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

  • 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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  • Osborne

    I blend my backgrounds in the biological sciences and photojournalism with the intent to share images and stories that advocate the preservation of biodiversity and threatened...

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  • Bradley

    I am a nature and underwater photographer based in California. & Photography came to me as an afterthought. Initially, I wanted to be a marine scientist. While attending...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative

    The Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO) is a grassroots effort formally established in July 2008 in Los Cóbanos, El Salvador, to promote the recovery of ...

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  • Poonian

    I believe deeply in the importance of building capacity of local individuals for long-term sustainability and my research interests include socioeconomic dimensions of natural...

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  • International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP)

    Established in 2005 with forty of the most acclaimed photographers of our generation, the ILCP has grown to become the world’s premier association of wildlife and nature...

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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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