Sea Turtle Rescue Centre, Glyfada, Athens, Greece
Views from Sea Turtle Rescue Centre, Glyfada, Athens, Greece.
Archelon Sea Turtle Protection Society Rescue Centre, Glyfada Greece
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The Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Athens
On the quay at Glyfada is a rescue and rehabilitation centre for sea turtles, run by ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. The staff there provide free educational tours of the facilities and treatments for visitors.
ARCHELON, Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Greece - Архелон, Товариство захисту морських черепах Греції
ARCHELON is a Sea Turtle Rescue Centre and First-Aid Station in Glyfada, Greece. We were privileged to see these volunteer caregivers at work Please donate to this Society so that they can continue doing God's work there.
Sea turtles rescue center. Glyfada. Greece. 2018 (1)
In Glyfada, near the enter of Athens, there is a sea turtles rescue center which operates with volunteers and scientists. No entrance fees are charged and it opens at 11 o'clock. The guided tour is in English or in Greek.
Archelon Rescue Center Glyfada, Greece
2 Caretta caretta recovering at the Archelon Rescue Center in Glyfada, Greece 2007
'Pavloukos' recovering from head injury
'Fotis' recovering from missing front flipper
Filmed by David Vuylsteke
Archelon Rescue Centre: Thanasis
The night a juvenile sea turtle named Thanasis arrived at Archelon's rescue centre in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. The turtle was found in Volos and sent by bus to Athens. See the x-ray of the fishing hook. Shot with 50mm lens on a Canon 550D.
Sea turtles rescue center. Glyfada. (3). So few and so many..2018
Thera are many rescue centers around the world. This one in Glyfada is the oldest. Scientists and volunteers come again and again from everywhere.Listen and be amazed by the number of people helping the turtles in Spain although the number of nests are very few in comparison with the number of nests here in Greece and the number of volunteers... shocking !!!
Rehabilitation of Injured Sea Turtles in Athens, Greece
US Embassy partners with NGO Archelon on Sea Turtle Protection!
During the summer, dozens of American university students, many of them studying marine biology, volunteer at ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ (the official Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece.) In addition to the long-term volunteers, many high-school students visit Archelon, both at the Rescue Center in Glyfada and at other centers of the organization in Crete and the Peloponnese, through the People to People Ambassador Program. The students spend a day at the center volunteering and learning more about sea protection.
As part of U.S. EMBASSY ATHENS efforts to increase awareness of the U.S. National Ocean Policy, we partnered with the Archelon to produce a video to highlight our ocean policy, American collaboration with Greek civil society, and volunteerism.
We hope you enjoy!
SCUBA DIVING WITH LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE IN GREECE
This is our little recap from our diving experience while doing the PADI certificate for Open Water Diver at Hippocampos Bali Dive Center in Crete, Greece.
If you are going to Crete in Greece, then Bali is a really nice little village to visit and stay at. It has 4 beaches which are all reachable in walking distance. The restaurants are all nice and have good service and quality, the prices are fair and not as pricey as for example Santorini and the sea water is clear.
We had a really awesome experience doing our OWD at Hippocampos! The staff, Corrine, Angelos and Alexandros were all really nice and they gave us the feeling to be part of this whole diver's family from the beginning already. The focus of the sessions was learning and experiencing something new and diving was only in small groups - not like a machinery! There were also no time limits so we were under water as long we still had air in our tanks. Also, when we offered to pay the whole amount at once in advance they declined and wanted one part in advance and one part at the end only.
Our instructor Aurelien was truly the BEST! He had a lot of patience, encouraged us when we felt unsure with all the learning and he truly transferred his passion to us! He made the whole learning and practising the challenging under water skills very easy. We can't wait to dive AGAIN and hopefully with Aurelien again very soon!
We will never forget this experience so once again - a BIG THANK YOU TO HIPPOCAMPOS BALI DIVE CENTER AND AURELIEN!
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Archelon in Greece: Saving the Turtles
Archelon in Greece: Saving the Turtles
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2018 Archelon Promomotional Video
Promotional video showcasing the work done by the staff and volunteers at the Rescue Centre of Archelon, The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece
A turtle's stroll - Athens, Greece இܓ
A turtle enjoying the sun and the beautiful temperature roaming through the hill of the Pnyx and the beautiful pine forest, in the center of Athens metropolitan area, in Greece.
Sea Turtle Conservation Volunteer Project, Greece
Become a sea turtle volunteer and work with sea turtles in Greece. Volunteer with sea turtles in Kefalonia and get hands on marine conservation experience.
This video showcases the conservation activities at this project and includes an interview with the project's co-founder.
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TRANSCRIPT
[Interviewer:] What do you love about turtles, and why are they so important to you?
[Nikos Vallianos:] They’re just very majestic. I’ve always loved the sea, and the sea turtles. I just love the way they swim in the water, it’s so calm and slow; very efficient!
And they’re also a very ancient animal, they’ve existed for millions of years. The planet has changed, and the turtles, they’ve changed as well, and they’ve adapted, but they’re pretty similar, for the last however many million years.
[Interviewer:] I mean, how do you see the future for turtles then? The way we’re treating the planet these days?
[Nikos Vallianos:] Not very good. I always try to be hopeful, and I think it’s important to make an effort to preserve them. Sea turtles use areas that are similar to the most, most visited by tourists, so they need a Mediterranean climate, in the case of Greek sea turtles. They need sandy beaches - they cannot just go to a not-so-nice beach, they need what we consider the most beautiful beaches. Perfect sand, enough distance from the sea, but not too far away, without any disturbances, and they need a quiet beach so they can go out at night without any disturbance, and that’s what we humans prize as the most majestic touristic destinations.
So we all go there, and that’s where the turtles need to reproduce. And they don’t go there for leisure like we do, they actually need it to survive. And that’s a very big conflict, and then the reason why there’s a conflict is not because it’s necessary, but because there is a lot of ignorance. So people who are trying to make a buck, they’re trying to make money off tourism, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but when you go and use an animal’s habitat, it’s very important to respect what that animal needs. Especially if it’s possible to actually have both. Then I am sometimes astounded by why we don’t have that.
And I talk with local people, as much as I can, and a lot of people just don’t have the time to worry about these things, and it’s really sad to me, because it doesn’t take a lot to protect sea turtles, and to actually have a sustainable amount of tourism. That’s a very important aspect of the project; to educate local people.
[Interviewer:] What motivates you to do this work?
[Nikos Vallianos:] It’s just a life... that’s just my life. I have decided many years ago - I used to work as a computer programmer, and then one day I went and volunteered in a conservation project. I didn’t really think much of it, I just always loved nature, and I thought, oh, I’m just gonna go and volunteer, and see what it’s like. Just over a short experience. And I remember on the first night I arrived at the project, I saw a turtle nesting right in front of me. And that was it, I just fell in love, not just with turtles but with this effort that’s done by many people around the world, to actually protect sea turtles.
We know that our ancestors evolved on this world to survive, to have enough food, but today we don’t live in that world. We actually make much more than enough food for ourselves to survive, so I think that most people should be working towards protecting the planet, protecting humans, and trying to make our world better. I fail to see why we should work towards things that are just for our entertainment.
DEKAMER Sea Turtle Rescue Center
Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center established in 2009 after signing the protocol between related parties. Later in the year, the the Higher Educational Council of Turkey officially recognized the rescue center and this constitution was published in the Turkish Official Newspaper. Despite having nesting and foraging grounds along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, only one turtle rescue centre has been established following the RAC/SPA (Regional Activity Center/Special Protected Areas) guidelines (RAC/SPA, 2004). This center is to be set up for year-round activity and to help educate the public about conservation efforts. DEKAMER will act as the regular monitoring of the Dalyan beach for nesting activities by accepting volunteers from all Universities. Any injured turtles found along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey are also brought the center and will take care of their necessary medical treatment and rehabilitation. DEKAMER is open for both national and international collaborations in all types of scientific studies.
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Healthy Seas 2016 clean-up mission in Makronisos, Greece
During this diving mission in Makronisos, Greece, a Healthy Seas diving team of six divers formed by Greek and Dutch volunteers, targeted the M/V Portugal. We removed approx. 75% of all lost fishing nets on this wreck, which is now visible again for future divers and no more underwater animals and fish can be caught again.
Thanks to our partners MEDASSET-Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Ghost Fishing and the support of Planet Blue Diving Center and AquaTec Diver Training.
Video & editing: Pascal van Erp / Giorgos Kolikis
SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION | Greece 2016 | Archelon
This summer I spent 1 month volunteering for the Archelon Sea Turtle Protection Organisation of Greece. Based in Kyparissia in the Pelopponese, we camped next to the beach and every morning we headed out to the beach to find turtle nests to protect.
The beaches of Greece where the project is stationed hosts the largest amount of sea turtle nests in the Mediterranean and is therefore a vital component of the species survival. You see, sea turtles return to the same beach that they were born at and they don't mix between populations.
Due to human activity - plastic pollution, development on beaches etc - the Loggerhead Sea Turtle is classified as vulnerable. But we are seeing a growth in numbers thanks to conservation efforts!
If you're interested in becoming a volunteer for Archelon, click on this link and apply! It was a truly amazing experience! :
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Sea Turtles in Monavasia, Greece
We were having lunch in Monavasia on our way back to Sparta and these turtles were playing over some fresh octopus!