Since 1989, the Sea Turtle Restoration Project has been working directly in Central America with coastal communities in an effort to protect sea turtles. Costa Rica and Central America hold some of the most critical coastal and ocean habitat for sea turtles in this hemisphere. Unfortunately, Central American sea turtles, despite years of effort, still face grave threats to their future - including the development of nesting sites, the slaughter of pregnant females, the unsustainable poaching of eggs, and the killing of sea turtles by industrial fishing fleets.

Please join us in our efforts to work with communities in protecting the sea turtles of Costa Rica and Central America.

Learn about our new green sea turtle and shark research at Cocos Island, off the coast of Costa Rica.