turtle conservation fund
funded projects

. Andaman & Nicobar islands .

Surveying leatherback nesting beaches with the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT)
The leatherback turtle nesting population of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands may make up one of the most important nesting populations of this species remaining in the Indian Ocean. With our support, researchers from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) can now continue monitoring the nesting beaches of this remote archipelago and extend their work to previously unsurveyed beaches to establish the actual number of nesting females. They will also be continuing a tagging programme, which over time will reveal more about the size and dynamics of the population. It is vital that this sort of research is maintained for many seasons, as it is only with time that researchers can truly begin to understand marine turtle populations. (TCF funded from 2003 to 2004)