Conservation, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Chelonia Association Projects

Below there is a list of the projects carried out by the Chelonia Association to contribute to the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems, biodiversity and promoting a more sustainable development. Click on the projetc title to access a summary file for each project.

Project: Environmental Volunteering and awareness as a contribution to the conservation of Spanish National Parks - 2021.

Action Area: Spanish National Parks.

Funding: Autonomous Body of National Parks (Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge).

Main supports: Doñana National Park, Atlantic Islands of Galicia Maritime-Terrestrial National Park and Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.

Action Line: Volunteering and Conservation.

Year: 2022-23.

Country: Spain.

Project: Conservation of the Loggerhead Turtle in the Western Mediterranean: coordinated solutions for the bycatch reduction in the foraging populations of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) 2021-24.

Action area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea and Gulf of Cádiz.

Co-Funding: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana and University of Valencia.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles.

Years: 2021-24.

Project: Environmental Volunteering and awareness as a contribution to the conservation of the spanish National Parks - 2020.

Action Area: Spanish National Parks.

Funding: Autonomous Body of National Parks (Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge).

Main supports: Doñana National Park, Atlantic Islands of Galicia Maritime-Terrestrial National Park and Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.

Action Line: Volunteering and Conservation.

Year: 2021-22

Country: Spain.

Project: Circular Seas.

Action Area: coastal and aquatic environments of Spain and Portugal.

Co-Funding: The Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Main supports: Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food (MAPA) and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO).

Year: 2021.

Action Line: Marine Litter.

Country: Spain and Portugal.

Project: Update of the conservation status of the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Spanish Atlantic as a contribution to the Conservation Strategy of marine turtles of Spain.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean and Gulf de Cadiz.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation (Ministry for the Ecological Transition).

Main supports: Junta de Andalucía.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles.

Year: 2020-21.

Fundación Biodiversidad VICE+MTERD+FB_Co

Project: Circular Seas.

Action Area: coastal and aquatic environments of Spain and Portugal.

Co-Funding: The Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola European Partners.

Main supports: Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food (MAPA) and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO).

Year: 2020.

Action Line: Marine Litter.

Country: Spain and Portugal.

Project: Conservation of the Loggerhead Turtle in the Western Mediterranean: coordinated solutions for the bycatch reduction in the foraging populations of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) 2019-20.

Action area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea and Gulf of Cadiz.

Co-Funding: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia and XALOC Association.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Sea Turtles.

Year: 2019-20.

Country: Spain and Portugal.

Year: 2019.

Action Line: Marine Litter.

Action Area: coastal and aquatic environments of Spain and Portugal.

Co-Funding: The Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola European Partners.

Main supports: Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food (MAPA) and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO).

Project: Circular Seas.

Project: Conservation of the Loggerhead Turtle in the Western Mediterranean: coordinated solutions for the bycatch reduction in the foraging populations of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) 2018-19.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean sea.

Co-Funding: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia and XALOC Association.

Country: Spain.

Year: 2018-19.

Action line: Marine Turtles.

Country: Spain and Portugal.

Year: 2018.

Action Line: Marine Litter.

Action Area: coastal and aquatic environments of Spain and Portugal.

Co-Funding: The Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola European Partners.

Main supports: Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food (MAPA) and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO).

Project: Circular Seas.

Project: Reduction of discards through the enhancement of catches of low commercial value on the Andalusian coast.

Action Area: Andalusian coast.

Co-Funding: Fundación Daniel & Nina Carasso.

Main supports: University of Huelva.

Action Line: Fishing Sustainability.

Year: 2017-18.

Country: Spain.

Project: Conservation of the Ridge Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca psycrophila) in southern Ecuador.

Action Area: Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe.

Co-Funding: The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.

Main supports: Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja and Natural Reserve "Madrigal del Podocarpus".

Country: Ecuador.

Action Line: Amphibians.

Year: 2017-18.

Project: Conservation of the Loggerhead Turtle in the Western Mediterranean: coordinated solutions for the bycatch reduction in the foraging populations of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) 2017.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea and SpanishAtlantic Ocean.

Co-Funding: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia and XALOC Association.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Sea Turtles.

Year: 2017.

Project: Conservation of Caretta caretta in the Valencian Community and the Gulf of Cádiz (Andalusia): use of habitat and update of the status of the populations as a contribution to the National Strategy for the Conservation of the species.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea and Gulf of Cádiz.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Environment).

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia, XALOC Association and Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Year: Spain.

Action Line: Sea Turtles.

Year: 2017.

Project: Strengthening and consolidation of the system of protected areas in the jurisdiction of CORPOURABA and of strategic ecosystems.

Action Area: Urabá Region.

Co-Funding: Corporation for the Sustainable Development of Urabá (CORPOURABÁ).

Main supports: CORPOURABÁ.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Sustainable Development and PAs.

Year: 2016.

Project: Conservation of Caretta caretta in the Valencian Community: use of habitat and update of the status of populations as a contribution to the National Strategy for the Conservation of the species.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Environment).

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia, XALOC Association and Oceanographic of Valencia.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles.

Year: 2016.

Project: Abundance, distribution and conservation status of the Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata, Lamarck, 1816) at "La Laja" coral reef, Veracruz, Mexico.

Action Area: Veracruz State (Gulf of México).

Co-Funding: The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.

Main supports: University of Veracruz.

Country: México.

Action Line: Marine Environment.

Year: 2016.

Project: Evaluation and general assessment of the impacts caused by the forest fire in the DRMI Ensenada de Rionegro, low surrounding areas and Marimonda and El Salado swamps in 2015.

Action Area: Municipality of Necoclí (Antioquia).

Co-Funding: Corporation for the Sustainable Development of Urabá (CORPOURABÁ).

Main supports: CORPOURABÁ.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Sustainable Development and PAs.

Year: 2015.

Project: Conservation of the Loggerhead Turtle in the Western Mediterranean: coordinated solutions for the bycatch reduction in the foraging populations of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain).

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea and Spanish Atlantic Ocean.

Co-Funding: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia and XALOC Association.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles.

Year: 2015-16.

Project: Reduction of bycatch of marine turtles and elasmobranchs in the Spanish Atlantic and the Strait area.

Action Area: Spanish Atlantic Ocean and Strait area.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment) and European Fisheries Fund.

Main supports: Junta de Andalucía.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles/Elasmobranchs.

Year: 2014.

Project: Reducing marine turtle bycatch in Spanish Atlantic longliners.

Action Area: Spanish North Atlantic Ocean.

Co-Funding: National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

Main supports: Vigo Port Authority (Galicia, Spain).

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles.

Year: 2014.

Project: TED test on Spanish trawlers to reduce incidental catches of marine turtles in the Mediterranean Sea.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea.

Co-Funding: Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco.

Main supports: Generalitat Valenciana, University of Valencia and XALOC Association.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Marine Turtles.

Year: 2014.

Project: Reduction of accidental catches of elasmobranches through the use of electromagnetic devices in longlines.

Action Area: Spanish Mediterranean Sea.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation (dependent on the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment).

Main supports: Vigo Port Authority and Oceanographic of Valencia.

Country: Spain.

Action Line: Elasmobranches.

Year: 2013.

Project: Conservation of the Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) in Colombia.

Action Area: Llanos del Orinoco.

Co-Funding: Christmas Croc Festival - Florida December 2012.

Main supports: Regional Autonomous Corporation of Orinoquia (Corporinoquia) and Protected Natural Areas Corporation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Crocodilians.

Year: 2013.

Christmas Croc Festival

Florida December 2012

Project: Conservation of the Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) in Colombia.

Action Area: Llanos Orientales del Orinoco.

Co-Funding: Fonds de Dotation pour la Biodiversité - Save Your Logo and Lacoste.

Main supports: Autonomous Regional Corporation of the Orinoquia (CORPORINOQUIA), Natural Protected Areas Corporation and Forest Conservation and Development Foundation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Crocodilians.

Year: 2010-12.

Project: Improvement of the living conditions of the inhabitants of Necocli, Antioquia, through strengthening of community, women and children and economic development based on ecotourism.

Action Area: Municipality of Necoclí (Antioquia).

Co-Funding: Unnim Obra Social.

Main supports: Corporation for the Sustainable Development of Urabá (CORPOURABÁ), Natural Protected Areas Corporation and Forest Conservation and Development Foundation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Sustainable Development.

Year: 2011.

Project: Pilot project for the improvemente of socioeconomic conditions and the organisation of women through community husbandry in the protected area DMI "Ensenada de Río Negro, bajos aledaños y Ciénagas de Marimonda y El Salado", Municipality of Necocli, Uraba, Antioquia.

Action Area: Municipality of Necoclí (Antioquia).

Co-Funding: Obra Social Cajasol.

Main supports: Corporation for the Sustainable Development of Urabá (CORPOURABÁ), Natural Protected Areas Corporation and Forest Conservation and Development Foundation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Sustainable Development.

Year: 2011.

Project: Ecotourism Diagnosis of the Integrated Management District "Ensenada de Río Negro, bajos aledaños y Ciénagas de Marimonda y El Salado", Municipality of Necocli, Uraba, Antioquia.

Action Area: Municipality of Necoclí (Antioquia).

Co-Funding: Corporation for the Sustainable Development of Urabá (CORPOURABA).

Main supports: CORPOURABÁ and Protected Natural Areas Corporation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Sustainable Development.

Year: 2011.

Project: Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) Conservation Project in Colombia. Phase II. 2010.

Action Area: Llanos Orientales del Orinoco.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation.

Main supports: Autonomous Regional Corporation of the Orinoquia (CORPORINOQUIA), Natural Protected Areas Corporation and Forest Conservation and Development Foundation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Crocodilians.

Year: 2011.

Project: Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) Conservation Project in Colombia. Phase I. 2009.

Action Area: Llanos Orientales del Orinoco.

Co-Funding: Biodiversity Foundation.

Main supports: Autonomous Regional Corporation of the Orinoquia (CORPORINOQUIA), Natural Protected Areas Corporation and Forest Conservation and Development Foundation.

Country: Colombia.

Action Line: Crocodilians.

Year: 2010.