Amigos de las Tortugas Marinas
Maunabo, Puerto Rico
Proyecto comunitario de conservación de tortugas marinas
Information for 5th Global Entreps Award
Please scroll down trough the page to see its whole contents
Our first tinglar turtle (leatherback)
Photo taken on April 11, 2001 with the first tinglar turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, that the group of volunteers saw. With
little more than a month watching the beaches in the mornings to avoid the looting of nests we had found many nests of
the specie, but had not observed the turtle. The biologist who supervised and trained us for the first time took us on a
night patrol and one of our volunteers, nicknamed Qilín, found the turtle and in his honor we named the turtle Quilina.
That first experience left us forever captivated by the turtles. The children in the photo are already adults. Four of the
volunteers in the photo are still watching and protecting the turtles 20 years later. The publication of that photo on the
local press was the spark that attracted new volunteers to the group.
Deployment of first transmitter to a leatherback
Photo taken on June 5, 2011 after placing our first transmitter on a turtle to know its migratory route. The
transmitter was fitted by a Sea Turtle Conservancy biologist and the cost of it was covered by a donation from a
hotel. We named the turtle Lola and unfortunately the transmitter only worked for a month and we have not found
Lola nesting again.
WIDECAST Annual General Meeting 2015
WIDECAST or Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network
Our organization was the host of the WIDECAST 2015 meeting. Twenty-eight countries from the Caribbean
participated in it. That was a very significant activity for ATMAR. Organize, plan and had that meeting was a
big sucess.
To learn more about us, we invite you to observe what
we have prepared here. If you want to know more
about us visit our web page
www.tortugasmaunabo.com or our Facebook page by
clicking this icon
Notice: Sea Turtles are Endangered and Protected Species under Puerto Rico State Law and USA Endangered Species Act.
All activities shown here with people interacting or managing sea turtles, eggs, or remainings of sea turtles are under
special permit given to ATMAR by Puerto Rico DNRA and US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Some important events in our history
Contents
1.
Page 1 Some important events
2.
Page 2 Educational Initiatives
3.
Page 3 Beach Restoration, Reasearch and Community
Service
4.
Page 4 Audios “podcast”
5.
Page 5 Vídeos
Some important events in our history
Notice: Sea Turtles are Endangered and Protected Species under Puerto Rico State
Law and USA Endangered Species Act. All activities shown here with people
interacting or managing sea turtles, eggs, or remainings of sea turtles are under
special permit given to ATMAR by Puerto Rico DNRA and US Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Our first leatherback turtle
Photo taken on April 11, 2001 with the first leatherback turtle, Dermochelys
coriacea, that the group of volunteers saw. With little more than a month
watching the beaches in the mornings to avoid the looting of nests we had
found many nests of the specie, but had not observed the turtle. The biologist
who supervised and trained us for the first time took us on a night patrol and
one of our volunteers, nicknamed Quilín, found the turtle and in his honor we
named the turtle Quilina.
That first experience left us forever captivated by the turtles. The children in the
photo are already adults. Four of the volunteers in the photo are still watching
and protecting the turtles 20 years later. The publication of that photo on the
local press was the spark that attracted new volunteers to the group.
Placement of transmitter to a leatherback
Photo taken on June 5, 2011 after placing our first transmitter on a turtle
to know its migratory route. The transmitter was fitted by a Sea Turtle
Conservancy biologist and the cost of it was covered by a donation from a
hotel. We named the turtle Lola and unfortunately the transmitter only
worked for a month and we have not found Lola nesting again.
WIDECAST Annual General Meeting 2015
WIDECAST or Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network
Our organization was the host of the WIDECAST 2015 meeting. Twenty-
eight countries from the Caribbean participated in it. That was
a very significant activity for ATMAR. Organize, plan and had
that meeting was a big sucess.
To learn more about us, we invite you to
observe what we have prepared here. If
you want to know more about us visit our
web page: www.tortugasmaunabo.com
or our Facebook page by clicking this
icon
Contents
1.
Page 1 Some important events
2.
Page 2 Educational Initiatives
3.
Page 3 Beach Restoration, Reasearch
and Community Service
4.
Page 4 Audios “podcast”
5.
Page 5 Vídeos
Information for 5th Global Entreps Award
Please scroll down trough the page to see its whole contents
Maunabo,Puerto Rico
Amigos de las Tortugas Marinas
Proyecto comunitario de conservación de tortugas marinas
