Cetacea Foundation: Adopt a sea turtle

The sea turtles that are being treated at the Cetacea Foundation recovery center are found along the coasts of Emilia-Romagna and Marche. The Turtle Hospital has high costs: food, filtering, medical care and medicines. You can help treat these rare and precious animals by adopting one from a distance.

The sea turtles that are being treated at the Cetacea Foundation recovery center are found along the coasts of Emilia-Romagna and Marche. These specimens are beached because they are sick or injured or are caught in nets; after the discovery, thanks to the collaboration of private individuals, fishermen, volunteers and the precious contribution of Capitanerie di Porto, Guardia Forestale and other police, the animals arrive at the hospital to be treated and then returned to the sea, after marking.

The Turtle Hospital has high costs: food, filtering, medical care and medicines. You can help us to treat these rare and precious animals by adopting one from a distance: in return you will receive diploma of adoption and photography, and a photo and / or video of the moment of his return in freedom!

For more info visit the web site: http://fondazionecetacea.org/adotta-una-tartaruga.

objective

reduction of sea turtle mortality in the professional fishing

project in brief

The conservation of Caretta caretta, a priority species included in App. II/IV of the Habitat Directive and protected in various international Conventions, has been representing a strategic issue for the whole Mediterranean basin, with professional fishing being the main threat for the survival of marine turtles: every year about 130000 turtles can be accidentally caught accidentally in the Mediterranean.

The project TartaLife, involving all 15 Italian regions overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, aims at reducing:
- bycatches caused by pelagic longline, bottom trawl and fixed nets by disseminating technical innovations of the fishing gears;
- post-capture mortality through trainings for fishermen and strengthening the marine turtles First Aid/Rescue Centres

TartaLife project

Life+ programme

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental policy and legislation by co-financing pilot or demonstration projects with European added value.

LIFE began in 1992 and to date there have been four complete phases of the programme (LIFE I: 1992-1995, LIFE II: 1996-1999, LIFE III: 2000-2006 and LIFE+: 2007-2013). During this period, LIFE has co-financed some 3954 projects across the EU, contributing approximately €3.1 billion to the protection of the environment.

Life+ programme