Green sea turtles hatch in Penghu first time in 12 yrs. / 澎湖沙灘綠蠵龜孵化 志工守候記錄          

An interesting fact for you, among all the seven types of sea turtles in the world, five could be found in Penghu. Recently, a nest of Green Sea Turtle eggs hatched on the beach of Penghu's Hushi Township, and local NGO volunteers recorded the spectacular moment on tape. ==CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS Penghu == They are hatching, coming out. Wow, so cute. Wow, oops, they are running to the wrong direction. What shall we do? Local conservation volunteers go to sea shore every few hours and record what they saw. After more than a month of waiting, on July 31st, volunteers finally recorded the hatching of green sea turtles. ==OU WAN CHIANG, conservation volunteer== Around 45-50 years ago, there was not much food, locals saw turtles hatching eggs, and they dug up and ate turtle eggs. Now our food is sufficient, we need to repay nature, and undertake conservation. This is Penghu's Huxi Township beach, approximately 50 green sea turtles are crawling towards the ocean. This is rare, because county government records show the last time green sea turtles hatched eggs on the township's beach was twelve years ago. ==CHEN CHIU LIN, Founder, I am Turtle Group == We know Penghu has many islands, sea turtles have many places to lay eggs. However we could not ascertain all this information. Therefore we asked locals to help us to record eggs hatching in all areas. There are seven types of sea turtles in the world, and Penghu has five types of them. Penghu thus had become an important conservation area for sea turtles. Penghu's Wangan Township is Taiwan's first place which established protected hatching areas for green sea turtles. The Association had trained local conservation volunteers and they finally filmed valuable videos on turtle egg hatchings, and the videos will become visual materials for conservation education. Volunteers' efforts have finally paid off from Mother Nature. TRANSLATED BY:ANTHONY LIN ==當地志工 == 冒起來了 冒起來了 喔 哇 牠們跑錯方向了怎麼辦 當地保育志工每隔幾個小時,就到沙灘記錄,等了一個多月,在7月31號這天,終於拍到綠蠵龜孵化。 ==澎湖林投沙灘紀錄志工 歐萬強== 45到50年前 那個時候嘛 那個時候 食物來源不充足 (居民)有看到海龜產卵 就會挖回來吃那個蛋 可是到現在我們 生活已經不虞匱乏 所以我們當然應該要做一點回饋 要做一點保護呀 這裡是澎湖湖湖西鄉林投沙灘,大約有50隻左右的小綠蠵龜,奮力游向大海。這樣的景象對志工來說太難得,因為根據縣府的紀錄發現,上次有海龜在林投沙灘產卵,已經是12年前的事情了。 ==台灣愛龜協會發起人 陳久林== 因為我們所能知道的就是 澎湖它很多的島嶼 (海龜)產卵棲地的分布是很多的 但是資訊上來講的話 並不是這麼的明白 那我們是想藉由 在地的一個居民 幫幫忙 幫我們調查說 這一邊(每區)海龜的產卵狀況 全世界七種海龜,澎湖就孕育了五種,也讓澎湖成了保育海龜的重點地區,而望安鄉更是設置台灣第一個綠蠵龜產卵的保護區。 台灣愛龜協會為了協助保育生態,訓練在地志工,綠蠵龜孵化當天,正是開課的日子,協會發起人提醒志工,綠蠵龜孵化的日期可能快到了,志工密集觀測,果然拍到珍貴的畫面,成了最天然的活教材,也讓志工們很開心,說他們長年的努力,終於有成果出現,對未來生態的保育更有信心。 記者 王柔婷 陳顯坤 澎湖報導

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