The Antique Provincial Board approved a resolution urging the protection of the nesting area of sea turtles during their regular session on Monday.<\/p>\n
Board Member Karmila Dimamay, vice chairperson of the committee on environment who introduced the resolution, said there is a need to protect the Madrangca Beach in San Jose de Buenavista, which has been a nesting place for sea turtles for decades.<\/p>\n
Dimamay said the ongoing expansion of the esplanade in the area threatens the place of sea turtles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am urging the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to come up with a mechanism for the protection of the sea turtle nesting area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said that sea turtles are a significant part of the environment and critical to the health of the marine ecosystem.<\/p>\n
\u201cSea turtles are unique; it takes 20 -30 years for them to mature and lay eggs,\u201d she said, adding that one of their special features is that they always return to the area where they were born.<\/p>\n
San Jose de Buenavista Municipal ENRO Madelyn Pagunsan said the nesting time for sea turtles is from June to October.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast June 29, there was one sea turtle that laid 98 eggs in the nesting area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
They failed to count the eggs of another sea turtle that laid eggs on July 9.<\/p>\n
The municipal ENRO and the PENRO manage the Pawikan Center, established in 2021 in Madrangca Beach.<\/p>\n
Pagunsan added that only in May they released to the sea four turtles that underwent rehabilitation at the center.<\/p>\n
She said the resolution, authored by Dimamay, is necessary to protect the nesting area of sea turtles. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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