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Annual Meeting of Grupo Tortuguero in Loreto January, 2008
Dedicated to preserving the Sea Turtles of Baja California through education, Grupo Tortuguero is holding it's 10th annual meeting to hear reports of progress from each region. They invite you to register and attend this meeting in January.
Join the Grupo Tortuguero on a unique experience this January prior to the 10th annual meeting in Loreto.
Get your hands dirty and your feet wet with local sea turtle conservationists in a cutting edge program that involves community members in conservation, while providing an economic alternative to fishing and illegal poaching in Magdalena Bay.
Trip departs Loreto ON JANUARY 16th and returns the morning of the 18th.
Don't miss out on this once in a lifetime chance to participate in the region's most celebrated sea turtle conservation effort. Space is limited.
Contact Chris Pesenti at chris@propeninsula.org for more information
The 10th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero will be held from January 19-20, 2008
Celebrating a National Treasure
We are preparing for the Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero and we invite you to participate in this year’s meeting!
The meeting will highlight members of our monitoring stations from across the peninsula, the Gulf of California and internationally, who will present community reports and update us on the recovery status of sea turtles at historical turtle hunting locations. Participants will include scientists, environmental educators, students, community members, and people like you who want to bring turtles back to these waters by preventing the unnecessary killing for consumption or as by-catch in fishing gear.
Please join us in protecting the world’s sea turtles by participating in the 8th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero and experience first hand the dedication of this network of people working to save endangered sea turtles across the globe. Please visit our registration site at www.iconferences.org/gt8 or contact Kama Dean at kama@propeninsula.org to register for the conference.
Together, we are creating a powerful sea turtle protection community in Mexico and beyond!
The 10th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero will be held from January 19-20, 2008 in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. This meeting has grown from a small gathering of 45 Baja residents who wanted to save sea turtles in 1999, to the region's premiere grassroots conservation meeting. The meeting will highlight members of our monitoring stations from across the Baja California peninsula, the Gulf of California and internationally, who will present community reports and update us on the recovery status of sea turtles at historically high turtle mortality locations.
There will be informational sessions and workshops available to all participants, as well as a number of separate workshops and activities for "Young Conservationists." Attendees will include scientists, environmental educators, students, community members, children and youth, and others who want to bring turtles back to these waters by preventing their unnecessary killing for consumption or as "by-catch" in fishing gear.
Grupo Tortuguero Contact Information
This meeting is hosted by Pro Peninsula, the Grupo Tortuguero and Grupo Ecologista Antares, A.C.
Pro Peninsula
PO Box 7175
San Diego, CA 92167
In the U.S.:
Kama Dean
619-574-6643
kama@propeninsula.org
In Mexico:
Rodrigo Rangel
612-121-2800
52-612-120-3763
rodrigo@grupotortuguero.org
Sponsors
Baja Books and Maps
Defenders of Wildlife
Journey Mexico
Tony and Linda Kinninger
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Underwater Images
www.seaturtle.org
Pro Peninsula Grupo Ecologista Antares
www.grupotortuguero.org
kama@propeninsula.org
