ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece

ARCHELON is a non-profit association whose purpose is the study and protection of sea turtles and their habitats in Greece. Its activities combine scientific work with volunteer contribution and aim, through information and education, to activate society for a better and sustainable planet. Since 1983 it has systematically recorded the nesting of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta) and protected nests on Greece's most important nesting beaches, and since 1991, with the help of port authorities and citizens, it has recorded sea turtle strandings and operates the Sea Turtle Rescue Network in Greek seas. Its Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Glyfada, Attica, receives injured or sick sea turtles, where they are treated and rehabilitated in specially equipped spaces before returning to the sea; the Centre also hosts educational and informational activities for thousands of students and visitors each year.

ARCHELON is a non-profit association whose purpose is the study and protection of sea turtles and their habitats in Greece. Its activities combine scientific work with volunteer contribution and seek, through information and education, to activate society for a better and sustainable planet. Since 1983 it has systematically recorded the nesting of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta) and protected nests on Greece's most important nesting beaches; its recording and protection programmes for sea turtle reproductive activity in Zakynthos and the Kyparissiakos Gulf are among the longest-running worldwide. Since 1991, with the help of port authorities and citizens, ARCHELON has recorded sea turtle strandings and operates the Sea Turtle Rescue Network in Greek seas. Its Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Glyfada, Attica, receives injured or sick sea turtles, where treatment and rehabilitation take place in specially equipped spaces before the animals return to the sea; the Centre also organizes educational and informational activities for thousands of students and visitors each year, highlighting sea turtles as a symbol for the protection of marine biodiversity.

Non-profit association combining scientific work with volunteer contribution and public education for sea turtle conservation in Greece.

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