The island was named Offensive. Achieve certainly needs a boat. After pengurugan (Reclamation), the water gate toward the island transformed into the concrete. No longer need a boat to cross, turn on your vehicle and arrived on the island memories.
Island Memories attacks, so the title of the song was composed I Gusti Bagus Ngurah Arjana. This excerpt, Trimalah greeting salute / Attack island memories .. Also there is a call, Turtle Island in the 1970s. "The late Prof. Good Ngurah which from (campus) Literature used to call Turtle Island, "said Wayan Geria, managers and Turtle Conservation Education Center or the Turtle Conservation and Education Centre (TCEC).
Turtles were bred there. Some are from eggs, some in their teens and deposited due to illness, purchased from fishermen and so on. Turtles that reside there.
Around 10 am, Made Danta was draining the water in the pond, where the hatchlings swim kind of timeless. Their age there is a month and 2 weeks. Swimming they certainly are separated. To avoid mutual nip between them.
"The age of 0-5 months of age that are susceptible to the hatchlings," said Wayan Geria.
Among those threatened cannibalism. Sure enough, in the west of the pond, a green plastic basket was floating. In it a 3-month-old hatchlings were injured amid compeng wings.
Shortness of Breathing
In the hall, there are fifteen pool with a size of 2.5 x 2.5 meters, the enlargement for the hatchlings. There was also the hatcheries on the east side, to the south there is a swimming turtle-shaped bodies for exhibition for over a year-old turtle. They were fed fish and seaweed lemuru. Pools are cleaned every day, to avoid the rest of the fat in foods that make the dive congested breathing.
Turtle conservation and education center was built on a concept called 3E plus organizer as socio-cultural elements. "Education, ecology and economy," said Geria. The story, at the beginning of this place was built as a place of exploitation of sea turtles. To ensure the presence of turtles for ceremonial needs. "So there stocknya and not arbitrary," he continued.
In the hall, the turtles for ceremonial purposes is lined with nets. As a separator that is for the purpose of the ceremony, so the explanation Made Danta.
Visitors will see a glimpse of the cycle, both in the diorama pictures, videos central hall, or directly on the enlargement. Ecology, extensive environmental aspects. "There is no function conservation," said Geria. Turtle conservation is becoming a hot issue. Wayan Geria story, in 2003 the issue was raised as a turtle conservation companion Bali recovery movement after the 2002 Bali bombings. A non-governmental organization, WWF won the grant, then dibarengilah well as saving the environment precisely on turtle conservation. "Due to economic factors, conservation consciousness is lost," said Geria.
Previously, trade and slaughter of turtles is still thriving. "That set the wildlife conservation Act No. 5 of 1990, and the Ministerial Regulation No. 7 and. 8, only it is forbidden, "he added.
Wayan Geria story, once in the 1980s, the former Minister of Research and Technology, BJ Habibie stop by to attack the island. Of Nusa Dua saw there a beautiful island. He saw people selling buy, cut the turtle, which is also seen in Tanjung Benoa. "Maybe he thought this could be where the turtle-penyunya," the story of Geria. Maybe he brought the information to the center, and then began to be developed.
In short, in 1982, established a pilot project, turtle breeding building on the beach attack. Its location is at TCEC now. The difference is a lot. There is only one hall, pool-sized pond is as high as the human body. Being in front of him, on the beach, the pool was established eight plots.
Millenary
Unfortunately, after the age of the pilot project ended, around 1987, the place was mangkrak. Covered large trees, inhabited by lizards and snakes, overgrown with vines. New in the years 2003-2004 there began discussions and plan for restoration. "In 2005, only slightly improved TCEC," said Geria.
"Nonsense, if there is conservation funds, unlike existing NGOs cold cash," said Geria. Because it is necessary financing for operations and welfare, and economic functions were attached. For that, the place is also used as the object of tourism. He make tour packages. Varied, there were worth USD 25,000.
But Geria not want to apply a special admission to visitors TCEC. "If ditiketkan it would be a business," said Geria. To accomplish that, there are donations, adoption hatchlings and visits from students, tour packages.
Adoption. Yes there are dive-dive that adopted and then released back into the sea. As the ceremony on TV, preaching about the release of hatchlings on the beach by these parties. They adopted and appreciated the range of USD 30,000 to the top for old hatchlings range 3 weeks - 3 months. Adoption rates depending on the season.
More or less stock dive and age. Because not many hatchlings that survive. Chances are they can live approximately 30% - 50% of the original amount they hatched in one nest.
Turtle eggs was obtained from the fishermen. For every point priced at Rp 3,000. Made from Danta story, there just are buying turtle eggs for personal consumption. Fishermen had earlier directed to bring the eggs he got. "Normally valued a little more expensive," said Made Danta. Diorama in the central building, illustrates how fragile turtle eggs against predators, plastic residues, illegal sales.
Seasons according Made turtle nesting, around July-August. And the most widely layover spawn in waters off Bali is the kind of timeless ..
Expansion of land covering 380 acres. Either Is that also a nesting area that could dilabuhi the turtle. Turtles are threatened. He did not like the turtle can easily hide behind the shell. People were hunting for meat and oil. Perhaps not a few who can reach hundreds or could evolve age range of Galapagos tortoises are famous.
In a breeding place else in attack, Citra Garden turtle, green sea turtles are a pair of 50-year-old. Her body is great and the length is about 1:30 meters. A pair of turtle that can survive in a pool until the age of 50 years. Maybe they want to live for hundreds of years or perhaps thousands of years. As said Anwar, perhaps they also want to live a thousand years.
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