Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) was founded in 1994 by current project leader Thushan Kapurusinghe with MCS's Peter Richardson and Sue Ranger. The TCP develops community-based conservation projects to protect marine turtles, mangroves and coastal ecosystems in Sri Lanka. Rekawa is one of the the TCP's marine turtle research and conservation sites, and TCP research officers collected the data on individual turtles that was used for tagging selection and assisted with tag attachment. To find out more about TCP activities click here.

Centre for Ecology and Conservation is based at the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus. The Centre is home to the Marine Turtle Research Group (MTRG), one of the world's leading marine turtle research institutions, specializing in satellite telemetry and coordinating projects all around the world. Dr Brendan Godley and Dr Annette Broderick lead the group and are supervising MCS Species Policy Officer Peter Richardson's PhD at the Centre, which is funded through the European Social Fund. The data analysis of this project will be published as part of Peter's PhD. To find out more about the MTRG click here.

Seaturtle.org  is a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to providing online resources and solutions in support of sea turtle conservation and research. Their pioneering Satellite Tracking And Analysis Tool (STAT) is a vital component of this project and provides all the maps and data analysis for the project. To find out more about Seaturtle.org click here.

Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) is the Sri Lankan Government agency with primary responsibility for wildlife protection. The DWC granted permission for this project to go ahead and provided officers to assist with tag attachment. It was the DWC, along with the TCP, who successfully lobbied for the Wildlife Sanctuary status of Rekawa beach. To find out more about the DWC click here.

The IOSEA Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding promotes collaboration among nearly 25 Governments and partner organisations across the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia region.  Its Bangkok-based Secretariat is coordinating a region-wide 'Year of the Turtle' campaign in 2006 aimed at increasing awareness of the need to conserve sea turtles. To find out more, click here.