Turtle release on beach as climate conference continues
1. Wide of people carrying basins of water with baby turtles inside 2. People looking at turtles 3. Close up of turtles in water 4. Turtles in basin 5. Wide of beach 6. Close up of turtles 7. Various of people holding turtles 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chelsea Maxwell, environmentalist: "Because I work on environmental issues in Washington DC, and so this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to take an endangered species and help it move on, and succeed." 9. Close up of turtles 10. People on the beach 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ketut Sarjana Putra, Conservation International: "Sea turtle has received certain impacts from global climate change and also there is a (inaudible) of the sea turtle population on Bali, at the moment, in Indonesia." 12. Various of people freeing turtles into the sea water 13. Various close ups of turtles in the water STORYLINE: More than 200 turtles were released into the sea near Denpasar, Bali, on Thursday by an environmental group, while nearby governments wrangled over the shape of future climate change negotiations at the two-week conference in Bali. The group wanted to raise awareness on the effects that rising sea temperatures will have on Indonesia's turtle population. The Kuta Turtle Conservation Group, along with environmental organisation Conservation International, released two different species of hatchlings - olive ridley and green sea turtles - into the sea. Conservationists said that climate change and other human-induced threats are reducing sea turtle populations around the world. An environmentalist from Washington DC, Chelsea Maxwell, said the chance to release the turtles into the sea was this was a "once in a lifetime opportunity to take an endangered species and help it move on, and succeed." Ketut Sarjana Putra, from Conservation International, said that the sea turtle was one of the species that had been affected by global climate change. The president of the organisation said an increase in sea temperatures meant that more female turtle eggs were hatched than male, which could have serious implications for turtle breeding. Keyword animals wacky You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/66d138f302e265ce8c6940ac891c428a Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
