ARCHELON invites the participation of young and old friends as well as school teams from all over the world. The stories with your inspiration and imagination will become part of the information campaign we are preparing for next summer! Deadline for submission is February 14, 2022. See more...

It has been 13 years since 17 organizations, including ARCHELON, signed the "Accountability Charter of Non-Governmental Organizations" until today when we co-signed the Joint Declaration of 287 Civil Society Organizations on the draft law of the Ministry of Interior. See more

An increasing trend in the number of nests was observed in the period 2011-2020. Interestingly, the possibility of a higher number of male hatchlings was also suggested, and that is of great value in this period of general temperature rise on the beaches. See more…

Thines Kyparissias (the Kyparissia sand dunes) is the Natura 2000 site with the highest number of loggerhead nests in Greece. The dedicated volunteers and field leaders, who carried out the monitoring and protection of the nests in this area, as well as in the rest of Kyparissia Bay, deserve a big thank you. Learn more about the ARCHELON report concerning the summer of 2021.

The report contains the preliminary number of nests, the conservation efforts and the observed short term and long term threats during the sea turtle nesting season of 2021 in Laganas Bay. A big thank you to the many dedicated volunteers and field leaders who made the monitoring and public awareness activities possible for one more year. Read more...

Twenty students, from grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 participated in this educational tour among other visits at places of special importance in Greece. We felt honored when we heard that they arrived to us directly from the airport!

This summer was another period of intensive effort, which brought the monitoring of the nesting of the loggerhead sea turtles in Greece to 38 consecutive years. We gathered together to celebrate the successful completion of the field projects of ARCHELON for 2021 at Kokotos estate in Attica.
 

Due to a happy circumstance, #turtlechallenge3 with the idea of a video for the Recsue Centre was realized! Screenwriters, actors, sound engineers, cameramen and assistant directors of the film were the youngsters of the 3rd High School of Argyroupolis themselves. See more

The news that Kostas Bouyouris passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 56, brought great sadness to all those who knew him as a member of ARCHELON. Memories from the first years of our common path, when he was still studying agriculture, started flowing effortlessly.

We received 21 stories, but the selection of the most suitable idea for a video script was impossible, because we liked them all. We hope you enjoy the stories in the online issue "Adventure at the Rescue Center" as much as we did!

The number of arrivals of injured or sick sea turtles at the ARCHELON Rescue Center has increased significantly this summer, a fact that has put a lot of pressure on the small group that takes care of the animals. That's why we need Rehabilitation Assistants.

From late June until early August 2021, a small team of ARCHELON recorded 299 sea turtles in Amvrakikos Gulf and installed satellite transmitters on 5 adult males of them. Many thanks to our volunteers for making it happen! This activity was carried out within the framework of the project "Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Mediterranean Region». Many thanks to the MAVA Foundation for funding the project.

One of the special features of this summer is the great interest of the public for the sporadic nests of sea turtle that are made in different parts of the Greek coastline, from the south i.e. Rhodes, Sitia, Naxos, Paros to Corfu, Volos and Epanomi in the north of Greece. So what does sporadic sea turtle nesting mean?

The first generations of ARCHELON volunteers experienced how the nesting beaches in Zakynthos, Kyparissia, Lakonikos, Rethymno, Chania, Messara used to look like back in the 80’s and the 90’s. The volunteers of the years to follow, including the children of ARCHELON’s first volunteers, have heard the stories and have seen tourism evolving in these sites. But why is the future of tourism important for sea turtles?

The ARCHELON Sea Turtle Rescue Centre near Athens, Greece, receives and treats injured or sick sea turtles all year around and releases them back to the sea when they are fully recovered. Experienced staff are running the Centre with the help of volunteers from all over the world. Three ESC volunteers share their experience with the sea turtles and the efforts to protect oceans and marine life.