Palmarito Sea Turtle Rescue, Inc. – Mexico (2020)

AZA-SAFE GRANT RECIPIENT

The Campamento Tortuguero Palmarito was established in 2005 as a full-time effort to protect and conserve the sea turtle populations nesting on Palmarito Beach, including eastern Pacific leatherbacks. Palmarito Sea Turtle Rescue will use their 2020 AZA-SAFE SWOT grant to establish hatcheries and train local volunteers to patrol nesting beaches in Oaxaca, Mexico and to properly relocate and monitor eastern Pacific leatherback nests to protected hatcheries.