BP: turtle sanctuary
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Factfile: Company name: BP
Location: Terrenganu, Malaysia. Products: Petrochemicals. Sustainable change: Protection of turtle sanctuary and spnsoring of education programme. Effect: Habitat improvement and species protection. The Ma'Daerah sanctuary protects endangered turtles. It is 5 miles from BP's Kerteh chemicals plant and was set up by a partnership of the World Wide Fund for Nature, Malaysia's department of fisheries and BP. |
An education programme
also increases awareness of the importance of protecting endangered
turtles. Throughout the Summer, there are weekend camps, volunteers,
'adopt a nest' and 'adopt a turtle' schemes. BP also sponsors
education camps for local schoolchildren.
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