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Sea Turtle Conservancy
Abbreviation	STC
Formation	1959; 67 years ago
Founder	Joshua B. Powers
Type	Nonprofit
Tax ID no.	59-6151069
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Headquarters	Gainesville, Florida
Website	conserveturtles.org

The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC), formerly known as Caribbean Conservation Corporation, is an American not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization based in Gainesville, Florida. It was incorporated, based on an earlier informal organization known as The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle,^[1] in 1959 by Joshua B. Powers, who was inspired by ecologist Archie Carr's book The Windward Road, which documented threats to sea turtles.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

↑ Lefever, Harry G. (1992). Turtle Bogue: Afro-Caribbean life and culture in a Costa Rican village. Susquehanna University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-945636-23-6.
↑ Davis, Frederick Rowe (2007). The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology. Oxford University Press US. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-531077-1.
↑ Becher, Anne (2000). American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present. ABC-CLIO. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-57607-162-5.
↑ Dickson, Barney; Rosie Cooney (2005). Biodiversity and the precautionary principle: risk and uncertainty in conservation and sustainable use. Earthscan. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-84407-277-4.
↑ Davis, Frederick Rowe (2007). The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology. Oxford University Press US. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-19-531077-1.
↑ Hopkins, Jack W. (1995). Policymaking for conservation in Latin America: national parks, reserves, and the environment. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-275-95349-2.
↑ Troëng, Sebastian; Mangel, Jeff; Kélez, Sheleyla; Meyers, Andy; et al. (22 February 2000). "Report on the 1999 Green Turtle Program at Tortuguero, Costa Rica" (PDF). Caribbean Conservation Corporation and the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica. pp. 11, 21–23, 29, 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

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[1] Lefever, Harry G. (1992). Turtle Bogue: Afro-Caribbean life and culture in a Costa Rican village. Susquehanna University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-945636-23-6.

[2] Davis, Frederick Rowe (2007). The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology. Oxford University Press US. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-531077-1.

[3] Becher, Anne (2000). American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present. ABC-CLIO. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-57607-162-5.

[4] Dickson, Barney; Rosie Cooney (2005). Biodiversity and the precautionary principle: risk and uncertainty in conservation and sustainable use. Earthscan. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-84407-277-4.

[5] Davis, Frederick Rowe (2007). The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology. Oxford University Press US. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-19-531077-1.

[6] Hopkins, Jack W. (1995). Policymaking for conservation in Latin America: national parks, reserves, and the environment. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-275-95349-2.

[7] Troëng, Sebastian; Mangel, Jeff; Kélez, Sheleyla; Meyers, Andy; et al. (22 February 2000). "Report on the 1999 Green Turtle Program at Tortuguero, Costa Rica" (PDF). Caribbean Conservation Corporation and the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica. pp. 11, 21–23, 29, 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

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