{"id":8696,"date":"2025-02-18T14:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/membersarea.royalresorts.com\/News\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:58:31","slug":"royal-resorts-receives-an-accolade-for-its-turtle-conservation-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/membersarea.royalresorts.com\/News\/information\/royal-resorts-receives-an-accolade-for-its-turtle-conservation-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Resorts receives an accolade for its turtle conservation work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2eo1iw-8c11594295db728f0daad4d9e44d6f41 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7alet4o-3a362908761e187d515b2c5db50fd923\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m7alet4o-3a362908761e187d515b2c5db50fd923{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#00467f;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m7alet4o-3a362908761e187d515b2c5db50fd923 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m7alet4o-3a362908761e187d515b2c5db50fd923 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#00467f;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m7alet4o-3a362908761e187d515b2c5db50fd923 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m7alet4o-3a362908761e187d515b2c5db50fd923 av-special-heading-h2 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Royal Resorts receives an accolade for its turtle conservation work<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7alhc8p-2ca9248409938a3491bb80f8e505e0a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Royal Resorts and The Royal Sands recently received an accolade from Cancun City Hall for participation in the annual turtle conservation program. The award was presented by the Benito Juarez Municipal Ecology department at an event honoring local hotels and resorts that support this important work.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0During the summer nights, members of The Royal Sands security team patrol the beach on the lookout for female green and loggerhead turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs. They silently watch over these huge creatures as they dig their nests in the sand, keeping bystanders at a distance. They then carefully collect the precious eggs, moving them to a corral where they will be safe from the waves and predators such as gulls, frigate birds and crabs. They even dig a nest in the sand that has to be the same shape and depth as the turtle\u2019s original nest. Forty-five to 60 days later, the eggs hatch and the baby turtles or tortuguitas are released to scuttle down the beach and into the waves to begin life at sea.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Defying heat and insects, through wind and rain, our turtle guardians stand firm.<br \/>\nIn 2024, they protected 229 nests and released 19,393 turtles in a labor of love for Cancun\u2019s special summer visitors that dates back to 1985 at Royal Resorts. Since 1998, when official record keeping began, more than 1.2 million hatchlings have been released by our staff.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All our team members look forward to welcoming thousands more turtles to the world this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conservation and green initiatives at the resorts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The turtle program is one of Royal Resorts\u2019 many conservation initiatives. The Royal Resorts Foundation gives an annual donation to local NGO Amigos de Sian Ka\u2019an to protect the area\u2019s precious ecosystems and rare wildlife. The company also has many green initiatives to reduce its environmental footprint, such as solar panels at The Royal Sands, recycling, reducing the use of plastics and switching to eco-friendly products such as biodegradable straws, food packaging and cleaning products, going paperless with online technology, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7alzlpq-21bc6900d5187100d0ff44fdb61ead72\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-m7alzlpq-21bc6900d5187100d0ff44fdb61ead72 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:20%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-m7alzlpq-21bc6900d5187100d0ff44fdb61ead72 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" 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