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Gabon Battles for Baby Sea Turtles' Survival
Eco-rangers at Pongara Beach protect nests from erosion and predators despite delays in wages affecting 580 staff, vital for global leatherback turtle conservation, officials said.
- Conservationists and eco-rangers patrol Gabon's 900 kilometres of coastline daily to protect sea turtles, while volunteers from the Project Turtles Tahiti Gabon association monitor hatchery nests near Libreville.
- Following the suspension of grants by the administration of President Donald Trump, conservation efforts face severe challenges; turtle monitoring activities have "stopped or slowed down drastically," according to Edouard Moussavou.
- Payment delays leave the around 580 eco-rangers unpaid for two months, and Sosthene Ndong Engonga, secretary-general of the National Union of Gabonese Ecoguards, warned, "We have expenses we can no longer cover."
- Nests remain threatened by coastal erosion and predators, preventing eggs from reaching their 60-day incubation period; however, Francois Boussamba noted, "If there are turtles, it means our ecosystem is sound and healthy."
- On Pongara beach, 40-year-old Alain Banguiya carries out night patrols hoping to spot nesting leatherback turtles, stating, "We have a duty to fight to the end, to keep our spirits up.
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