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SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program

The SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program is responsible for managing and protecting sea turtles in the state of South Carolina, USA. This program has several all encompassing components: management, monitoring, research, and education. More specifically this program provides technical expertise on anthropogenic activities that have the potential to impact sea turtles (i.e., nourishment, dredging), locates and protects sea turtle nests (~300 km of coastline), documents strandings, performs necropsies on fresh dead strandings, works with the SC Aquarium to provide rehablitation for live strandings, monitors nearshore waters for leatherbacks, and provides as much education, outreach and exchange of scientific information as time allows.

Working with sea turtles since 2000

Yayasan Pulau Banyak

Pulau Bangkaru, Pulau Banyak, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

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WWW Link: http://www.acehturtleconservation.org

Description:

The marine turtle programme in Pulau Banyak, as part of the local NGO Yayasan Pulau Banyak, has been created in response to an urgent need to identify the current status of the sea turtle populations in Northwest Sumatra. The Banyak islands provide nesting beaches for three species of critically endangered and endangered sea turtle species; Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green (Chelonia mydas) turtles. No current information exists on leatherback populations nesting in Sumatra, and green and hawksbill turtle populations are also data deficient. The Pulau Banyak sea turtle conservation programme will provide significant baseline information for combined international sea turtle conservation actions.

A beach patrol team of locals, students and national volunteers have been trained to collect the data and use standardized methodology in their recording and conservation efforts. Yayasan Pulau Banyak also provides the opportunity to university students of Syiah,Banda Aceh, to collect data for their thesis and have valuable work experience to develop their future career.
Information is being collected during nightly beach patrols and nesting sea turtles are being measured, tagged and recorded.

An environmental education programme with lesson plans concentrating on local natural recourses is underway for implementation at local schools.

Organization Type: Non-profit

Activities: Conservation, Education, Management, Monitoring, Outreach, Research, Turtle Tours

Submitted: 2008-04-24 22:42:34
Last Modified: 2009-11-26 13:18:13

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