Andreas Kalvos and Grigorios Xenopoulos habitats of the endangered loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta,and late spring provides a rare opportunity to see hundreds of the animals mating in the warm waters.The ecological consciousness of the island is obvious since during the summer period 1,200-2,000 turtles crawl out of the sea to lay their eggs on the soft sand beaches.Sea turtles nest where they were hatched and the Caretta caretta have been returning to Laganas for more than 10,000 years.
And that is whay the island is considered by scientists the most important endangered turtle habitat in Europe and among the most important in the world. In 2000, Greece created its first ever managed national wildlife park at the centre of that habitat,135 square kilometers in and around Laganas Bay.The park came out of a 1992 European Commission (EC) directive decreeing that Greece must conserve the Zakynthos nesting grounds.In the early 80s, scientists started going there to study the Caretta caretta.
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