- Thanks to the educational campaigns, the Junquillal
inhabitants have switched from being nest poachers to promoting
their active conservation. - A group of community youngsters,
the “Baula Boys”, trained by the CBP, are engaged in the nightly
monitoring of the beach, the operation of a sea turtle hatchery,
where high-risk eggs are brought in to be protected until the
release of the baby turtles, and in the outreach with lessons
learnt to neighboring communities. - Each year, egg poaching has
decreased and 2008 had a record hatching percentage for
Leatherback nests of 62%, which is extraordinary in times of
climate variability and compared to records from other main
nesting beaches. Poaching switched from being generalized up to
2004, to only 4% of the Leatherback nests during the last
season. - 41,000 hatchlings of three marine turtle species have
meanwhile crawled to the sea at this site. - Artificial light
incidence from public and private lighting has been reduced in
over 75%, due to a participative proc