Great Barrier Reef Project Saves 60K Green Turtles
A project to raise the height of a green turtle nesting area has helped save eggs and hatchlings. The project on Raine Island, north-west of Cairns, where 60,000 green turtles lay their eggs, marks a positive start for the five-year project and is hoped to expand on other sites. The Raine Island Recovery Project involved raising the height of a 150 metre stretch of the nesting beach by about one meter to keep the beach stable and eggs safe from flooding throughout the 2015-2016 nesting season. Click the link to read more and watch the video of the work.
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