costa rica volunteer | Reserva Playa Tortuga https://reservaplayatortuga.org Centro Científico de Investigación y Conservación Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:22:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 https://reservaplayatortuga.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-Screenshot_1-32x32.jpg costa rica volunteer | Reserva Playa Tortuga https://reservaplayatortuga.org 32 32 RPT is featured and listed as number 1 Sea Turtle Conservation project by Working Abroad https://reservaplayatortuga.org/rpt-is-featured-and-listed-as-number-1-sea-turtle-conservation-project-by-working-abroad/ https://reservaplayatortuga.org/rpt-is-featured-and-listed-as-number-1-sea-turtle-conservation-project-by-working-abroad/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:08:07 +0000 http://reservaplayatortuga.org/?p=2470 We are very happy to share will all of you this article from Working Abroad, where Reserva Playa Tortuga is featured and listed as the Number 1 Sea Turtle Conservation Project. This is possible thanks to the great experience that most of the volunteers have had at the reserve, and because they had appreciate the efforts from the RPT staff to make the volunteers experience very unique!!

Please have a look at this article that shares very interesting facts about the sea turtles population and what are the most common factors that are threatening them.

 

The TOP 7 Volunteer Projects in Sea Turtle Conservation

 

 

]]> https://reservaplayatortuga.org/rpt-is-featured-and-listed-as-number-1-sea-turtle-conservation-project-by-working-abroad/feed/ 2 The turtle season 2018 has begun at Playa Tortuga, Ojochal https://reservaplayatortuga.org/the-turtle-season-2018-has-begun-at-playa-tortuga-ojochal/ https://reservaplayatortuga.org/the-turtle-season-2018-has-begun-at-playa-tortuga-ojochal/#respond Tue, 14 Aug 2018 01:46:16 +0000 http://reservaplayatortuga.org/?p=1320

© Camille Baile

Very early the morning of the 22nd of June, after returning from a crocodile monitoring, members of the Reserva Playa Tortuga observed turtle tracks on the beach and found a nest with 91 eggs. This is the first official nest of the 2018 season.

Playa Tortuga is a nesting beach for sea turtles Lora or English Olive Ridley, although there are reports of green turtles and leatherback turtles that nest here as well.

The nesting season normally extends from June to January, having its peak in the month of October. During these months the beach is patrolled intensively every night in a period of 8 hours, covering on average a distance of 12 km, from 18:00 to 5:00 every day, in order to observe and mark the females that arrive at Playa Tortuga.

© Graciela Pulido

Reserva Playa Tortuga accepts volunteers and interns, who can participate in this project as well as others (monitoring of crocodiles, birds, mammals, etc.) and you can contact us at rptojochal@gmail.com

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