Turtle float to help people ‘connect with the ocean’
The Hindu
It begins its journey along the ECR on World Cleanup Day
To commemorate World Cleanup Day, the U.S. Consulate-General Chennai in partnership with Tree Foundation and United Way Chennai flagged off a mobile turtle float on Saturday.
World Cleanup Day is a social action programme observed globally to combat the problem of solid waste, including marine debris.
Kathryn Flachsbart, acting U.S. Consul General in Chennai, and Indian Coast Guard officials flagged off the float in a live-streamed event. From conservation organisation Tree Foundation in Neelankarai, the float travelled along the East Coast Road to Mahabalipuram. Till the campaign ends in November 2021, the float will be in public view and visit fishing villages, beaches, a tourist spot and a fishing harbour. “For more than 100 million years, sea turtles have been protecting the oceans by maintaining productive coral reef ecosystems and transporting essential nutrients from oceans to the beaches and coastal dunes. Protecting and increasing the sea turtle population will contribute to our oceans’ health for years to come,” said Ms. Flachsbart. Ocean health was a shared climate challenge.
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