Thursday, October 20, 2005
8th Annual Meeting of the Grupo TortugueroThe 8th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero
Celebrating a National Treasure
We are preparing for the Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero and we invite you to participate in this year’s meeting!
The 8th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero will be held from January 27-29, 2006, in Loreto, BCS, Mexico. This meeting has grown from a small gathering of 45 Baja California residents who wanted to save sea turtles in 1999, to the region’s premiere grassroots conservation meeting. Over 300 people attended last years meeting!
The meeting will highlight members of our monitoring stations from across the peninsula, the Gulf of California and internationally, who will present community reports and update us on the recovery status of sea turtles at historical turtle hunting locations. Participants will include scientists, environmental educators, students, community members, and people like you who want to bring turtles back to these waters by preventing the unnecessary killing for consumption or as by-catch in fishing gear.
Please join us in protecting the world’s sea turtles by participating in the 8th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero and experience first hand the dedication of this network of people working to save endangered sea turtles across the globe. Please visit our registration site at www.iconferences.org/gt8 or contact Kama Dean at kama@propeninsula.org to register for the conference.
Together, we are creating a powerful sea turtle protection community in Mexico and beyond!
