Working together to protect sea turtles and their habitats worldwide...

  • Extra! Extra! Read all about it. Swot Report Vol. V is here.

  • Which came first, the turtle or the egg? Make the connections with our new lifecycle diagram.

  • Now more accessible than ever. ¡Presentamos el Reporte SWOT en Español! (léalo ahora)

  • On the road to recovery. A journey through time with the Kemp’s ridley.

Reports

SWOT Report, Vol. V is here! Learn about sea turtles' long history with climate change, the unique nesting habits of Kemp's and olive ridleys,  and one Colombian community's creative plastic pollution solution.  Also, hear what Mr. Leatherback and his friends have to say about keeping plastic bags out of our waste stream in his new music video!

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Maps + Data

Our interactive map, hosted by OBIS-SEAMAP, features the most comprehensive global leatherback, loggerhead, hawksbill, flatback, olive ridley and Kemp’s ridley nesting data in existence.

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Partners

  • Gaos

    I lived all over the place as a kid. My father was interested in experiencing the world and my mother, two sisters and I were along for the ride. We traveled around Europe in a...

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  • Marc R. Rice

    I am the director of the HPA sea turtle research program that works primarily in Hawaii. Our HPA / NOAA cooperative program has spanned 23 years and involves work with green,...

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  • Chan

    I am a retired university professor who has worked on marine turtles for more than 20 years. I believe that to effectively conserve turtles, one needs to address knowledge...

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  • Bailey

    Lisa M. Bailey, founder and president of Surya Communications, is a "conscious communications" professional. With more than ten years of experience communicating, writing and...

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  • Marine Turtle Specialist Group

    The Marine Turtle Specialist Group is a volunteer network of over 250 of the world’s leading sea turtle experts, united by the vision of sea turtles fulfilling their...

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  • Vincent Saba

    My general research interests are in the fields of marine ecosystems and climate variability, fisheries oceanography, sea turtle biology, ecosystem modeling, and ocean color...

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  • Turtle Conservation Centre

    We are a non-profit organization based in Terengganu, Malaysia, that strives to create the conditions for turtles to thrive under the care and protection of informed local...

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  • Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR)

    We’re a non-profit organization. Our mission is to ensure the conservation, protection and management of all sea turtle species found in the waters of Central and North...

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  • Community Centred Conservation

    Community Centred Conservation, or 'C3' was established in 2002 by an international group of marine environmental consultants in Palau.

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  • OBIS SEAMAP

    OBIS-SEAMAP, Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, is a spatially referenced online database, aggregating marine...

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