February 2012 News The XVIII Meeting of the Consultative Group and the Annual Conference of the Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Costal Areas of the South East Pacific will be held from February 28 to March 1, 2012 in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. The CPPS sea turtle action plan will be reviewed during this meeting. For more information.
November 2011 News The 8th Meeting of the IAC Scientific Committee was held from September 28-30, 2011 in San Jose, Costa Rica. See Final Report here.
November 2011 News The VI ASO meeting (Sea Turtles of the South West Atlantic) will be held from November 27 -30, 2011 in Florianópolis, Brazil. For more information visit http://www.tortugasaso.org/portal.htm.
July 2011 News Argentina ratifies the IAC: we congratulate the Government of Argentina for their adhesion to the IAC on June 7 of 2011 and welcome them as the Convention’s 15th country.
July 2011 News On June 16, 2011 the IAC signed an MOU with the IATTC in order to collaborate on the implementation of the IAC Resolution “Reduction of the adverse impacts of fisheries on sea turtles”. MOU.
July 2011 News The IAC Conference of the Parties (COP5) was held from June 1-3, 2011 in Bonaire. See Final Report here.
July 2011 News The IAC participated in the 2nd Meeting of the Caribbean Wetlands Initiative, organized by the Ramsar Convention, from July 4-9, 2011 in Bonaire. As a result, the participating Parties recommended that the two Conventions sign an MOU. Read more here.
April 2011 News The 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation will be held from April 11-15, 2011 in San Diego, California. The symposium will highlight the next generation of research and conservation. Regional meetings will also be held prior to the main event. Please visit iconferences.seaturtle.org for more information.
March 2011 News The 4th Meeting of the IAC Consultative Committee of Experts will be held from March 22-24, 2011 in Brazil. Check back soon for more details.