Summer has begun and the period of sea turtle hatching also warms up the engines – in recent days a deposition has already been recorded among the sunbeds on the beach of Laigueglia in the Savona area, in Liguria – and we need to go back to monitoring the coast to be able to identify traces and nests of sea turtles which are now increasingly choosing the Apuoversiliese coasts. The WWF educational center of Ronchi, always on the front line together with the University of Pisa and Arpat for training and monitoring and in general ensuring that these animals always find the best conditions and the right privacy for their reproductive activities, organize for Thursday at 6.30pm a training meeting focused on the search for traces and the biology of sea turtles.
Doctor Cecilia Mancusi of Arpat Toscana and professor and researcher Marco Zuffi of the University of Pisa will take part in the free-entry initiative. The WWF educational center in Ronchi is now an essential garrison of a vast area, thanks also to the wild animal recovery center connected to the turtle project.
Last year – as Dr. Mancusi explained – there was an explosion of the phenomenon, a year to remember with 23 nests registered in Tuscany when in 2022 5 were registered: numbers on the rise, therefore.
For some years now, Caretta Caretta turtles have increasingly chosen to return to lay their eggs on our coasts, which is why it is important to be ready and welcome them in the best possible way.
