Turtle Conservation

Summary

Airline Ambassadors conservation project supports small scale sea turtle egg hatcheries in El Salvador. Individual fisherman demonstrate that successful sea turtle hatching and release sustains their livelihoods more than collecting eggs for restaurants. We create local ownership of the resource while ensuring sustainable outcomes. Donors can visit all phases of the project. See LINK https://airlineamb.org/turtle-cons

$10,000 total goal $2,365 remaining

Challenge

An illegal egg trade, deficiencies of local environmental education and a lack of popular integration into global conservation networks enhance a continued path to extinction for sea turtles. Larger scale hatchery and conservation efforts are expensive to maintain and have had mediocre success (see declining turtle populations). Although singular community projects have certain success, many like minded individuals are left out of conservation projects that turn political.

Solution

Enhancing the integrity of the breeding cycle through protection of local nesting sites increases hatchling survival, while coastal communities in El Salvador depend upon every marine resource for their own survival. Improving attitudes toward international conservation efforts while providing incentives for individuals to protect resident sea turtles can be accomplished by giving program ownership to non-centralized small scale hatcheries where every family controls and benefits from outcomes.

Long-Term Impact

Sea turtles are a keystone species which an ecosystem depends on to maintain a proper biological balance. They help maintain biodiversity, improve nutrient-cycling processes, and provide food for ocean fauna. Sea turtles are also a keystone species for tourism which generates local income that displaces non-sustainable conservation practices, such as egg collecting. By protecting sea turtles, we can improve attitudes about all environments vital to life in El Salvador.

What will a one time donation do?

$10 – protects ten sea turtle eggs from poachers and animals

$25 – purchases supplies like notebooks, flashlights, and temperature gauges for hatchery managers to monitor sea turtle nests

$50 – supports one sea turtle egg collector for a night of monitoring and collection

$75 – purchases palm fronds to build new creches for the hatchery and maintain the optimal temperature of the sand for the sea turtle nest

$100 – incubates one nesting sea turtle’s eggs, guards and releases the hatchlings back into the ocean

$250 – buys enough fencing material to build a sea turtle hatchery

$500 – employs one hatchery manager to protect and monitor sea turtle nests

$1,000 – Supports a education seminar about sea turtle conservation and supports seminars local recruitment effort.

What will a monthly donation do?

$10- Protects 100 sea turtle eggs from threats like poachers and animals

$15 – Protects 150 sea turtle eggs from threats like poachers or animals

$20 – Protects 200 sea turtle eggs from threats like poachers and animals

$30 –Protects 300 sea turtle eggs from threats like poachers and animals

$40 – Protects 400 sea turtle eggs from threats like poachers and animals

$50 – Protects 500 sea turtle eggs from threats like poachers and animals

$60 – Protects 600 sea turtle eggs from threats from poachers and animals

$100
USD – Protects 1,000 sea turtle eggs from threats like animals and poacherss

Resources

http://www.airlineamb.org
AAI website article
Barra de Santiago as a Ramsar Site
Youtube video from Ocean First
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/saving-turtles-in-el-salvador/

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