21/11/2022
Across more than 1km of beach, long, lean sticks poked out of the burning-hot sand, marking a veritable "X" for treasure – yet, not the glittery kind, but a natural bounty. Empty water bottles, placed upside down on the sticks, were stuffed with paper notes indicating turtle nest sites, the dates eggs were laid and the expected hatching dates. Some 250 nests of endangered green turtles at Guanal are under guard this year.
