world turtle trust by: hayley z. & alli s. yes! destruction of coral reefs loss of nesting...
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World Turtle Trust
By: Hayley Z. & Alli S.
• Yes!• Destruction of coral reefs• Loss of nesting beaches due to us• Chemicals and garbage are causing
pollution in the ocean• Harvesting turtles for their shells,
leather & meat• A mysterious & fatal disease called
Fibropapilloma• Death in fishing equipment
Sea turtles: what are they?
• Some of the largest hard shelled organisms weighing up to 440 pounds and measuring up to 4 feet.
• Cold blooded
• Breathe air
• Skin has scales
World Turtle Trust
• Mission:– To help fund conservation projects for sea
turtles– To create documentaries to educate people
about sea turtles– Research to find a cure for Fibropapilloma
WTT
• A non profit organization– Volunteers have no salary– Get their money from donations
• Have created three documentaries– For All Time, Red Turtle Rising & He La Honu
Celebrity Supporters?
• There are no official supporters but;
Jack Johnson: Shane Victorino:
A musician helping A native of Hawaii,
Sea turtles around where many sea
The world Turtles are located
The organizations they support?
• Kamehame Beach Hawksbill Monitoring Program• Costa Rica Leatherback Project • Rushikulya India Rookery, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Project • St. Eustatius Sea Turtle Conservation and
Monitoring Project• Conservation Society of Sierra Leone • Regency of Tojo Unauna• The Honu Project
The History
• 1996- A group of volunteers founded the Honu Project. “Honu” is Hawaiian for sea turtle.
• 1999- Won the “Hawaiian Film and Video Maker” award at the Hawaiian International Film Festival
• 2003- Joined together to create the World Turtle Trust and became a global link
Their Organizations
Why Donate?Why not?
• It will provide education to people all across the world on sea turtles.
• We will be able to fund more projects.
• We will be able to do more research.
• We will help save the sea turtles!
Credits
• Information from http://world-turtle-trust.org/
• Backgrounds and pictures from Google image
• Power point done by Alli Schwandt & Hayley Zwier
• Thank you for your time