Press releases and own publications

Schwimmenlernen für den Schutz bedrohter Meeresschildkröten
Article in the MitgliederMagazin Bund Deutscher Tierfreunde, issue 02/2023

Trouble Turtles
Episode of the podcast „Tauchen 2 go”, issue 66, 17. March 2023
By Anja Kuschel
Published on Spotify

Partizipation als fester Bestandteil der Artenschutzarbeit
Article in the MitgliederMagazin Bund Deutscher Tierfreunde, issue 01/2023

Artenschutzhunde auf Patrouille: tierische Unterstützung im Meeresschildkrötenschutz
Article in the MitgliederMagazin Bund Deutscher Tierfreunde, issue 04/2022

Naturschützer gegen die Wilderei: Deutscher Kommissar wird Schildkröten-Hüter
TV report in Galileo, ProSieben, 26. Oct. 2022
(German) report on YouTube

Kapverden erleben
TV report in Länder, Menschen, Abenteuer, WDR/HR, 20. March 2022
(German) report on YouTube

Groß, steinalt und vom Aussterben bedroht
Article in the MitgliederMagazin Bund Deutscher Tierfreunde, issue 03/2022

Urlaub, aber bitte ohne Schildpatt-Souvenir
Article in the taucher revue, issue 03/2022

Projekt zum Schutz Grüner Meeresschildkröten im Derawan-Archipel in Indonesien
Article in the MitgliederMagazin Bund Deutscher Tierfreunde, issue 02/2022

Augen auf im Urlaub: Finger weg von diesen Souvenirs
Article in the MitgliederMagazin Bund Deutscher Tierfreunde, issue 01/2022

Gesekerin rettet Meeresschildkröten
Article in the Geseker Zeitung, 26. Oct. 2021
By Rebecca Dormels
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Kölnerin ist Schildkröten-Mafia auf der Spur
Article in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 12. Aug. 2021
By Inge Swolek
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Vier Pfoten für Panzer in Not
Article in the Bild der Frau, issue 14/2021
By Dörte Apel
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Dem Schutz der Schildkröten verschrieben
Article in the Liechtensteiner Vaterland,  21. Oct. 2020
By Andreas Laternser
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Pfoten helfen Flossen
Article in the Schweiz am Wochenende, 12. Jan. 2019
By Jacqueline Beck
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Schweizer Spürhunde für den Schildkrötenschutz
Article in the printed issue of Swiss magazin Tierwelt, issue 51/52 2018
By Jacqueline Beck
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Our own publications

Assessing the potential effects of varying levels of marine plastic pollution in the nesting habitat of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde. 2023. Kate Yeoman, Airton Jesus, Robert Briers (Edinburgh Napier University), and Thomas Reischig. Poster for the 41^th Annual Symposium of the International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS), Cartagena, Colombia. (Download PDF, 3.2 MB; English)

Identification of risk areas of sea turtle poaching on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde: Using a statistical and GIS-based approach. 2022. Stephanie Butera, Airton Jesus, Maria Medina Suarez (Cabo Verde Natura 2000), and Thomas Reischig. Poster for the 40^th Annual Symposium of the International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS), Perth, Australia. (Download PDF, 1.4 MB; English)

Wildlife conservation dogs used in sea turtle protection on Boa Vista island, Cabo Verde. 2021. Stephanie Butera, Marcel Maierhofer, Thomas Reischig, Euclides Resende, and Hiltrud Cordes (Turtle Foundation). Short communication paper in: African Sea Turtle Newsletter 17:3–6 (Download PDF, 2.6 MB; English)

Drones for Turtles
Thomas Reischig, Hiltrud Cordes; Buchkapitel in “Sea Turtle Research and Conservation: Lessons from Working in the Field”
Herausgegeben von Brad Nahill, Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2021

Drones for turtles: Controlling poaching of nesting loggerhead sea turtles with night vision unmanned aerial vehicles on Boavista Island, Cabo Verde. 2018. Thomas Reischig, Euclides Resende, and Hiltrud Cordes (Turtle Foundation). Short communication paper in: African Sea Turtle Newsletter 10:9–13 (Download PDF of ASTN 10, 3.7 MB; English)

Exploitation of turtle hatchlings: How headstarting poses an increasing problem for sea turtle conservation in Indonesia. 2015. Bayu Sandi, Thomas Reischig, and Hiltrud Cordes (ProFauna and Turtle Foundation). Poster for the 35^th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Dalaman, Turkey. (Download PDF, 3.3 MB; English)

Assessment of a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) foraging population in the Derawan archipelago, East Borneo, Indonesia: a pilot study. 2015. Muhammad Ali Imron, Firly Fathia Maulida, Silvia Riztiarina, Ahmad Saparhadi, Hiltrud Cordes, Hana Svobodová, and Thomas Reischig (Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta and Turtle Foundation). Poster for the 35^th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Dalaman, Turkey. (Download PDF, 1.8 MB; English)

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Berau archipelago, Indonesia: Population assessment, nesting activities, and protection status. 2011. Thomas Reischig et al. (Turtle Foundation). Poster for the 31^st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, San Diego, California, USA. (Download PDF, 1.1 MB; English)

Green Turtle Nesting at Pulau Sangalaki. 2004. Reisa and Kevin Latorra, Turtle Foundation (Download PDF, 60 kB; English)

Guidelines for Turtle Hatchery Management. 2002. Hanneke Nooren and Gordon Claridge, Turtle Foundation (Download PDF, 62 kB; English)

Hatchery and high tides on Sangalaki. 2002. Hanneke Nooren & Gordon Claridge, Turtle Foundation (Download PDF, 17 kB; English)

Benefits from turtle conservation. 2002. Gordon Claridge & Hanneke Nooren, Turtle Foundation (Download PDF, 45 kB; English)

Benefits from turtle conservation. 2002. Gordon Claridge & Hanneke Nooren, Turtle Foundation (Download PDF, 41 kB; Bahasa Indonesia)

The effect of logs on nesting turtles. 2002. Mulky Thamrin, Zulfikar I.Y. Maruapey, Vang Ahang Moord. Y., Iwan Hermawan, Gordon Claridge, Hanneke Nooren (Download PDF, 38 kB; English)

Issues relevant to the conservation of nesting turtles on Sangalaki. 2002. Gordon Claridge and Hanneke Nooren, Turtle Foundation (Download PDF, 144 kB; English)