Ocean LifeNGO
Project Biodiversity — Guarding Sal Island's Sea Turtles
by Project Biodiversity (Projeto Biodiversidade) · HQ 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
0nestsLoggerhead turtle nests recorded on Sal Islandas of 2024-11-30 · may be outdated
0hatchlingsTurtle hatchlings releasedas of 2024-11-30 · may be outdated
0casesPoaching cases (down from 440 in 2021)as of 2024-11-30 · may be outdated
Project Biodiversity is a Cabo Verdean non-profit running community-based conservation on Sal Island, combining nightly beach patrols, nest relocation, guarded hatcheries, and shark and seabird research with training and paid work for local residents, including through its Women of the Sea (Amdjer d'mar) fisheries programme. During the 2024 nesting season the team recorded 36,587 loggerhead nests along Sal's coastline and released 115,962 hatchlings into the ocean, while beach poaching fell sharply from about 440 recorded cases in 2021 to 110 in 2024.