MEDASSET – Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles is an international nonprofit organisation working to protect marine and coastal habitats in the Mediterranean, with sea turtles as our flagship species.
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Our team works passionately to help slow down the rate of marine biodiversity loss around the Mediterranean, so that sea turtles and all forms of marine life are no longer threatened with extinction.
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The active involvement of citizens in scientific research is crucial for sufficient data collection. New technologies, like mobile applications, allow citizens to actively participate in environmental research and conservation.
With SEAlly© mobile app, sea lovers can easily record sea turtle and/or shark sightings in the Mediterranean Sea!
Now, the protection of the species is in your hands!
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Short Documentary: Protecting What’s Precious
Ezgi Saydam is a MedBycatch observer working everyday with fishers to reduce bycatch of vulnerable species in the Mediterranean. The... read more →
January 24, 2023
🎁 Choose your Gift and protect the environment. Christmas Turtle Dives 2022
Christmas Turtle Dives have just ....arrived. Read our news and choose gifts that give back to the environment. [wonderplugin_pdf... read more →
December 21, 2022
Sea turtle habitats in Greece, Cyprus & Turkey under threat: MEDASSET presents cases at the Bern Convention (Council of Europe)
For the 34th year in succession, MEDASSET participated in the 42nd Standing Committee Meeting of the Bern Convention (28... read more →
December 8, 2022
T-PVS/Files(2022)33. Ηabitat destruction in Mersin Anamur Beach (Turkey).
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 19 August 2022 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
December 6, 2022
T-PVS/Files(2022)40. Follow-up of Recommendations Nos. 182 and 183 (2015) on Presumed degradation of nesting beaches in Fethiye and Patara SPAs (Turkey).
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 08 August 2022 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
December 6, 2022
T-PVS/Files(2022)57. Recommendation No. 9 (1987) on the protection of Caretta Caretta in Laganas bay, Zakynthos (Greece).
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 08 August 2022 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
December 6, 2022
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