1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program
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This year's destroyed turtle nests could be next year's saved ones. So record all nests using the TurtleSAT app
1 Million Turtles has launched!
1 Million Turtles has launched!
1 Million Turtles has launched!
November is Turtle Month and what a better time to launch our 1 Million Turtles Citizen Science and Community Conservation program!
We had an amazing hour of discussions and presentations with all things turtle and their conservation with our resident turtle experts Dr James Van Dyke (from La Trobe University VIC), A/Prof Ricky Spencer (W
November is Turtle Month and what a better time to launch our 1 Million Turtles Citizen Science and Community Conservation program!
We had an amazing hour of discussions and presentations with all things turtle and their conservation with our resident turtle experts Dr James Van Dyke (from La Trobe University VIC), A/Prof Ricky Spencer (Western Sydney University NSW), Prof Mike Thompson, Dr Deborah Bower (University of New England), Dr Donald McKnight (James Cook University) and Anthony Santoro (PhD Candidate, Murdoch University WA) along with our two keynote speakers - Tim Faulkner from the Australian Reptile Park and Jason Wilson from the Commonwealth Environmental Water Group.
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About the Program
1 Million Turtles has launched!
1 Million Turtles has launched!
We are creating Australia’s largest, community-empowered, conservation program. Local communities will lead “expansionary conservation”, where we aim to release more than 1 million extra turtles throughout Australia each year.
Through Citizen Science, the 1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program will support turtle conservation i
We are creating Australia’s largest, community-empowered, conservation program. Local communities will lead “expansionary conservation”, where we aim to release more than 1 million extra turtles throughout Australia each year.
Through Citizen Science, the 1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program will support turtle conservation initiatives, such as “Turtles in the Classroom” or the creation of protected islands and nesting grounds around local wetlands, urban parks, and even golf courses.
These measures will ensure that our freshwater turtle populations persist into the future
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Download TurtleSAT
Download TurtleSAT
Coming soon is one of Australia's largest Citizen Science experiment - the National Nest Predation Survey.
Nest predation by foxes is a major threat to freshwater turtles and by assessing nest predation rates every year around local wetlands, Citizen Scientists can help determine areas critically in need of juvenile recruitment. Even mor
Coming soon is one of Australia's largest Citizen Science experiment - the National Nest Predation Survey.
Nest predation by foxes is a major threat to freshwater turtles and by assessing nest predation rates every year around local wetlands, Citizen Scientists can help determine areas critically in need of juvenile recruitment. Even more importantly, we can find recruitment hotspots. More information coming soon.
Check out the "Get Involved" section.
Download TurtleSAT
Download TurtleSAT
Download TurtleSAT
TurtleSAT is the centre piece of our Citizen Science program. TurtleSAT utilises a mobile phone app to allow any member of the public to record turtle sightings. With more than 10,000 sightings so far, TurtleSAT has highlighted the extent of threats that turtles face throughout Australia, From extensive road mortality during "Turtle Mont
TurtleSAT is the centre piece of our Citizen Science program. TurtleSAT utilises a mobile phone app to allow any member of the public to record turtle sightings. With more than 10,000 sightings so far, TurtleSAT has highlighted the extent of threats that turtles face throughout Australia, From extensive road mortality during "Turtle Month" as turtle emerge from the water to nest, to extremely high nest predation rates by introduced foxes.
Please go to TurtleSAT.org.au for more information or to download the app on your mobile phone.