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A leatherback nests in front of a hotel on Grande Riviere beach, Trinidad. When not properly managed, artificial lighting can significantly impact nesting and hatching turtles.
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📸 Ashleigh Bandimere #SWOTReport17
We live in a globalized, interconnected world in which our lives and lifestyle choices have impacts far beyond our immediate surroundings. As a result, we each have the power to help save sea turtles every day and in a variety of ways. #SWOTReport17 https://t.co/jxlGSqNF9g
Noted for the thick, overlapping, dappled cream-and-brown scutes that cover its shell and provide excellent camouflage against a coral reef backdrop, the hawksbill is considered by many to be the most beautiful of all sea turtle species. #SWOTReport17 https://t.co/owWoGJIyeA
In many places, travelers are the primary consumers of tortoiseshell products, which are made from hawksbill turtle shells. The SEE Shell app will help travelers avoid accidentally purchasing illegally made, genuine tortoiseshell products. #SWOTReport17 https://t.co/jSdhtZR9S6
Need to identify if something is illegally made from hawksbill sea turtle shell (aka tortoiseshell)?
There's an app for that!📱🐢
#SWOTReport17 @Save_Hawksbills @SEEturtles
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Light pollution - the inappropriate or excessive use of artificial light - is a threat to sea turtles globally. A lighting retrofit program in Puerto Rico provided a number of valuable lessons that can help others take on similar efforts. #SWOTReport17
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For animals that are active at night, such as nesting and hatching sea turtles, natural light fields provide important information that guides critical behaviors. Artificial lighting pollutes those light fields with dangerous misinformation. #SWOTReport17
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The new #SWOTReport17 features global maps of hawksbill nesting & telemetry data, an in-depth look at hawksbills & their unique natural history, + articles on parachute science, Caribbean leatherback declines, genetic tools, conservation wins, FAQs &more!
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Innovative conservation research led by Fundação Tartaruga Cabo Verde (@TurtleFound) & Projeto Biodiversidade (@ProjetoBioSal) uses thermal imaging drones to monitor beaches to detect poachers, find lost turtles, & control feral dogs #SWOTReport17 https://t.co/QcNMqEGrtB
Mangrove channels provide habitat for juvenile hawksbill sea turtles in the lagoon of Europa National Natural Reserve.
Learn more about hawksbills, the most beautiful of sea turtles in the new #SWOTReport17
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📸© H. Sauvignet
I am excited to have contributed to the latest State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) Report, vol. XVII! #SWOTReport17 Read our article here: https://t.co/elrOqIjs3y
The new State of the World’s Sea Turtles- SWOT Report is out now!
#SWOTReport17 features success stories, innovations, and new findings from sea turtle researchers and conservationists worldwide.
Read the new SWOT Report, here: https://t.co/f9l6EPrUcy
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