Volunteering at the Turtle Wildlife Conservation

Cienna Plant Start Date: Aug 7, 2024 - End Date: Dec 6, 2024
  • Bali, Indonesia

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by: Cienna Plant Start Date: Aug 7, 2024 - End Date: Dec 6, 2024
My goal is to become a veterinarian.  I also want to obtain some experience with international volunteering and am currently enrolled to undertake my Diploma in International Volunteering - Wildlife Conservation.

Travelling to Bali - Nusa Penida - to volunteer at the Bali Wildlife Conservation Centre will assist me in gaining some life and practical experience with Wildlife and Volunteering.  

In Indonesia, the endangered Hawksbill and Green Sea turtles face a number of threats to their survival, including overfishing, pollution and human consumption of their eggs. Young turtles are especially vulnerable and for every sea turtle that hatches, only one in 100 will survive to adulthood. Often they die after eating plastic bags they’ve mistaken for jellyfish or when they get a flipper stuck in a six-pack ring.

This means that efforts to help the turtles include protecting their eggs, nurturing young turtles, rescuing injured turtles and cleaning trash from the ocean. These all contribute to the goal of increasing the turtle population and ensuring that these fascinating creatures are around for many years to come.

IVHQ’s Sea Turtle project on Nusa Penida collects turtle eggs from fishermen and keeps them safe until they hatch and grow big enough to have a good chance of survival back in the sea. Locals also find injured turtles which are treated and rehabilitated by volunteers on this project. Volunteers are key to the project’s ongoing success and its impact on marine life.

As a Sea Turtle Conservation volunteer in Nusa Penida my duties will include:

Feeding and cleaning turtles
Teaching turtles to catch fish
Cleaning tanks and equipment
Crab catching
Beach clean-ups
Street area cleaning
Construction in the turtle center
  • Bali, Indonesia

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