An official from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Davao Region (DENR-Davao) said a certain part along the shoreline in Purok Lawis, Barangay Lizada, Toril District, Davao City may be a possible nesting and hatching site for turtles. “Nakit-an pod to na area na possible nesting site or hatching site, so ila na pong gi-cordon ang area kay basig naa na pod turtles na maabot didto (We see that the area may be a possible nesting or hatching site, so we cordoned the vicinity as we expect more turtles to come there),” DENR-Davao Regional Public Affairs Office chief Jayvee Agas said in a phone interview, May 4.

Espinosa, I. C. (2023, May 5). Sea turtle nesting site found in Lizada, Toril. SunStar Davao, p. 2.