Sentences with phrase «for sea turtle conservation»

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He oversees conservation and recovery programs for endangered and threatened marine mammal and sea turtle species in New England and the...

Upwards of one million sea turtles, for example, were estimated to have been killed as bycatch from 1990 - 2008, according to a report published in Conservation Letters in 2010.

Dr Kristian Metcalfe, lead author from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC) at the University of Exeter who undertook the coastal survey with colleagues, said: «Conservation efforts for sea turtles can be hampered by their migratory life cycles, which carry them across jurisdictional boundaries and international waters.

A new study from the University of Exeter has revealed that the Central African country of Gabon is providing an invaluable nesting ground for a vulnerable species of sea turtle considered a regional conservation priority.

The U.S Endangered Species Act and International Union for the Conservation of Nature list sea turtles as threatened or endangered throughout most of their range.

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Outcomes from Mariana's study provide crucial information for the future management and conservation of sea turtle populations as climate change progresses.

In the library, first graders are following the progress of Miss Junie 2, an endangered sea turtle they adopted (for 85 cents each) from the Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC).

So far this year we have volunteers scheduled for spay / neuter in Mexico, sea turtle conservation in Guatemala, and wildlife rescue in Ecuador, and it's only spring!

Yet it's home to two of the country's most prominent wildlife parks - the Hluhluwe - Imfolozi Park (famous for its rhino conservation projects) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (a World Heritage Site with a huge biodiversity and more animal species even than Kruger), some of the most beautiful and remote beaches, sea turtles and whales... The Elephant Coast is regarded as an eco-tourism hotspot particularly because of its access to Africa's largest est...

The park is home to a butterfly pavilion, a coral reef aquarium, a wildlife breeding farm specializing in the conservation of birds like macaws, parrots, flamingos, and toucans, an orchid greenhouse, a mushroom farm, a sea turtle conservation center and nursery, and mammal habitats for jaguars, spider - monkeys, deer, manatees, dolphins, and tapirs.

Grupo Tortuguero is a grass - roots conservation organization working to protect and advocate for endangered populations of sea turtles.

We were videotaping Don Chuy Lucero, a fishermen who once routinely caught sea turtles as food but now was on the beach with two other men, weaving a new wide - mesh net to help catch them for a conservation and research project.

The protection of the Corridor is one of the Sierra Club of Puerto Rico's top conservation priorities, and is also one of the most important U.S. nesting grounds for the Leatherback, the world's largest sea turtle.

The Center For Biological Diversity and Sea Turtle Restoration Project have petitioned the United States government to impose trade sanctions on Mexico for failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreemenFor Biological Diversity and Sea Turtle Restoration Project have petitioned the United States government to impose trade sanctions on Mexico for failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreemenSea Turtle Restoration Project have petitioned the United States government to impose trade sanctions on Mexico for failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreemenfor failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreemensea turtle conservation agreements.