Every year they have a big event for children on Phra Thong island. All the families near by come to Tung Dap village on long tail boats and banana boats full of people, food, and gifts for the children. Naucrates staff and volunteers join in the festivities of this annual event. I was lucky enough [...]
Underwater news from the Naucrates Team in Thailand Alongside the other project activities, volunteers from Finland, Switzerland, Thailand and the UK have been out surveying the nearby coral reef. The shallow reef here is an important nursery ground and its health is important in providing food and shelter for marine animals like sea turtles and [...]
Season 2011-12 on Koh Prah Thong is in full swing. The month of December has already provided us with a number of highlights and we hope this continues as we move into the New Year. We welcomed our first ever Thai Volunteers in Naucrates history. Pla and Pao took the wonderful 12 hour VIP bus [...]
Greetings from Koh Ra Eco Lodge! This is the first year that Naucrates have established a research and education outpost on the beautiful island of Koh Ra. In collaboration with the Koh Ra Eco Lodge, we are beginning to look more closely at the diverse array of habitats and wildlife on this mysterious island of [...]
A SPECIAL CELEBRATION As every year, on the first week end of October Naucrates calls its members and friends to discuss and plan conservation work. Since few years the meeting is held at the Castello Santa Margherita in Cori, in Italy, where participants can rent apartments, swim in the swimming pool and attend the annual [...]
Volunteers are very important for us and your help is needed to conduct the work in the field. Volunteers do not need any previous experience in volunteering or specific topic, enthousiasm and willingness to help is enough. Volunteers are needed in our Sea Turtle project in Thailand from December 1st to April 30th. Volunteers join [...]
Naucrates conservation team is glad to announce that a third suvery on the reef at Ko P hra Thong during December 2011 and Janaury 2012. The first evaluation was conducted in 2004, few months before the tsunami. Emma Dilkes of the Naucrates team collected data on the reef with help from Naucrates volunteers. It was [...]
This is the last week of fieldwork at the conservation project in Thailand. Naucrates team is busy compiling inventories and closing down the fieldstation until the next nesting season. In the last month heavy rain have been recorded on the island and Naucrates team had to reduce the daily beach monitoring, because it was not possible [...]
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