Clovis, Tanya. - WIDECAST

Clovis, Tanya. 2005. Sea Turtle Manual for Nesting Beach Hotels, Staff, Security and Tour Guides. Developed by SOS Tobago with
assistance from the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST). Sponsored by the Travel Foundation. Tobago.
APPENDIX IV
HELPFUL WEB RESOURCES
THE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME OF SEA TURTLE WEBSITES THAT WE HAVE
FOUND HELPFUL, SOS TOBAGO ALSO HAS ON FILE, A NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS ON SEA
TURTLE CONSERVATION THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE, PLEASE DO NOT
HESITATE TO CALL US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
www.sos-tobago.org SOS Tobago online; the only place online to find information
specifically about Tobago’s turtles, read articles, see pictures, join the discussion, get
involved in home grown advocacy for responsible coastal development, there’s even a
special children’s section
http://www.barbadosseaturtles.org/ Homepage of the Barbados Sea Turtle Project at
UWI which is also home to WIDECAST's Caribbean Marine Turtle Tagging Centre. This
is a particularly good source of information on hawksbills and on managing the impacts of
coastal development on turtles, also the place to report all hawksbill tags.
.www.widecast.org The Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network supports sea
turtle projects throughout the Caribbean by linking them not only to each other, but also
to lobbying power, technical expertise and funding opportunities not always accessible by
smaller, individual groups.
www.seaturtle.org One of the largest sea turtle specific websites out there where you can
so almost anything from following the satellite tracks of tagged turtles from all over the
world to signing up for the Marine Turtle Newsletter for the latest research and
conservation news.
www.darksky.org The International Dark-Sky Association is and excellent source of
information on light pollution with a mission to preserve and protect the nighttime
environment and our heritage of dark skies through quality outdoor lighting.
www.EuroTurtle.org Europe's first educational website for the conservation and biology
of sea turtles is an excellent source for educational ideas and materials, from interactive
online “exploding turtle skeletons” to printable quizzes.
http://www.iucn-mtsg.org/publications/Tech_Manual/Tech_Manual_en/06%20Pritchard&Mortimer.pdf.
An online publication of the “Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation
of Sea Turtles” prepared by the IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group. This is an
excellent resource manual for those wanting to learn more about the science of turtle
conservation, written and edited by the leading experts in the field.
http://www.nofs.navy.mil/about_NOFS/staff/cbl/LPSnet/FMRI-TR2.pdf. Witherington and Martin’s
definitive manual: “Understanding, assessing, and resolving light-pollution problems on
sea turtle nesting beaches” as sited in the “Note About Beachfront Lighting” section, p. 12.
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