GREEN TURTLE CONSERVATION AT KOSOGA SRI LANKA

The luckyfemale green turtle returns to the beach where it hatched. It was lucky because it may have been only one of a hundred that had hatched from its shell in the sand; waddled down the beach; avoided predators above and on the sand; swam in the oceans and avoided sea birds and water predators; survived to maturity and made its way back to its birth beach to lay dozens of eggs to repeat the cycle. Environmental elements and human impacts have placed the green turtle on the endangered list. This unit looks at the situation as those working in the Kosoga Recovery programme follow steps to conserve the green turtle. As if the natural attrition was not enough, this area also faced a devastating tsunami in 2004. Follow the pages and see what is being done. Attachment pages provide materials for students to create their own "Save the Green Turtle" posters. This is a stand alone unit which is linked with a study on Turtle Island in Sabah. Its focus is on lower-middle secondary levels in geography and environmental studies.