Organization Profile: Caribbean Conservation Corporation

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Organization Name:

Caribbean Conservation Corporation

Established In:

1959

Located In:

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Operates In:

Gainesville, Florida, United States; Tortuguero, Costa Rica; Chiriqui Beach, Panama

Areas of Focus:

Environmental Conservation & Activism

Type of Org:

501(c)(3)

Phone:

352-373-6441

Website:

http://www.cccturtle.org

Our Mission:

It is the mission of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation to ensure the survival of sea turtles within the Wider Caribbean basin and Atlantic through research, education, training, advocacy and the protection of the natural habitats upon which they depend.

What We Do:

Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) is the oldest organization dedicated to the study and protection of marine turtles and their environments. CCC concentrates its conservation activities in areas containing globally significant sea turtle populations and habitats. CCC’s geographic focus includes all of the Wider Caribbean, including the southeastern U.S. because of the region’s unique importance to the world’s remaining sea turtle populations. CCC’s Sea Turtle Survival League Program focuses on US sea turtle conservation issues with an emphasis on Florida, where 90% of US sea turtle nesting occurs. CCC’s international programs include the longest running sea turtle research and conservation program in the world, conducted at CCC’s John H. Phipps Biological Field Station in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Ongoing analysis of sea turtle nesting trends at Tortuguero has documented 400% increase is in number of nests laid on the beach each year since 1970.

For more information, please visit our website at www.cccturtle.org.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/organizations/caribbean-conservation-corporation

How you can support Caribbean Conservation Corporation

How You Can Help:

You can help! By participating in one of CCC's research programs as a Research Participant, you will not only support our research efforts financially, you will get the chance to work with scientists and other volunteers in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Research Participants stay at our facilities on-site at the John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, located in a tropical rainforest setting, and just steps from the black sand beach.
As a participant, you will work hands-on with our sea turtle research staff on the program of your choice. When not working, you will have unsupervised free time to relax and enjoy the nature surrounding you. CCC has set up these very unique travel and research programs to give the public an opportunity to not only see the depth of our organization's research, but to also be a part of it. On this trip, participants not only have a chance to view protected and endangered sea turtles but to actually help the creatures survive in the wild by taking part in turtle conservation and research currently underway. By living and working next to the turtle’s nesting habitat, participants will gain a deep appreciation of these amazing creatures. To learn more about our Research Participant program, take a visual tour or read about health considerations, please visit us online at http://www.cccturtle.org.

Featured Project:

For over 50 years, CCC has conducted annual sea turtle nest monitoring studies on the 21 mile black sand beach of Tortuguero, Costa Rica, the largest nesting site of endangered green turtles in the Western Hemisphere. Since being initiated by Dr. Archie Carr in the 1950s, this monitoring program has provided much information on the reproductive ecology and migratory habits of sea turtles. Researchers and volunteers, who are based at CCC's John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, continue to monitor nesting trends, growth rates and reproductive success. Through this five-decade-long conservation initiative, CCC has reversed the decline of green turtles in the Caribbean

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Turtle Travel: The Cure for the Common Vacation

Location: Costa Rica | 08/17/07

Beginning in March and ending in October, people can participate in turtle travel: expeditions to Costa Rica’s coast to help Caribbean Conservation Corporation’s researchers in their conservation efforts. Research participants can take part in a one to three week program designed to assist scientists in search of nesting sea turtles. During the day, participants can tour the waterways of Tortuguero National Park or participate in local excursions. Participating in this program offers people an alternative vacation option that will give them feelings of satisfaction and fulfillment.

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