A true story of sea turtles use the given adverb in your own sentence . (a) anxiously
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Explanation:
Vishwas (Bhau) Katdare is an animal conservationist
in Konkan, Maharashtra. He is the founder of the
Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra (SNM), 1992, that works
towards the conservation of White-Bellied Sea Eagles, White-Rumped Vultures and Olive Ridley
Turtle nesting sites. He is a member of the
Maharashtra State Wildlife Advisory Board. He is
consistently involved in the education of masses
about wildlife protection and has initiated several
community and action-oriented programmes. The narrative ‘A True story of Sea Turtles’, written by
Bhau Katdare of the Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra is a lesson
on wildlife and ecology protection. The writer talks
about his own experience of a project where he and
his volunteers found a pit of turtle eggs on a beach. A
series of illegal activities unfolded in front of them
such as the theft of turtle eggs, which were either
being eaten or sold in the market. The revelation of
such horrifying stories compelled Sahyadri Nisarg
Mitra to study the sea turtles found on the Konkan
coastline and to contact organisations that worked for
their protection. They found out that it was necessary
to create a safe environment for the eggs to hatch
since turtles play an important role in the marine
ecology and help in keeping the sea water clean. Also,
the alarmingly low survival rate of the turtles under
the sea worried them. After much research and
planning, a Turtle Protection Campaign was launched
at Velas, Taluka Mandangad, District Ratnagiri along
with the Forest Department. This campaign involved
the local people in the protection of the turtle eggs and
achieved huge success as they were able to protect
fifty turtle nests in the first year itself. The day the
shells cracked, a huge number of people gathered to
watch innumerable turtle hatchlings rush into the sea.
After that, various novel concepts and ideas were
implemented to promote the protection of turtle eggs.
The people, who used to steal the eggs earlier, were
now trained and involved in their protection.
Initiatives such as the Kasav Mahotsav (Turtle
Festival) gave the tourists an opportunity to witness
the spectacular sight of the hatchlings rushing into
the sea. The local population also had many
incentives, such as the Turtle Friend Awards and the
Turtle Friends Club, which included the families in
the village, who provided ‘homestay’ facilities to the
tourists. Ten percent of the income from each family
was given to the Turtle Protection Fund. This was a
mutually benefitting process of ‘Conservation of
Nature through Livelihood’, as the villagers
benefited from the influx of the tourists and in order
to retain them, they responsibly protected the turtle
nests and eggs. Almost eight hundred tourists have
started gathering for the festival every year and up to
thirty five families offer ‘homestay’ facilities, thus,
the project at Velas met with unprecedented success.
Thereafter, the project was handed over from the
Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra to the Forest Department,
Gram Panchayat and the Turtle Friends Club in the
villages. The writer, through this inspiring story,
brings out the significance of the contribution of
common people in the protection of many
endangered species of our flora and fauna.