Jacinto Rodríguez Murillo
Project Coordinator for sea turtle nests rescue on Mata Oscura beach, on the Special Coastal Marine Management Zone (ZEMMC, South of Veraguas), monitors environmental education and volunteering, and promotes community ecotourism with turtles.
Celina Dueñas
A Biologist who works in Wildlife Management. She is in charge of monitoring the actions taken towards the conservation of sea turtles, yellow-naped amazon, and spider monkey; compliance with environmental regulations, including training, community involvement, environmental education, and governance promotion.
Cristina Miranda
Project research and coordination for the Equilibrio Azul Foundation. Her main work focuses on sea turtles, nesting beaches, aggregation and foraging sites, migration, photo-identification, and work with artisanal fishermen. With leatherback turtles, she works to reduce mortality in nets of the artisanal fishing fleets of Ecuador.
Richard Reina
His research revolves around studying animal responses to challenges from their environments and human activity to understand how they deal with these different stressors. Most of the work is on marine animals, including sharks, rays, penguins, and turtles, but he has also studied frogs, crocodiles, lizards, and small marsupials. The purpose of his research is […]
Alison Raymundo Pérez
Director of the Palmarito Sea Turtle Protection Camp. Field technician in charge of sea turtle monitoring and protection on nesting beaches, training, and coordination of the volunteer team, resource manager for the camp’s operation, nature guide and environmental educator, social media monitoring.
Verónica Cáceres Chamorro
Facilitate and coordinate dialogue, political management and decision-making on the conservation of sea turtles at the international level with government entities in the environmental and fisheries sector of 16 countries of the Americas. Follow-up on the fulfillment of the objectives of the IAC by its member countries. Communicate information and recommendations on sea turtle management […]
César Arroyo Vega
Cesar is the Coordinator of the Guerrero Biodiversidad project, the main objectives of this project are: To register diverse species of terrestrial and aquatic fauna, which allow knowing and recognizing the rich biodiversity of the region To recognize/identify priority species for conservation To work with the community obtaining valuable knowledge on the perception and interaction […]
Ana Rebeca Barragán
Over 20 years of experience in leatherback turtle conservation. Member of the Marine Turtle Specialist Group since 2005. President of the International Sea Turtle Society in 2012. The Main Researcher of the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge at St. Croix, USVI from 1998 to 2000. Field Coordinator at Kutzari AC on the Cahuitan beach in […]
Abilene Colin
Abilene holds a Master’s of Science in Marine Ecology with a focus on Conservation. Her first interaction with sea turtles was in 2007, with a leatherback turtle, this being the first species of sea turtle she had ever seen. Since then, her professional focus upon graduation has been dedicated to these magnificent species. Since 2015, […]
Damaris Marin Smith
Activities related to the protection of four species of sea turtle that nest on the beaches of Larga, Blanca, and Barra de Potosí, and the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Island in Guerrero, Mexico; and environmental education focused on the protection of sea turtles.