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The En­vi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment Au­thor­i­ty (EMA) has in­stalled four new sea tur­tle nest­ing signs along Man­zanil­la Beach, as part of on­go­ing ef­forts to en­hance pub­lic aware­ness and pro­mote the pro­tec­tion of crit­i­cal nest­ing habi­tats.

Ac­cord­ing to the EMA, Man­zanil­la Beach is a vi­tal nest­ing ground for the leatherback tur­tle—one of five species of sea tur­tles that nest in T&T dur­ing the an­nu­al nest­ing sea­son, which runs from March to Au­gust.

All five species are des­ig­nat­ed as En­vi­ron­men­tal­ly Sen­si­tive Species (ESS) by the EMA. The beach al­so falls with­in the Nar­i­va Swamp Man­aged Re­source Pro­tect­ed Area, a na­tion­al­ly des­ig­nat­ed En­vi­ron­men­tal­ly Sen­si­tive Area (ESA).