The sea turtles of Punta Chame, a part of Panama that juts into the Pacific Ocean, face a threat similar to the rhino and pangolin: human greed.
The eggs of the olive ridley turtle, illegally taken from the beach, are sold for food in the town for just HK$7 each.
Jorge Padilla is a local conservationist. His group of volunteers collects and hatches the precious eggs.
The olive ridley turtle is listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Its numbers are declining.
Its survival relies on people like Jorge, who collects freshly laid eggs and buries them in sand at a turtle nursery.
Hundreds of baby turtles hatch here each year. Within hours they are brought to the beach and released into the ocean.
