To protect and study the population of nesting sea turtles on the beach from Rio Carate to Laguna Pejeperro and the surrounding ecosystems.
Through physical presence on the beach, scientific data collection and analysis, and environmental education we, at SITMAR, are committed to the conservation and sustainability of the Osa Peninsula.

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With the idea to complement the conservation program, SITMAR developed an environmental education program (PEA) in which we include the community actively in our sea turtle conservation effort, showing that there is an alternate system (ecotourism) of using our natural resources without destroying them. The principle threats and pressure that sea turtles encounter on the Osa peninsula originate from human beings and their activities (extraction of eggs and the presence of domestic animals on the beach, like dogs).

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If you would like to take part directly with our sea turtle conservation program you can apply to be a volunteer.

Volunteers help our team of sea turtle researchers complete the many goals of our project. They patrol the beaches nightly looking for nesting sea turtles, record data, help find and relocate nests, release hatchlings and maintain a protective hatchery. Volunteers also help us to maintain our turtle research equipment and field station. Everyone works hard but there is always time for hikes in the rainforest, swims in waterfalls and sunsets on the beach.

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