Henoko locals question Okinawa Defense Bureau’s artificial turtle nests

Henoko locals question Okinawa Defense Bureau’s artificial turtle nests

Construction workers building a nesting area for local sea turtles on the beach near the K9 seawall on March 9, in Nago City, Okinawa.


March 9, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
　
Henoko, Nago City—On March 9, the Okinawa Defense Bureau proceeded to fill the coast with sand and dirt as part of the land reclamation project to build a new U.S. military base for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Workers were seen creating a nesting area for the local sea turtles on the beach, near the K9 seawall at Camp Schwab.

According to the captain of a protest ship, the construction site for the new base used to be a nesting spot for sea turtles, but he has never seen the creatures craw onto a beach under construction.

The captain wondered out loud, “Are they consulting experts? It’s hard to believe that this will bring back the sea turtles.”

A citizen aboard the protest ship was clearly angered: “I don’t understand their logic—they destroyed this vulnerable ecosystem and assume it can be artificially recreated using heavy machinery.

It’s a sham.”

–Reporting by the Ryukyu Shimpo’s Henoko news crew.

(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)

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