Provincial site
Bataan Sea Turtles
- Bataan
- About 3 hours 20 minutes by bus
- Bataan Sea Turtles
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About the site
About 3 hours and 20 minutes from ISM by bus, Bataan Sea Turtles gives ISM students the chance to visit the beaches and learn about sea turtles and the environmental harm done to them. Students at this site also visit a local school and donate school materials.
Is this site for you?
- Type of workSea turtle conservationBeach clean-upsInterviews
- You'll work withLocal children and the Bataan Sea Turtles team
A good fit if you love being outdoors and want to learn how conservation and changing laws affect a coastal community.
Site objectives
- Working with local children and learning about sea turtles
- Interviews with local people about current events in Bataan and how changing laws have affected them
- Hands-on activities, such as sea turtle nesting work and beach clean-ups, rather than just listening
Sustainability Compass
Which points of the Sustainability Compass this site mainly addresses
- NNatureSea turtle nests, poaching and beach pollution
- EEconomyTurtle eggs being taken and sold
- SSocietyHow changing laws have affected local people
- WWellbeingNot a main focus here
Targeted UN goals
I learnt about how the sea turtles were being impacted by poaching and pollution, specifically how their [population] was decreasing because their eggs were being taken and sold.
