For episode 1 we were joined by the Dr. Martin Stelfox, CEO of the Olive Ridley project.
Olive Ridley Project is on a mission is to protect sea turtles and their habitats through rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education and outreach.
We touched on:
- The Olive Ridley Project's work
- Solutions to ghost gear
- The importance of funding NGOs
- Travel footprints of NGO work
- Breaking into the field of marine conservation
The Olive Ridley Project (ORP) was founded by Dr Martin Stelfox in 2013. Working as a biologist in the Maldives, he encountered a countless number of olive ridley sea turtles entangled in abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing nets. Martin was curious to understand why this was happening and questioned where the nets were coming from. He decided to enlist the help of other biologists and citizen scientists to help answer these questions. His dedication and passion for helping these prehistoric reptiles formed the foundations of the ORP, which later expanded its mission to take a multifaceted and holistic approach to protecting sea turtles and their habitats.
Read more here: https://oliveridleyproject.org/
Presented by Liberty Denman and Amy Kenworthy
Music from Uppbeat:
https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/warm-blanket
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