There are many sea turtle conservation groups that work in the Eastern Caribbean. Below is a selection. For contact details of groups in the Wider Caribbean, see the WIDECAST website.
The Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) is an expert network of biologists, managers, community leaders and educators in more than 40 nations and territories and is committed to an integrated, regional capacity that ensures the recovery and sustainable management of depleted sea turtle populations.
Nature Seekers is a non-profit community based organization established in 1990 for the protection and conservation of the critically endangered Leatherback Turtles in Matura on the east coast of Trinidad.
Save Our Sea Turtles Tobago (SOS Tobago) is a small, volunteer based organization formed in 2000 with an ambitious mission to conserve Tobago’s sea turtle population and their coastal and marine habitat through research, education and eco-tourism.
Ocean Spirits Inc. in Grenada, West Indies is a non profit company dedicated to education and the monitoring, conservation and protection of Grenada’s marine environment and marine life.
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire (STCB) is a non-governmental research and conservation organization that has been protecting sea turtles since 1991. The small Caribbean island of Bonaire is their headquarters and home to three of the world’s six endangered or critically endangered species of marine turtles: the hawksbill, green, and loggerhead turtle.
St. Eustatius National Parks (STENAPA) were created in 1996 and protect numerous endangered or critically endangered species through active research and monitoring programmes, including three species of sea turtles, the Antillean Iguana, Red Bellied Racer Snake, orchids, cacti and the endemic vine ‘Statia Morning Glory’.
The Nevis Turtle Group (NTG) is dedicated to the development of a Sea Turtle Conservation Program for Nevis that involves local communities, and ensures that sea turtles will be there for the use of present and future generations.
The St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network (SKSTMN) is a community based non profit organization founded in January 2003 which monitors nesting sea turtle populations and acts as an advocate for the strengthening of sea turtle protection laws in St. Kitts. |