Reducing Demand for Marine Turtle Products in Nicaragua
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £285,318
WHERE Nicaragua
Summary
Trafficking of marine turtle products to meet non-subsistence domestic urban and international demand is the most immediate threat to marine turtles in Nicaragua. This project aims to reduce national and international consumer demand for marine turtle eggs and shell in Nicaragua, and reduce the incentive for the poaching of Hawksbill, Leatherback and Olive Ridley turtle eggs and shell. Complementing a successful programme of community-led nesting beach protection and sustainable livelihood development, it will deliver a critical missing component of the response to trade-driven poaching.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
