Training sessions and seminars were held for primary and middle school pupils in Ortaca, Muğla, in line with the protocol on “Protecting Natural and Cultural Heritage and Passing It On to Future Generations” signed between the Mediterranean Conservation Society (AKD) and the Muğla Provincial Directorate of National Education under the Blue Green Schools project, and with AKD’s Mediterranean Monk Seal Monitoring and Awareness Project under the TUI Care Foundation Sea The Change Türkiye programme.
Mediterranean Guardians
Schools in Ortaca
A full-day training session
- Güzelyurt Şehit Asteğmen Tayyar Milat Middle School
- Atatürk Middle School
- Dikmekavak Asiye Faruk Özalp Middle School
- Güzelyurt Şehit Asteğmen Tayyar Milat Primary School
- Dikmekavak Şehit Mustafa Tayyar Temizel Primary School
- Şehit Piyade Asteğmen Ünal Daka Primary School
Informative seminar
- Dalyan Naciye Tınaztepe Primary/Middle School
- Eskiköy Primary/Middle School
- Cengiz Topel Primary School
- Atatürk Primary School
- Aydınlar Primary School
- Şehit Mustafa Ayna Middle School
- Şehit Nasuh Aydın Middle School
- Ortaca Anadolu İmam Hatip Middle School
Reaching 401 children in 16 schools through training sessions and seminars, the Society aims to build awareness among children of the need to protect species such as the Mediterranean monk seal and seagrasses.
