommodation will be at the camp of Lacacao and the cost for accommodation and food will be reduced from the normal volunteer fees to help with the longevity of their stay.

Time period available: 15^th of June - 15^th of October (minimum 8 weeks).  

Interns are welcome to stay the whole season from 15^th of June until 1^st of November.

A Loggerhead sea turtle digging her nest.

Click here for the Application form 

Contact: 

 volunteers@turtle-foundation.org

Kids sell sea shells to help sea turtles

8 year old Alden loves sea turtles.  She wrote to Turtle Foundation to tell us she is doing a research project on loggerhead sea turtles, and is selling shells in her front yard to raise money to help us protect these amazing creatures.  She's already raised $12.25.  Here are some pictures of Alden and her friend Ina with their shell-selling stand.  Turtle Foundation is pleased and honored to have Alden and Ina on our team.  Thanks girls!

Needed: Interns for tourism

Tourism interns will work closely with the Tourism Manager and volunteers on the beach of Lacacao. Interns duties will be to inform the general public of the protection polices and management techniques of the Turtle Foundation. 

  

People watching a nest relocation on Lacacao beach. 

Interns will also be expected to help with teaching locals how to run guided turtle tours in a sustainable and environmental friendly way. Ideally the interns applying for this position should be able to speak English and one other language; preference will be given to Portuguese, Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean) or German speakers.

Creole classes, with Meghan,
Peace Corps Volunteer.

Successful candidates will gain valuable experience and insights into the Turtle Foundations sustainable approach to tourism. The accommodation will be at the camp of Lacacao and the cost for accommodation and food will be reduced from the normal volunteer fees to help with the longevity of their stay.

The nest-hatchery manager Red during
a talk by our hatchery on Lacacao beach.

Two time periods are available:

1^st group: from 15^th June - 15^th of August (1 place available)

2^nd group: from 1^st August - 15^th of October (2 places available)

Interns are welcome to stay the whole season from 15^th of June until 1^st of November

 (minimum 8 weeks).

Adults and children listening carefully an explanation about
the threats sea turtles face on Lacacao beach.

Click here for the Application form 

Contact:

volunteers@turtle-foundation.org

Meet our Camp Coordinator: Joana Nicolau

Joaninha e os miúdos do Norte

(NOTE: English translation is below the Portuguese)


Joana Nicolau, carinhosamente conhecida como Joaninha, retornará a Boavista para a coordenação de nossa base comunitária no Fundo das Figueiras, para dar continuidade ao excelente trabalho por ela desempenhado nesta comunidade durante a temporada de 2011.  


No texto abaixo, ela expõe suas motivações e impressões sobre a comunidade do Norte da Boavista.


"Quando penso Cabo Verde, penso em praia, em sol, em areia no pé, mas também penso em cultura e tradição, e poder fazer parte dela nem que seja apenas por alguns meses, deste modo e como coordenadora do Fundo das Figueiras, digo-vos que este é um lugar especial, onde podemos estar perto da comunidade, compreender mais e melhor a sua cultura, as suas tradições, o dia-a-dia de gente simples e com tanta coisa para nos ensinar!

Um jogo de Ouril

É um lugar mágico, aldeia pequena, ruas coloridas pelas suas casas típicas, lugar onde podemos estar simplesmente a descansar à porta de casa e ouvir o som das guitarras, tocando uma morna na esquina ao lado, ou ouvir as risadas das crianças que andam nas ruas a brincar com toda a energia que faz parte delas, podemos dar um passeio pela aldeia pacata e ver pessoas entretendo-se a jogar Ouril, jogo tradicional de Cabo Vede, ou então podemos partir, deixar para trás o Fundo das Figueiras e descobrir lugares incríveis, como as Praias do Canto e do Norte, o Porto das Gatas, lugar de Pescadores onde podemos trocar dois dedos de conversa antes de irem para o mar, podemos escalar montanhas e admirar vistas incríveis, percorrer as paisagens da Ilha da Boavista e descobrir lugares como Ojo de Mar, um oásis perdido no meio de uma paisagem árida onde para lá se chegar é necessário fazer uma caminhada de alguns minutos, cruzando montes e vales… a chegada é magnifica, depois de tanto andar e com um calor infernar, podemos nos refrescar e ficar ali admirando os segredos escondidos que a ilha da Boavista tem para nos oferecer!" Joana Nicolau, Coordenadora da base comunitária da Turtle Foundation no Fundo das Figueiras.

Ojo de Mar

Joana Nicolau, widely known as Joaninha, will be back on Boavista for the coordination of our community stay on Fundo das Figueiras, to continue the great  job she did during the 2011 season.

In the text below, she tells us about her personal motivations and impressions on the community of the North of Boavista.

"When I think about Cape Verde, I think about beach, sun, sand, but I also think about culture and tradition. To be part of it, even if only for a few months, as the coordinator of the project site in Fundo das Figueiras, I can say, is something very special. In this unique place, where we can get close to the community, we can understand much better their culture, their traditions, the day-to-day life of simple people who have so much to teach!

It is a magical place, a small village, where the traditional houses give colour to the streets; it is a place where we can take a rest by the door and hear the music of the guitars, playing the traditional morna at the next corner, or hear the children laughing while running and playing at the streets with all the energy that is part of them; we can go for a walk around the calm village and see people entertaining themselves playing Ouril, traditional Capeverdean game, or we can leave Fundo das Figueiras behind and discover incredible places, like the beaches of Norte and Canto, or Porto das Gatas - a fishermen spot where we can have a chat before they go out to sea; we climb mountains and find ourselves astonished by the amazing views, we can walk through Boavista's landscapes and discover places like Ojo de Mar, an oasis lost in the middle of an arid scenario, which can be reached only after crossing mountains and valleys by foot... the arrival is stunning, after so much walking under an extreme heat, we can cool down and just stand there admiring the hidden secrets Boavista has to offer! " Joana Nicolau, Coordinator of the project site in Fundo das Figueiras.

Volunteers and Interns still needed!

Scientist and military working together towards a common goal:
the protection of the sea turtles.

Nesting season is approaching fast and we still have places available for volunteers and interns in our sea turtle conservation project on Boavista, Cape Verde.

Come and help us to protect the nesting turtles and the hatchlings from poaching and all kinds of disturbances such as littering, light pollution, vehicles on the nesting beaches, etc. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in the research projects and environmental education initiatives. 

Volunteers are needed mainly for Boa Esperança Camp and Fundo das Figueiras; details about the volunteer program can be found here

Also, we still have the following internship positions open:

Nest excavation

• Tourism:
• 3 places for Lacacao Camp

• Leader for night patrols:
• 5 places for Lacacao Camp
• 4 places for Boa Esperança Camp

• Census/morning patrols:
• 2 places for Lacacao Camp
• 2 for Boa Esperança Camp

Detailed information about the internship program: here

Application form: here

Contact: volunteers@turtle-foundation.org      

Informações sobre os programas de estágio e voluntariado encontram-se disponíveis também em Português: aqui