Green turtle tracking leads the discovery of seagrass blue carbon resources.

Seagrass meadows are natural carbon sinks, and their conservation and restoration play a crucial role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, blue carbon projects are hindered, in most nations, by major gaps in understanding the distribution and extent of seagrasses. Here, we show how satellite tracking of green turtles () provided a major advance in identifying novel seagrass blue carbon resources in the Red Sea.

Illegal take of nesting sea turtles in Tortuguero, Costa Rica: Conservation, trade, or tradition?

Tortuguero, Costa Rica is considered the second largest green turtle (Chelonia mydas) rookery in the world. By 1950, Tortuguero was one of the sites with the greatest take of green turtles in the Caribbean. Currently, Tortuguero is a worldwide example for ecotourism-based on sea turtle conservation.

Conservation and Enforcement Capacity index (CECi): Integrating human development, economy, and marine turtle status.

Human societies are closely linked to their ecological environments. Natural ecosystems and wildlife populations are often in better condition in countries with healthy, educated and economically prosperous populations compared to countries with lower health and literacy conditions, and depressed economies. In the latter countries, these socio-economic factors can compromise government's capacity to manage their natural resources.