Facts and Figures

• The Hawksbill Turtle can be recognised by its parrot-like beak
• They live in tropical coral reefs in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
• Up to 95% of their diet consists of the aquatic animal sponges
• Adult females can weight up to 50kg and can grow to around one metre in length
• Their life expectancy is between 30 and 50 years
• They are illegally hunted as their shell provides the tortoise shell decorative material
• The Hawksbill Turtle is an iconic animal and is featured on banknotes in both Brazil and Venezuela
• In 1996 the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species labeled them as critically endangered
• Every year over 250,000 turtles drown in fishing nets

How Does Your Money Help?

• Expanding existing Marine Protected Areas
• Working with governments to ban harvesting of marine turtles
• Just £60 will purchase one pair of binoculars to help to police Marine Protected Areas