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8th “Save the Sea Turtle” Drawing Contest in the Riviera Nayarit

Grupo Ecologistas de Nayarit and Campamento Tortuguero El Naranjo, located in the municipality of Compostela in the Riviera Nayarit, have issued a call for the National “Let’s Save the Sea Turtle” Drawing Contest, now in its eighth edition. The contest is directed towards elementary school children (from 1st through 6th grade).

According to Ricardo Villaseñor, coordinator of the Campamento Tortuguero El Naranjo, the purpose of this traditional event that attracts more participants every year is to promote the conservation of sea turtles and the ecosystems in which they breed and grow, in addition to supporting . . .

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