{"id":4143,"date":"2018-08-31T16:51:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlife-travel.com\/schutz-von-meeresschildkroeten-das-projeto-tamar-in-vitoria-brasilien\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:49:41","slug":"the-brazilian-marine-turtle-project-tamar-in-the-capital-of-espirito-santo-vitoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlife-travel.com\/en\/the-brazilian-marine-turtle-project-tamar-in-the-capital-of-espirito-santo-vitoria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brazilian marine turtle project TAMAR in the capital of Esp\u00edrito Santo – Vit\u00f3ria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like I mentioned in one of my previous articles<\/a>, the project TAMAR (or Projeto TAMAR in Portuguese) is a main contact point in Brazil with respect to the protection of marine turtles. With more than 20 bases along the Brazilian coast from Almofala in the state Cear\u00e1 in the North to Florian\u00f3polis in the state Santa Catarina in the South, the project TAMAR informs and educates the public about all marine turtles that occur in Brazil to advance their protection.<\/p>\n

Because populations of all five in Brazil occurring marine turtles are endangered.<\/p>\n

While olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea<\/em>), loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta<\/em>), and leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea<\/em>) are listed as \u201cvulnerable\u201d according to the IUCN, green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas<\/em>) are in the category \u201cendangered\u201d. Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata<\/em>) are even \u201ccritically endangered\u201d according to the IUCN.<\/p>\n

Before visiting the project TAMAR in Vit\u00f3ria, I and my travel company visited the aquariums of the project TAMAR Reg\u00eancia in the Reserva Biol\u00f3gica de Comboios<\/a> close to Linhares.<\/p>\n

The two bases in Reg\u00eancia and Vit\u00f3ria were quite different. At the project TAMAR Reg\u00eancia we did not meet any employees of the organization nor could we learn that much about the project. In Vit\u00f3ria, in contrast, we received much information about the project TAMAR and their work.<\/p>\n

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