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RESULTS


  1. In the 96/97 season, TAMAR reached the figure of 2,500,000 hatchlings released on the beach.

  2. Hardly any nests have been destroyed by humans in the area the Program covers. In Praia do Forte, no nests at all have been destroyed.

  3. Over 70% of the nests remain in their original sites.

  4. Effective participation of the communities in the program, standing on a peaceful and loyal relationship in which mutual trust prevails.

  5. The sea turtle publicity has fostered ecotourism in the areas where TAMAR operates; this has created direct and indirect jobs, bringing about changes in the social and economic reality of these communities.

  6. It has provided training to local labor, offered technical and professional improvement to 60 university students from Brazil and abroad every season, and received 20 volunteers in that same period.

  7. More than 200 children attend the public nursery / kindergarten center the Program supports, in Praia do Forte, Bahia.

  8. 30 direct jobs have been created for the women who work on the Pro-TAMAR clothes manufacturing workshop, in Regência, Espírito Santo.

  9. Children of the community of Regência are being trained in the Recycled paper workshop.

  10. It has offered job opportunities for more than 20 women who are part of the Embroidery Group, in Pirambú, in the state of Sergipe.

  11. It supports the creation and implementation of cultural and recreational centers for children and young people.