Turtle Tales: How Tamil Nadu Shields Hatcheries Against Climate Change

In what’s being seen as a pioneering initiative, turtle conservation is turning climate change resilient in Tamil Nadu. 

The state Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department is guarding its forty five  Olive Ridley hatcheries along the coast from rising temperature and changing rainfall patterns. Authorities have deployed data loggers to  monitor and maintain optimum temperature. A simple but reliable infrastructure in the form of adjustable welded iron poles with cover on need basis also  protects them from heavy rainfall.