Turtle Watch!

Hurricane Dean: The Aftermath

As many of you know, after hurricane Dean, the beaches of Akumal were devastated. The turtle nests we had, were lost. Centro Ecológico Akumal is working with great effort in order to locate as much nests as possible, even if the sign posts are nowhere to be found.

On September 14, we found two Caretta Caretta nests (Loggerhead), releasing 178 loggerhead hatchlings safely to the ocean. We also found five Chelonia Mydas (Green Turtle) nests, releasing 446 green turtle hatchlings.

Before Dean we had:

• 82 Loggerhead nests and 67 Green Turtle nests.

• 4314 Loggerhead & 804 Green Turtle hatchlings released.
  

Because of the hurricane, 2 Loggerhead nests and 4 Green Turtle nests were relocated.

CEA continues working day and night to protect sea turtles. We greatly thank you for your support, and we hope this turtle season recovers from the hurricane.

Thank you for all your comments and donations. Don’t forget you can strongly help us reporting any anomaly in your hotels or condominiums, as well as in any beach you visit. For further information read our recommendations for the turtle nesting season, or email us: tortuga@ceakuaml.org

Meet The Volunteers

Meet Heidi!



Heidi Karlberg
31 years old
Wellingborough, England


Heidi joined the Turtle and Education program on August and will be leaving on October.

Meet The Volunteers

Meet Jasmine!



Jasmine Ferrario
21 years old
Casalpusterlengo, Italia




Jasmine joined the Turtle program on July and will be leaving on October.

Meet The Volunteers

Meet Amalia!



Amalia Syeda
20 years old
Cheltenham, England





Amalia joined the Turtle and Education program on August and will be leaving on December.

Meet The Volunteers

Meet Amanda!



Amanda Batlle
24 years old
Mataró, Barcelona. Spain

Amanda is helping CEA in the Turtle and Education program. She joined CEA on August and will be leaving on October.

Meet The Volunteers

Meet Elly!



Elly Greig
20 years
Norwich, England

Elly currently studies in Queen Mary University of London. She is a volunteer in the education and turtle program here at CEA. She joined the program on August and is leaving on January.

Turtle News!

Important Events

Be sure to join us in the following events!

• October 6 International Beach Clean - Up

• October 18, 19. 5th Sea Turtle Festival

If you would like to donate something other than money to CEA, we would appreciate the following:

• Presents for children for our different contests in the schools or Pueblo
• Photo Camera for CEA office
• Blankets for volunteers dorms
• Fans for la Escuelita and Casa de la Tortuga
• Microwave for the kitchen
• Computer for volunteers
• Donations to renew our Information Center

For more information go to CEA homepage or call 9848759095

Turtle News!

Nesting Season Is Over

We are not having more Turtle Walks, the nesting season is over but we will be having hatchling release till November. We will be doing them at 7:00 PM. You do not have to sign up for it, just show up at CEA. Donations are more than welcome especially now that Hurricane Dean came.

Turtle News!

Hurricane Dean hits Akumal

For pictures of the Hurricane and an entry by Alma, please click here.

Welcome!

As a director of Centro Ecológico Akumal, I welcome you to our sea turtle blog. It is very important to me and my staff that we share information of our work in the Akumal region and hopefully, you will join us in our efforts to protect these incredible species. After many years of working in biodiversity conservation, I have learned that much more can be achieved when we join forces for these noble objectives. Centro Ecológico Akumal does not achieve anything without all the generous support from so many people, especially the volunteers who come to Akumal each year to patrol the beaches at night, clean beaches, inform visitors and help with just about everything in the day-to-day operations of our sea turtle protection program. In fact, thanks to more wonderful volunteers and students, this blog was put together and helps us reach all of you. Likewise, this blog is a chance for you (volunteer or visitor) to be involved with us from anywhere in the world, and experience all the things that are going on in our Turtle Program.

Thank you for your interest and support. Please come by the Center if you are in Akumal.

Sincerely,

Paul Sánchez-Navarro Russell
Director, Centro Ecológico Akumal
Akumal, Quintana Roo

77730, México

(52) 984-875-9095