Category: Papua New Guinea
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The Conflict Islands are a group of 20+ uninhabited islands, located in the middle of the Coral Sea in Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The coral atoll is home to a rich, biodiverse ecosystem of marine life, frequented by two particular species of sea turtles; the green and hawksbill turtle. During the summer, I was given…
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In a world where one in every thousand baby turtles reach adulthood, the survival of every endangered green turtle and critically endangered hawksbill turtle counts toward the continuation of their species. Battling predation by crabs and goannas, eroding shores, poachers and rising temperatures, the Conflict Island’s Conservation Initiative plays an important part in increasing the…
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The Conflict Islands in Papua New Guinea are a remote, uninhabited island group in the Coral Sea. This summer I spent two weeks there completing an internship with the Conflict Island Conservation Initiative (CICI), monitoring the local populations of green and hawksbill sea turtles. The Conflict Islands are a highly biodiverse region, and an important…
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During the first two weeks in December, I took place in a volunteer program in Papua New Guinea, tagging and surveying turtle populations among the Conflict Islands. The following was a typical day spent on board the research boat: Majority of our work as volunteers was done during the night, when patrolling the islands in groups…
