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World Sea Turtle Week – Egypt 2021

Celebrating the world turtles week, starting by “World Oceans Day 8th of June, ending by “World Sea Turtles Day” 16 of June

we will be raising awareness through our Facebook and Instagram 

Every day we will talk about a different turtle species.

Every day we will discus a diffrent topic related to sea turtles protection.

Every day we will acknowledge a figure that had an impact on sea turtle protection and rescue in Egypt .

Every day we will tell the story of a rescued sea turtle,  rescued by Alexandria turtle and wildlife rescue team. 

In addition to a workshop for kids.

 

From 8th of July till the 16th of July, we started an awareness campaign on social media, starting by “World ocean day” ending by “World sea turtle day”.

Every day raised awareness about a sea turtle species, a topic related to sea turtles protection and conservation, posted videos, a tribute to a person who had a great impact in turtle rescue, actually a person who helped Alexandria turtle and wildlife rescue team, as we are the sole team or organization that rescues turtles in Egypt. In addition to a story of a difficult rescue case that was successfully done by the team.

Day 1 

World ocean day 

Day 2

Flatback sea turtle 

Coastal development and tourism and its effect on sea turtles 

A tribute to Barbara Hultman

Alexandria turtle and wildlife rescue team founding member

Day 3

Kemps Ridley sea turtle

Ocean pollution 

A tribute to His excellancy Dr Khaled Fahmy former minister of environment 

Day 4

Olive Ridley sea turtle 

Sea turtles meat and egg consumption 

A tribute to Amer Mahmoud 

 Founding member of Alexandria turtle and wildlife rescue team 

Day 5

Loggerhead sea turtle

Entanglement and fishing gear

A tribute to Lobna Mehanna 

Honorary member of Alexandria turtle and wildlife rescue team 

Day 6

Hawksbill sea turtle 

Turtle shell trade

Tribute to Her Majesty’s  Britanic consul general  Wendy Freeman 

Day 7

Green turtle 

Climate change 

A tribute to a group of people who are supporting the turtle rescues

Day 8

Leatherback sea turtle 

Plastic pollution 

Day 9

World sea turtle day

We ended the week by an online workshop for kids.

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