Bridging Oceans: A global exchange for sea turtle conservation |02 March 2026

Bridging Oceans: A global exchange for sea turtle conservation

Nature Seychelles and Italy’s Legambiente Nazionale APS, the organisation coordinating the European LIFE Turtlenest project, last year launched an exchange programme designed to bolster global sea turtle conservation. This collaboration allows staff from both organisations to benefit from immersive, in-the-field knowledge and experience across two different ecosystems.

The LIFE Turtlenest project is dedicated to protecting the Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) by tackling threats in Italy, Spain, and France, safeguarding emerging nesting sites, and ensuring successful reproduction in the Mediterranean. In contrast, Cousin Island Special Reserve is a crucial nesting site for the Critically Endangered Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Turtle monitoring on this island has been ongoing since 1972, making it one of the longest-running programmes of its kind globally. A few Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) also nest on the island.

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