Dakshin Foundation
The Sea Turtle Directory
Country: India
Organization / Project Name: Long-term monitoring of olive ridley sea turtles in Odisha
Website: https://www.dakshin.org/long-term-monitoring-of-sea-turtles-at-the-rushikulya-mass-nesting-rookery-odisha/
Email: kshanker@gmail.com
Description: Rushikulya, in southern Odisha, is one of two mass nesting rookeries for olive ridley turtles in Odisha. Dakshin Foundation initiated a long-term programme at Rushikulya in 2008, and has since have been monitoring the olive ridley population through offshore boat surveys to understand at-sea abundance, daily night patrols for solitary nesting, arribada census, and estimation of hatchling sex ratios and hatching success. Through the project, we have also been working towards community-based conservation models involving the local community and the state forest department.
Species of focus: Olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Volunteer program: No
Tourist activities (Y/N): No
Primary Areas of Work: Environmental education/community outreach, Nesting beach monitoring
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