New Turtle First Aid Station In this project, you will be volunteering your time and energy to protect the endangered loggerhead turtle in Italy. You don’t need any special skills to be a volunteer, just enthusiasm and a willingness to lend a hand and work with tourists. The coast line between Sacca di Goro [...]
Greetings from Ra Island! This past month has been very exciting for animal sightings, with hornbills swooping around the bungalows, snakes slithering through the vegetation, and monkeys leaping from tree to tree. The jungle has been alive with the calls of myriad birds, mammals, lizards and insects creating a symphony of primal sounds that echo [...]
Hanna is a Naucrates Volunteer, she joined the project in Thailand last year for the first time and she was back this year to help Naucrates team in Thailand I was very happy when I heard I would have the chance to explore the beautiful island of Koh Ra. I went there with on Thursday [...]
It is the first time in 15 years of Conservation Project, that we had two Thai volunteers with us….we hope it is only the beginning of a long list… I’ve enjoyed my entire time with the project as the first two Thai volunteers! The fieldwork (turtle walk) was a fun experience walking in the soft [...]
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 [...]
