INDICIT II Challenge

JOIN THE CHALLENGE !

Help us gather information on plastic impacts in our marine environment

DID YOU KNOW ?

More than 60% of sea turtles ingest fragments of plastic bags…
  • Plastic litter is omnipresent and endangers animals that ingest it or get entangled in it, sometimes dying directly, or gradually losing their strength to eat or protect themselves.
  • INDICIT II project has shown that more than 60% of sea turtles, and up to 100% locally, ingest fragments of plastic bags, packaging, hard items, textile or fishing items! The entanglement in plastic is harder to assess because animals are not often found. However, many observers have posted photos or videos on the internet, which is valuable information for understanding the types of litter in cause and the impacts on individuals’ health.

YOU CAN HELP US !

Searching or uploading videos of tangled animals…
Take advantage of the quarantine to search for videos of tangled animals :
–> in your social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram …)
–> search engines (Google, Lilo, Yahoo, Qwant, Bing …)
–> or on specific web pages (for example, dive center web page)
Then send us the link, by clicking HERE

QUICK TIPS

Three little tips for your search…
1) To facilitate your search, you can use keywords like :
  • the species (sea turtle, loggerhead, dolphin, bird, seagull, etc.)
  • the material causing impact (plastic, plastic bag, nylon, fishing lines, etc.)
  • the situation (entangled, wrapped, twisted, released, etc.)
2) You can also specify a locality


3) The search can be done in different languages

UPLOAD YOUR OWN FOOTAGE !

Share your own pictures and videos…
If you have witnessed this kind of interaction and you have pictures or videos of tangled animals in debris, you can :

–> upload them, by clicking HERE
–> upload them on a social media and share the link with us or include the hashtag #dangerlitter

NOTE : Do not forget to include the capture date of the pictures/videos

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