Bio Conservation Society (BCSL) – Sri Lanka (2020)

The Kalpitiya peninsula in Sri Lanka provides essential habitat for a wide variety of marine species, including olive ridley sea turtles. The presence of sea turtles is known primarily through the high rates of incidental capture in the area. Despite this, no formal surveys have been done to estimate the number of turtles that nest on the 5 km (3.1 mi) of beach. BCSL will use its 2020 SWOT grant to conduct surveys to estimate the scale of olive ridley turtle nesting on the Kalpitiya peninsula, and will share the results via the SWOT database.

A sea turtle track on a beach in Sri Lanka © Bio Conservation Society (BCS)