Sea Turtle

Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life Below Water

Programs

• Fuze-Ecoteer – Turtle Volunteer Conservation Project

Topics

• Connect with Nature
• Social and Environmental aspects of Conservation
• Turtle Database through Citizen Science
• Seagrass beds – Turtle Feeding grounds

Structure

• Threat Status
• Evolutionary history (family tree)
  • 2 Families, 7 Species,
    • Dermochelydae
      • Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
    • Cheloniidae
      • Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
      • Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
      • Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
      • Loggerhead
      • Kemp’s Ridley turtle
      • Flatback turtle 
• Habitat
• Challenges
• Conservation Approaches