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Over to the bar on the right we added the "State of the World's Sea Turtles" It has great maps of sea turtle nest sites around the world and ways that you can help save sea turtle species.

SWOT is a coalition of worldwide conservationists offering a solution to the lack of a centralized resource for global sea turtle data. This powerful network of partners, collectively known as the “SWOT Team,” has volunteered to annually assess the status of the world’s seven sea turtle species, the threats they face and the wide range of efforts that endeavor to conserve them.

The SWOT Team is dedicated to its collective vision – that of a permanent global network of specialists working to accelerate the conservation of sea turtles and their habitats, pooling and synthesizing data, and openly sharing the information to audiences who can make a difference. Together we have developed a unique global database to which sea turtle conservationists can contribute and compare their data to conservation practices in other areas of the world and collectively map it using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.

Each year, results of these data and updates on conservation projects across the globe will be published in an international journal, the SWOT Report, that will encapsulate the current status of sea turtle populations worldwide; identify gaps in research and priorities; and provide recommendations for advancing both sea turtle and general marine conservation.