This project focuses on protecting the Critically Endangered leatherback and Endangered olive ridley turtles, which are threatened by poachers who illegally harvest their eggs along beaches on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast. So far, FFI has trained over 30 community members, many of whom are ex-poachers, in managing sea turtle hatcheries and other protection measures.
RECENT NEWS:
Celebrations to commemorate community’s first turtle hatchlings release
25/03/2009
FFI Nicaraguan turtle conservation programme helps community to protect their local marine turtles.
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