From mid
May until mid October this year enthusiastic and committed volunteers are
required to work on Archelon’s sea turtle conservation projects in Greece.
Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete are the Mediterranean’s major nesting areas
for the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). Archelon is an environmental NGO that has been
protected and monitored Greece’s loggerhead turtles for over 25 years.
Volunteers can work on the island of Zakynthos where
the first National Marine Park for sea turtles in the Mediterranean was
established in 1999. They will assist the management agency of the National
Marine Park of Zakynthos to implement protection measures for the preservation
of the sea turtles.
In Peloponnesus (Kyparissia Bay, Koroni and Lakonikos
Bay), volunteers will protect nests against predation from foxes and other
mammals, and assist in the running of the established Nature Information Centre
of Agiannaki (Kyparissia Bay).
On Crete (Chania, Rethymno and Messara), participants
work on implementing a Management Plan for the nesting areas.
At the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Athens, volunteers
have the opportunity to participate in the daily treatment of sea turtles that
usually bear injuries as a result of accidental capture in fishing gear and
help in raising of public awareness as well as maintaining of the Centre’s
facilities.
