UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM
Virtual Tours: Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas
The Full Tour
Map
Introduction
Features of Natural Interest
Features of Other Interest, including Cultural
Threats / Problems / Issues
Projects / Conservation Actions
Opportunities
Organisations and Links
Tour Selection
Features of Natural Interest

Endangered Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) and Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) both breed in Cyprus and nest on beaches in the ESBA and WSBA. Projects overseen by the SBA Environment and Conservation team and run by volunteers monitor turtle nesting and hatch success on beaches in the SBAs. Turtle mortality is recorded from beached carcasses.

Loggerhead turtle swimming underwater.


© Mick Smith / Dragon Divers
(Features of Natural Interest, 8 of 12 - Slide ref. 713)