Baby turtles.

Cape Verde has the third largest population of Caretta caretta turtles, which is a species considered endangered (EN) in the IUCN Red List. There are many threats to this species, but in Cape Verde the human predation is one of the factors that most threaten the species.

Journey to the sea - the future.

The natural hazards are also varied and the ghost crab on land is the worst because they prey the eggs in the nest, causing massive destruction of several thousand eggs. To prevent this massacre are created a hatchery area where the eggs are translated and placed in a safe zone (the nests are surrounded by a net just beneath the sand), providing a very high survival rate. The constructions of these nurseries also have the advantage of being able to take biometric data on important nesting species and protect the new-borns from other predators such as birds and cats. This project aims to install a hatchery on the island of St. Luzia that despite belonging to a Marine Protected Area is infested with ghost crab and cats and many of the nests are destroyed.