Turtle protection mission: The Te mana o te moana association

On Moorea, Tahiti's sister island, the

team is dedicated to protecting the ocean and accomplishes its missions every day with contagious optimism so that future generations can admire the wonders of the Polynesian lagoons.

Mission 1: Conservation

The lagoons are teeming with abundant and varied life, yet highly threatened: global warming weighs on the health of coral reefs, cetaceans are disturbed by disrespectful tourist approaches, sharks are exterminated for their fins, and sea turtles are illegally hunted for their meat.

The association works to preserve these ambassadors of the oceans by, for example, establishing a charter of good conduct for the observation of dolphins and whales, by creating underwater trails dedicated to the discovery of the lagoon or by collecting turtles. poached marines.

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Mission 2: Education

Discover the riches of the lagoon, make young people aware of the threats to the global ocean and above all show that, through simple small gestures, everyone can contribute to the preservation of nature, these are the educational values ​​conveyed by

.

To symbolize this commitment, the association delivers an “ocean citizen passport” to all those of good will, who then become ambassadors of the sea on land.

Mission 3: Research

Te mana o te moana

participates in numerous studies in order to enrich our knowledge of marine ecosystems and thus be able to put in place effective conservation measures.

The study of sea turtles has revealed that five species frequent Polynesian waters.

However, Polynesia represents a territory as large as Europe and determining how turtles use this living space is essential to the implementation of adequate conservation measures.

Satellite monitoring makes it possible to determine the most frequented areas and to know the movements of marine reptiles on this immense territory: thus, an individual fitted with a beacon in 2013 was monitored for more than a year on a journey leading to more than 8000 km north of its release site!

The association also conducts work to establish an inventory of coral reefs that are victims of the so-called “bleaching” disease, partly linked to the warming of reef waters.

This inventory, or “

”, is carried out regularly according to a very strict protocol that all scientists scrupulously follow all over the world.

Finally, the research carried out on cetaceans, sharks and rays aims to determine the impact of tourism on these animal populations and to try to minimize the negative effects linked essentially to unreasonable feeding practices or approaches not respectful.

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