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Nesting signals in Calabria!

This year the first signs of nesting of Caretta caretta on the Calabrian Ionian coast have already been seen, before usual. Will it be a lockdown effect?
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Sea turtle rescues DO NOT stop!

In the stretch of sea between Zapponeta and Mattinata, about 15 miles, 7 sea turtles have been recovered today and brought to the Legambiente Recovery Center, in Manfredonia.
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Towards the first "Turtle Safe" certification!

The TED solution was effective, and a boat decided to adopt it, going towards the first "Turtle Safe" certification.
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Turtles Rescue Center of Manfredonia Legambiente asks for support!

CRTM Manfredonia Legambiente has launched the alert for the turtles that are beaching in these hours in the Gargano and throughout the Adriatic coast.
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TartaLife project is over but its activities are still ongoing!

First guests of the new year for the A.M.P. Egadi Islands, which welcomed the young sailors of the Bardolino Nautical Center and explained them the activities of the TartaLife project.
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"Tartagame" for Christmas and for the children!

An initiative of the M.P.A. Egadi brought the children to have fun with the "Tartagame" board game during the Christmas holidays.
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XIII edition of the "National Conference of the Cetacean Studies Center"

December 14, at the Città Sant’Angelo municipal theater (PE) an important appointment for the conservation of turtles in the Adriatic
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TartaLife and the collaboration with Friend of the Sea

The collaboration between TartaLife and Friend of the Sea continues. The Turtle Safe brand is coming.
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Layman's Report: project results

6 years of work summarized into a short document
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Save the date: 20 September Tartalife Final Meeting

The final TartaLife conference will be held on Friday, September 20 at the Seebay Hotel in Portonovo (AN).
All the project partners who will illustrate the activities carried out and the results achieved in these 6 years of the project will participate.
In addition there will be some representatives of local authorities, fishermen and also various experts on the theme of sea turtles conservation.

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