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The Restoration and Rehabilitation of Nesting Beaches





Nesting beach of Kélonia (Saint Leu)

Rehabilitation of Kélonia nesting beach
(Saint-Leu, Réunion)



2004



Emergence de tortue

©Laurent Bèche



Tortue au large


jeune tortue au large
de la Réunion (© Kélonia)



Plantation à Saint-Leu


© Marie LAURET-STEPLER / Kélonia



Bébés tortues en résine


© Kélonia



When Reunion was first settled marine turtles were extremely numerous and thousands nested annually on the local beaches. Regrettably they proved a cheap and easily accessible food source and were wiped out over time. Urban development of the coast has not encouraged the re-establishment of nesting.


PUBLICATION

Nesting of Green Turtles in Saint Leu,
Réunion Island.
Ciccione S., J. Bourjea.. (2006),
Marine Turtle Newsletter n°112: 1-3.


Marine turtle nest translocation due
to hurricane threat on Réunion Island.
Ciccione S., Lauret-Stepler M., Bourjea J.
(2008) Marine Turtle Newsletter n°119: 6-8.


Kélonia, the observatory of marine turtles
Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France