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