Man this brings me back. My first solo trip abroad a year after finishing school was doing this in Peru in 2007.

I still remember the earthquake that happened when I was in Lima sat in my Hostel the night before getting my flight to Iquitos to volunteer for 4 weeks. I was lucky to actually get my flight.

We patrolled up and down the rivers retrieving the eggs from the beaches on the river banks and putting them in artificial nests.

The people that did this said there was a big issue with poaching so it helped protect the eggs before releasing them back after hatching. I'm sure there where plenty of other reasons too.

It's a shame that 16 years on they still need to do this.