El Nido Marine Turtle Conservation Network

24/11/2025

21/11/2025

Adopt a marine turtle nest in Lio Beach for as low as P1,000! Every peso goes directly to our partner patrollers from the Lamoro-Pasadeña Fisherfolk Association, who patrol our beach and rescue these nests from rising tides and poaching. Swipe to learn more ✨

Note: This will be on a first-come, first-served basis. If there are no nests available, you can choose to be put on the waitlist or support a nest in one of our other sites 🐢

17/11/2025

Unlike before, bookending seasons hasn’t been straightforward for us. Climate change has definitely had an impact on when turtles lay their eggs that from 2023-2025, nesting only tapers but does not completely stop for us. But as we “officially” begin another season, allow us to pause a bit and celebrate all the wins we’ve had.

As always, we are very thankful for all the support we’ve received — the funding, donations, new partnerships, volunteering, and the kind messages all help keep us going. You’re all turtle-y awesome 🤗

05/03/2025

Eating marine turtles is illegal and can be deadly but simply antagonizing those who do so don’t help at all. As the author writes —

The BBC report about the poisoning in the Philippines sparked comments from readers, most of whom were unsympathetic, calling the victims “backward people” and even celebrating the deaths as “karma.”

Lost in the victim blaming is the need for education on the ecological context of this deadly phenomenon.

Read more:

The deaths first appeared in a British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) dispatch in December 2024 and was picked up all over the world. Yet I don’t remember reading about this case in local newspapers despite its lethality or the capacity to cause death or serious harm. In this case, the lethality did not...