Endangered green, hawksbill, and loggerhead marine turtles still swim around Curaçao, but their populations have declined significantly. This project seeks to protect them by reaching out to tourists, who pose […]
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Resye and Womom Villages
To find the greatest marine biodiversity on the planet, head to the Bird’s Head region of Papua Island, home of unique corals, fish, and endangered sea turtles. Beaches there provide […]
Bathway Beach
Grenada has one of the largest nesting populations of critically endangered leatherback turtles in the Caribbean. These sea turtles–the biggest in the world–nest on Levera and Bathway beaches, located in […]
El Paredón
The mangroves and beaches of El Paredón are great destinations for anyone who wants to observe birds or marine turtles. The forest, tucked inside the Sipacate-Naranjo National Park on Guatemala’s […]
Montecristo Island
Hawksbill, olive ridley, green, and leatherback turtles nest on the beaches of Montecristo Island, one of the main sea turtle nesting sites in El Salvador. But poachers take eggs. Snakes, […]
Carriacou Island
The island of Carriacou, in the eastern Caribbean, is known for shipbuilders who craft wooden sailing vessels using designs that have changed little in two centuries. It is also home […]
Antigua
The island of Antigua, in the Eastern Caribbean, hosts important populations of hawksbill, green, and leatherback turtles. The Antigua Sea Turtle Project (ASTP) monitors sea turtle populations there and collects […]
Kiwayu Island
Kiwayu Island is arguably the most beautiful of all the islands along the Kenyan coast. It is also a renowned biodiversity hotspot in the greater Kiunga Marine National Reserve and […]
Ranawangko
With neighboring villages Tulaun and Tulap, the tiny coastal village of Ranawangko in Indonesia owns part of an extensive strip of beach. It is critical nesting ground for four species […]
Funzi Island
Funzi Island, off the south coast of Kenya, is home to a wide array of ecosystem types. There are undisturbed coastal wetlands, mangrove forests, swaying palms, sandy beaches, creeks, estuary, […]