Sea Turtle Conservation Resources
The list below is for informational purposes only. Our non-profit’s mission is to raise donations to assist sea turtle patrollers who protect nesting turtles and their eggs on the beach. Our mission does not include soliciting, endorsing or advising. Because we neither monitor nor hold any sway over the items listed below, we cannot be held responsible for the safety, well-being, or satisfaction of those who choose to look further into these resources.
Asociacion Salvemos Las Tortugas de Parismina (ASTOP)/Save the Turtles of Parismina is a community-based sea turtle project on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. They protect nesting sea turtles and their eggs.
Asociacion ANAI has a variety of field projects including the Talamanca region and Gandoca Beach turtle project on the Caribbean coast in Costa Rica and also on the Pacific side at Peninsula de Osa and Ostional Beach.
CURMA Project CURMA located in the Philippines “CURMA or Coastal Underwater Resource Management Actions was established in 2010 with the aim of safeguarding endangered marine turtles, locally known as “pawikans,” and their marine habitat.”
Paso Pacifico saves sea turtles, monkeys and empowers the local people to be conservationists. They restore and protect the environment along Mesoamerica’s Pacific Slope.
Playa Ostional is a unique nesting beach of the Olive Ridley sea turtles’ arribadas on the Pacific Coast and is one of the only places in the world where legal harvesting of eggs is permitted.
Sea Turtle Conservancy:
Dr Archie Carr began one of the very first turtle conservation projects in Tortuguero. Costa Rica. This project is located along the Tortuguero National Park and Canals on the Caribbean coast. They do extensive research, including satellite tracking.
Sea Turtles Forever: established in 2002 protects sea turtles from poachers along the Pacific Coast in Punta Pargas, on the Nicoya Peninsula. The founders, Marc and Rachel Ward’s efforts also extend towards the “goal of a more vibrant marine eco-system,” with emphasis on beach clean-up, conservation education in the classrooms and extensive research into the effects of micro-plastic debris in our oceans and marine life. The sea turtle project in Costa Rica operates from September through April.
Turtle Love, a nonprofit conservation organization in Costa Rica saves sea turtles on the Caribbean coast through community involvement and applied research.
Tortuga Feliz: The project is situated on an isolated Caribbean beach in Costa Rica, 1 km north of the mouth of the Pacuare River. It covers 10 km of coastline.
General Turtle Information
Annual Symposium On Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation: Meets in different locations around the world every year. Information can be found on different websites by typing in the above title.
Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC): Detailed information about their project and you can view their satellite tracking of sea turtles.
Cites: The Convention on International Trade http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ia/agreements/global_agreements/cites_page/cites.html
Conservation International: This site has information about the environment, including oceans, sea turtles and much more. http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx
Leatherback Trust: www.leatherback.org Great information about the leatherback, information about Playa Grande in Costa Rica.
Marinebio.org: http://marinebio.org
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service is the federal agency, a division of the Department of Commerce, responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s living marine resources and their habitat http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov
Sea Turtle Restoration Project: Great information and political actions you can take to save sea turtles. (See the top left side, the activists’ corner). STRP has filed many petitions to the United Nations for safer fishing practices. There is a great deal we can do to save sea turtles!
Sea Turtle.Org Great resource including many turtle projects, a marine newsletter, discussion forums and photo library.
State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT): Collects data from sea turtle projects around the world. Interactive maps and scientific information about all species of turtles. http://www.seaturtlestatus.org/
World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. http://www.iucn.org/about/. To See information about Threatened Species: See IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: http://www.iucnredlist.org
World Wildlife Organization: An abundance of information for many species.