Climate Change

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End of Year Appeal

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Here's a quick reminder: there are just hours left to send in a tax-deductible year-end gift before the end of 2021!

A donation to the Turtle Conservancy is a donation to help protect this planet from:

With nearly 70,000 acres of grasslands, rainforests, and fynbos under our protection, you can help reverse the effects of climate change. These highly regenerative ecosystems act both as a carbon sink and a means to sequester carbon. Protecting land also prevents ever encroaching slash-and-burn agriculture and cattle farming. (Photo of Sandoval Reserve and Reforestation Area by Katala Foundation)

The wildlife rangers we support safeguard some of the most endangered tortoises on the planet. Our conservation center houses hundreds of turtles confiscated from smugglers around the world. (Photo of tortoise guardians on Geometric Tortoise Preserve)

Turtle Conservancy programs hatch hundreds of endangered turtles and tortoises every year, both in the wild and at our conservation center in California. This past year we released over 4,000 Diamondback Terrapins in New Jersey. Our captive breeding efforts currently encompass 19 of the top 50 most endangered turtles and tortoises.

Your gift is an investment in people and the planet. Every bit of your support will be matched by a generous donor.

Please donate by midnight tonight and make 2021 a success for turtles!

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Conceptual Art at UN Climate Conference in Glasgow

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Conceptual Art at UN Climate Conference in Glasgow

Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity and our planet as we know it. Turtles and tortoises are a perfect bellwether for the crisis as many aspects of their biology are directly influenced by their environment. Already, their populations are being affected, because their sex is determined by temperatures during egg incubation. If all hatchlings develop into females, reproduction will eventually cease to occur. Changing weather patterns are also accelerating loss of suitable habitat for many species to survive. The combined pressure of these changes to the environment could be catastrophic for turtles and tortoise species, of which more than half are threatened with extinction.

Marching Against Climate Change

Marching Against Climate Change

On September 20th, The Turtle Conservancy joined local demonstrations in California, Washington DC, Berlin and New York City to participate in the Global Climate Strikes—a worldwide mobilization of an estimated four million people in over 160 countries. The youth-led demonstrations aimed to call out governments for their lack of urgency in addressing the climate crisis—and to cultivate a movement demanding an equitable transition to renewable energy...

Amazon Rainforest Fires

Amazon Rainforest Fires

Fire has devastated more than 3,500 square miles of Brazil’s Amazon forest since January, an 85% increase from last year. The fires were largely intentionally set by humans engaged in rampant, illegal deforestation of the Amazon for agriculture, specifically for cattle ranching, as the global demand for meat is on the rise. This devastation has staggering consequences, from the destruction of local wildlife and wildlands to the global health of our planet.

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Turtles and Climate Change

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Turtles and Climate Change

Spring has sprung, all the flowers are in bloom, and shells are a clackin'! This winter has been cold and rainy at the Turtle Conservancy’s Conservation Center, and the turtles have had enough of it! They have had plenty of time to think about climate change and its implications for their future.

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Vote for the Environment

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Vote for the Environment

What can you do, you ask? Vote. VOTE. VOTE. VOTE!! The midterm elections on November 6 offer all Americans a chance to shape our (and the turtles’) future for the better. If you believe that climate change is real, if you don't like wildlife poaching, if you don't want to see even more endangered turtles and other wildlife go extinct, you can vote for candidates who share your values. Vote! The turtles are counting on you...

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