Billion Baby Turtles September Update

Last month, our Billion Baby Turtles program provided 2 grants totaling US $7,000 to partners in two countries. These grants will help save an estimated 7,000 hatchlings of ridleys, leatherbacks, and green turtles. This brings the total for 2022 to 45 grants totaling $245,000, protecting an estimated 2.3 million baby turtles!

Palmarito, Oaxaca, Mexico (New Partner)

The Palmarito Project has been operating since 2005, a nesting beach for leatherback black and olive ridley turtles, located on the migration route of sea turtles and the most important nesting area in the Mexican Pacific. They also run the Dark Nights Environmental Education Program to provide information to people who live on the beachfront about the importance of Palmarito for the reproduction of sea turtles, threats, and alternatives to contribute to their conservation. Last season they protected 1,163 leatherback hatchlings, 8,735 green, and more than of 40,076 olive ridleys. Billion Baby Turtles supported this new partner with US$ 5,000 helping to save more than 7,000 baby turtles.