On a beach in northeastern Qatar, children wave goodbye to baby hawksbill turtles -- a species that has a one in 1,000 chance of surviving to adulthood. Predators, climate change, fishing nets and marine pollution have all contributed to the classification of these narrow-beaked creatures as "critically endangered" in 1996. But a conservation programme in Qatar is hoping to revive this dwindling species, releasing tens of thousands of hatchlings into the sea, now with the help of young children. "As adults we are kind of beyond hope," said Clara Lim, a representative of the Dadu children's museum that organised the initiative for younglings. "Children have the power to really internalise all these things that they are learning... and they make these habits part of their life", says Clara Lim, a representative of the Dadu children's museum that organised the initiative for youngsters. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES