RELEASED. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran releases green sea turtle hatchling back to the sea in Barangay Funda-Dalipe on October 14. San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer Madelyn Pagunsan said Wednesday (Oct. 20, 2021) that legislation is needed to protect the nesting area of the green sea turtle.(Photo courtesy of San Jose de Buenavista LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) of this capital town of Antique is urging the Sangguniang Bayan to pass an ordinance to protect the nesting ground of the green sea turtle along their coastal area. Madelyn Pagunsan, San Jose de Buenavista MENRO, said in an interview Wednesday a local ordinance is necessary so that the nesting area in Barangay Funda-Dalipe would not be disturbed. "We are already able to release 326 hatchlings of the green sea turtle since August 28 until October 14," she said. The hatchlings, which they discove