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SCOPRITARTA starts in the Marche region

The lessons of Scopritarta have started in the Marche schools: protagonists 15 classes of Pesaro, Ancona, Porto Sant'Elpidio and Porto San Giorgio.
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Save the date: January 26th! First Aid course on sea turtles at the Nautico Club of Lido di Volano

Cetacea Foundation, in collaboration with the Volano Nautical Club, the Provincial Police of Ferrara, the maritime division of the Corps of the sworn police, and the Environmental Department of Aics Emilia Romagna propose the first aid training course for sea turtles.
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Merry Christmas

The staff of TartaLife wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope that in 2019 conservation of the sea turtle can reach further success.
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SCOPRITARTA arrives in the schools of Marche

Following the success achieved in 2015 and 2016, this year the SCOPRITARTA environmental education project comes to the Marche thanks to the support of the Province of Agrigento.
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Training course organized in collaboration with AICS by Asinara

BASIC COURSE ON RESCUE AND SAFEGUARDING OF MARINE TURTLES

Elements of first intervention and management of nesting events
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IT'S TARTADAY!

The project like every year celebrates the sea turtle with the Tartaday, 17 August
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Save the date: Lampedusa without plastic

TartaLife will support the event: Lampedusa without plastic, 10th of August 2018
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Save the date: saturday 14 July Santa Margherita Ligure

On Saturday, July 14th a training seminar will be held at the Sala di Spazio Aperto in Santa Margherita Ligure for fishermen on the issue of marine turtle conservation and the practices to be kept on board in case of accidental capture during professional fishing activities.
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2018 - TartaLife will join World Sea Turtle Day again!

16th of June TartaLife will participate with activities and sea turtle releases
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AMP Isole Pelagie launches TartaWord campaign 2018

AMP Isole Pelagie is ready again this year to launch the TARTAWORD campaign.
From the next week, the daily activities for tourists and the general public begin.

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