1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program
it's turtle month
Keen to become a turtle champ and kickstart your journey to help freshwater turtles?
Click below to learn how
1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program
Keen to become a turtle champ and kickstart your journey to help freshwater turtles?
Click below to learn how
This is a recording of our recent Turtle Month webinar that was delivered on 29 Oct 24, 6:30pm (AEDT).
Our Google Earth Engine app is a powerful, interactive tool that lets you explore key data on freshwater turtle habitats and conservation needs across Australia.
What do freshwaters turtles do during really icy winters? Read all about it in this recently published paper (Apr 2024).
This is the first of its kind to observe the brumation of an Australian freshwater turtle species (Chelodina longicollis) under ice.
Please feel free to share this paper with others too. Click below to download.
On this page, you will find a variety of learning resources developed for Year 5/6 (Upper Primary) school students in Australia. Your students will get to learn more about freshwater turtles, threats, habitat, how to set up a nest predation survey and more. There are available for Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4.
In this Oct 24 Issue, you will find details about the upcoming 1MT Turtle Month webinar (on 29 Oct 24), and other program and event updates, along with a wonderful community story from Central Coast NSW.
Keen to get the newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Email us at 1millionturtlesprogram@gmail.com to join.
TurtleSAT has a new feature called 'Bulk Image Upload' which makes it easier to submit any turtle photos that you have not submitted to TurtleSAT. With this new feature, all you need to do is login to TurtleSAT, drag and drop the turtle photos, select a couple of options (e.g., are the photos of dead or live turtles) and click submit.
Click below to learn more about this feature and how to use it.
The 1 Million Turtles is a national community conservation citizen science program. This program promotes a strong collaboration between scientists and the community to support initiatives aimed at conserving threatened Australian freshwater turtle species.
The program creates opportunities for the community to actively learn, participate and contribute to freshwater turtle research and conservation. This is achieved through a variety of activities suitable for different interests and skill levels. Watch the video below for more information.
The program is currently funded via a grant from the Inspiring Australia Citizen Science Grant - Round 2.
As turtle nesting season continues in some states, it is never too late to get trained to help protect freshwater turtle nests. As nesting increases, so does the impact from foxes as they dig up the nests to consume turtle eggs. Getting trained early gives you the opportunity to practice and be ready before the nesting season rolls in again later this year.
Your help really matters!
To learn more and start your training today, click here.
Photo Credit: Dr Donald McKnight
A/Prof Ricky Spencer delivered a talk at the Science at the Local Library at Penrith. You can now download the slides from his fascinating talk from the 'Resources and Activities' page by clicking below.
This article was published via the Western Sydney University celebrating the proud moment of our 2023 Eureka Prize win for Innovation in Citizen Science.
Dr. Lígia Pizzatto from La Trobe University is collecting roadkill turtles in Victoria for her conservation research: DNA, diet, parasites (and much more).
If you would like more information or to help - please contact her at L.pizzattodoPrado@latrobe.edu.au
If you find dead turtles on a road in VICTORIA, please collect and freeze it, and she will arrange for a pick up. Ligia will give you her permit number to enable you to collect it. Your help really matters!
Download the call-out poster below with all the information provided here.
Photo Source: TurtleSAT
Roadkill Turtles Research Call-Out (pdf)
DownloadSeen a turtle? Download and use TurtleSAT to record all turtle related data. Click here for more information or to download this mobile App.
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