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Marine Turtle Newsletter 28:2-3, © 1984

Widecast Meets in Puerto Rico

Nat B. Frazer

The Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle (WIDECAST) Recovery Team held its third meeting at the Universidad del Turabo in Caguas, Puerto Rico, January 24-26, 1984, hosted by the University's Depto. Ciencias y Tecnologia and the Chelonia Society. The Team is composed of 11 non-governmental sea turtle scientists and conservationists representing countries throughout the Caribbean basin. In their attempt to write a Caribbean-wide Action Plan for the conservation of sea turtles, the Team is supported by a WIDECAST Network of over 100 individuals and organizations (both governmental and non-governmental) from the region.

The WIDECAST effort represents a new approach to the conservation of endangered species by building a cooperative Network of governmental and non-governmental human resources on a regional basis. Initial indications are quite promising and plans are already underway to develop similar efforts for sea turtles in the Eastern Pacific and for manatees in the Caribbean. For additional information on WIDECAST activities and organization, please contact: Dr. Jim Richardson, Director Secretariat, WIDECAST, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.