Environment
Glaring lights booming music The moon's peaceful light is insufficient; floodlights are required. An all-out weekend beach celebration. The serene Arabian Sea is to the south of the beach house, while to the north is a hard, uninterrupted row of holiday homes that stretches for kilometers along Turtle Beach in Hawkes Bay on the coast of Karachi.
I went to the Marine Turtle Conservation Unit of the Sindh Wildlife Department at Hawkes Bay in the hopes of seeing a green turtle lay an egg. I learned about the suffering of green turtles via an article written recently by wildlife videographers Ahmer Ali Rizvi and Heba Moeen for the newspaper Dawn. I'd discovered:
The largest turtles are green sea turtles, which have a lifespan of up to 70 years. In each clutch, the female lays up to 110 eggs between September and February. The mother digs a hole, deposits her eggs, and then goes back to the sea, weary, after spending over two hours finding a secure location in the sand. Do to their green blubber, green turtles are given their common name. The chances of the hatchlings surviving are one in a thousand. The adult green turtle, also referred to as the ocean-sweeper, is a herbivore that feeds on algae and seaweed to stay alive.
Tourist-heavy beaches, careless building, automobiles, lighting, poachers, fishing nets, and trawlers all reduce the likelihood of mother turtles producing eggs.successfully and the survival of their hatchlings. Once she lays them, natural predators like dogs and snakes may eat her eggs. When the hatchlings reach the ocean, they may also end up as a meal for an aquatic predator.
As we awaited evening, the beach appeared to be pretty clean. Only at night when they feel secure enough to the turtles venture outside. As we strolled along the beach, we collected Styrofoam and plastic trash that had been carelessly discarded. It was difficult to imagine a beach cleanup effort had just taken place the day before. After dusk, piles of trash burning along the beach road sent up dense plumes of smoke. Since there is no alternative means of rubbish disposal and burning is preferable to dumping in the water, the villagers were burning it. Hundreds of bags made of non-recyclable plastic were torched. Unsurprisingly, there were no turtles seen that night.
A secure beach is what I'm looking for, a green sea turtle. In the world's waters, there are no more than 300,000 of us. I require a secure area of sand where I can lay my eggs. Can I exit the water while swimming along Turtle Beach, where the sand is dry and great for laying my eggs? I feel threatened. There are lots of lights, noise, smoke, and people everywhere. I should continue swimming till I come upon a safer, quieter beach. What if I am unsuccessful in my search? I'm growing weary. On certain beaches, it's become more and more difficult to locate safe areas. What's the issue? On my previous visit, someone ascended on top of me to take pictures. They believed it to be
What is attainable?
* Spread awareness about how irresponsible human behavior is the main threat to the continued existence of the green sea turtle.
* The website of the Sindh Wildlife Club features an enlightening short film on green turtles. Observe it.
* People who are concerned about the turtles include environmental pressure organizations, NGOs, local government, the Sindh Wild Life Department, and businesses with a social responsibility focus.
* Prevent weekend parties, loudspeakers, and bright lights, especially from September to February, when turtles are laying their eggs.
* Place signs explaining the life cycle of turtles and their need for protected areas to lay their eggs along Turtle Beach.
* Adopt construction regulations that protect turtles by requiring at least 400 meters between beach residences.
* Put in place a policy for responsible tourism. Request that guests take their trash home or refrain from littering.
* Launch a program for collecting and disposing of trash in Sands Pit and Hawkes Bay. The answer is not to burn trash made of plastic and paper or toss it into the ocean.
* Raise awareness in colleges and universities. Students can participate in beach clean-up campaigns and the Marine Turtle Conservation Unit's work.
We must understand how Karachiites benefit from this friendly reptile's selection of a section of their shoreline. There is no reason why these visitors shouldn't continue to deposit their eggs on our shores if Karachi's residents are more considerate of how they treat these visitors. We would suffer an irreparable loss if we didn't.
After a few days, fantastic news! I went back to Turtle Beach with a buddy. Although it was the middle of the week, neither parties nor people were present. The beach was empty and in the dark. There was nothing but the sound of the waves and the moonlight. She had excavated a sizable pit in the sand for her eggs, and there she was, resting in it. I couldn't believe my good fortune! Big was she.
She was measured by the marine turtle unit guards to be three and a half feet long, two and a half feet wide, and weighing at least 350 kg. The guards warned us not to use our phone lights or cameras since doing so would prevent her from laying eggs.
When she was done, the guards gathered her eggs, which were spherical, white, and covered in sand. We transported her 71 flawlessly round eggs back to the hatchery of the unit and placed them in safe nests that were each enclosed in a wire cage for protection. The hatchlings won't appear for 40–60 days.
She arrived and took my heart away. I had experienced love at first sight. She has taken my heart with her everywhere she goes. I started wishing for her. To release her hatchlings into the water, I want to go back.
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