About Us

 Turtle Conservation And Education Center was opened by the Governor of Bali, Mr. Dewa Barata on January 20, 2006 on Serangan Island, TCEC was developed as part of a strategy to overcome the turtle trade, built on an area of 2.4 hectares, TCEC tries to help the local community of Serangan create other alternatives besides the turtle trade business, the breeding center has the potential to be useful as an education center, tourist area, conservation and as a research center. with the development of other businesses to provide opportunities for rare turtles to return to Serangan Island. TCEC is supported by WWF, the Governor of Bali, the Natural Resources Conservation Center and the local community, Serangan.

 

The four fundamental aspects to the center including putting a definitive end to turtle trade, by encouraging the public not to consume the turtle products (religious use or otherwise) and to support turtle Conservation in general; providing turtles for rituals without their killing and monitoring turtle size and number, so that their use can be strictly controlled and regulated; offering employment opportunities for locasl from Serangan; and finally acting as watchdog for turtle trade - in Serangan in particular and Bali in general.

 

The center also directly helps to protect turtles; e.g., by hosting injured animals, collecting nests from tourist beaches and buying eggs from locals ( prevent them from being consumed). The eggs are bred at the center  and the hatchlings are raised for about one month and then released into freedom. Out of the seven sea turtle species, three are kept and raise at the center.  

Adopt a Baby Turtle

At our center it is possible to get personally adopt. for a small donation you can adopt your own baby turtle and get back to nature with your own hands

and at the end activities to provide you certificate as your memory and our appreciate to support the organization read more here

Become Volunteer

spent your time to in a life to join  about the project and combine with the team on our activities at center directly to help sea turtle to  know more about their information, with team work to help injury turtle in our recovery tank, in daily activities, find more information


Visit and Fielt Trip TCEC

our place is open for support as visitor at center to see our injure sea turtle in recovery to get help until their health back, ready to release into nature as their home to continue their life. the visitor allow to get our information in place all support can be  from amount of donation. see us more and read the information here

Help and Support

as non profit organization all support will be help us even the smallest thing that possible to come directly to do donation at our donation box at center, by online  or to buy our merchandise as local product from local material from recycle product , see more information and read here 




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How Turtle Survive after Hatchling

Where sea turtle go after hatchling and how can they survive?

 

The sea turtle are live into ocean but we still wondering where they go to get survive, as we know the ocean is a place for sea turtle to continue up their life on journey migration on their circles live from generation to generation face numerous challenges as the make their way from nest to the sea. On their strategies that help to survive, beginning from beach the babies turtle will be find toward to the sea on their strategy survival

 

Now, we find out to know how sea turtle can survive with their strategy into the sea..

 

Since they hatchling the sea turtle are completely with their instinct to find their way to the ocean without helping. now we know the sea turtle use their instinctual behavior which.

 

Instinctual behaviors is genetically determined and not influenced by experience or learning. These behaviors are part of a species nature and help them survive and adapt to the environment which they adapting by them self to help them selves to survive with nature.

 

Imprinting: the day by day their eggs keep under the sand with sun temperature to incubation until their final day on hatchling day without their mother beginning the life to start hatchling imprinting as their visual and chemical cues on their natal beach natal which help them navigate back to ocean.

 

Phototaxis after incubation proceed the little sea turtle will be attracts to the brightest horizon which guide the to search toward way to the sea.

 

Physical adaption, the evolution from their ancestor sea turtle much change as their creating survival strategy into nature.

 

Streamline body, nature create their evolution on sea turtle have streamline body shape that help them move efficiently through the sand and water.

 

Flipper-like limbs, as their live 90% into the sea water creating their flipper strong and to adjust their function to swim and maneuver from their enemies to transport them during migration.

 

Environment Cues : visual and sensory signal in the environment such as signage, color and lighting to helping the sea turtle navigate and interpret their surrounding benefit older adult and individual with visual impairment.

Moon light, one of indicator for on hatchling babies turtle to reach their direction toward to beach sea.

 

Wave pattern, the babies turtle use wave pattern to help them protecting them to the sea from land predator make support faster to bring them and swim into deeper water.

 

Survival strategy create the sea turtle since their evolution to keep survival into the sea where sea turtle can protecting them self from enemy and nature creating their evolution from time to time.

 

Speed; beginning on their hatchling babies sea turtle move quickly to reach to the sea, reduce their explore to predator into land.

 

Stealth the small turtle use the strategy unmoved to avoid their enemy, often freezing look like hard material in place when the enemy threatened them.

 

Schooling, join with other fish large group to provide them self on addition to protecting from their enemy or predator.

 

After all, we need to know. What are sea turtle challenges and how many are their mortality life here we should know...

 

Despite sea turtle have their strategy many of sea turtle hatchling do not survive on their journey to the sea, some of comment challenge face to the sea turtle

  • Predation on sea turtle hatchling season are vulnerable to predator like bird, crab and fish
  • Desiccation on beginning of their hatchling can dehydrate quickly in the hot sun temperature event under their nest
  • Disorientation the babies sea turtle can be happen lose their direction to the sea especially in modern time beach which many activities on lamp light in nest area

That some turtle lost their life on survival journey estimate about 1-3% of hatchling survive to adulthood, how ever conservation afford, suck as protecting nesting site and reduce pollution can help improve their changes of survival

 

However we need to know more where sea turtle go into the sea to survival..

 

Beginning of babies sea turtle hacthling they go head to the sea to continue up their life to reach to the open sea on various location to grow and develop, here are some stages that the babies turtle go through after their hatchling

  • Open sea, after hatchling babies sea turtle will be go head to open ocean, where they will search for food and interact with other species
  • Neritic zone, after few week the baby sea turtle will be go to neritic zone which is shallower area close to the sea shore
  • Sea grass bed after few year grew up they will continue head to the seagrass beds, which are area into the sea covered with seaweed and other plant to protecting them self including the place as feeding grown
  • Coral reef, in few year they will go to deeper water where location covered with coral to adapting and protecting and feeding ground area
  • Adult habitat where sea turtle will be go the deeper ocean on migration until their mating season to go back into their natal beach to lay the eggs

However, keep in mind that each sea turtle species has different migration pattern, and some species more specific location.

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Why Sea Turtle are Important for Ocean ?

Sea turtle are large reptiles spend their entire live in the ocean, they has been existent for long decade and fascinating proceed, the early know turtle fossil date back to the middle triassic around 220 - 250 million ag.

 

Sea turtle play vita role maintaining healty of our ocean, here we can find out some reason why sea turtle are important 

 

we can take look on each sea turtle release into the ocean and find out to know 

 

Ecology Role sea turtle as important role into our ocean to balance the ocean ecosystem underwater and surface 

 

Maintaining Seagrass Beds as sea turtle feed seagrasses, keep them healty and preventing over growth sea grass provide habitat for numerous marine species nd protection coastline from erosion.

 

Coral Reef Healthy sea turtle help maintaining coral reef healthy by  controlling sea urchin population which can overgraze if left unchecking.

 

Nutrient Cycling sea turtle transport nutrients from ocean floor to the surface through their waste, promoting nutrient cycling support marine productive 

 

Which role again turtle do?

 

Ecosystem Engineer refer to process by which species, know as ecosystem engineer, modify their environment in way that create new habitat or alter existing physical environment. This can have significant impact on the surrounding ecosystem, affecting the distribution, bevior and survival of other species.

 

Let find out what ecosystem engineer can turtle do?

 

Nesting side sea turtle nesting provide habitat forth species such as insect, Crustacea and small mammal 

 

Beach Erosion and prevention sea turtle nesting help stabilize beach and prevent erosion by anchoring vegetation and promoting dune formation.

 

What else sea turtle can be important ?

 

Indicator spices Ocean healty indicator sea turtle serve as indicator of ocean healthy. Change in the sea turtle population can signal broader ecosystem problem such as pollution over fishing and climate change 

 

Economic and Culture Significance 

Tourism, sea turtle are popular tourist attraction, generate income and promotion conservation efforts to their project to support sea turtle.

 

Culture significance sea turtle hold culture and spiritual significance for many coastal communities, highlighting, the importance of preserving these iconic species.

 

Now we know sea turtle are important for ocean and other  species as well to all reason preventing the fantastic reptile keep live ever in our ocean.

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TCEC, Turtle Conservation and Education Center : location jalan tukad punggawa lingkungan Ponjok, Serangan  80229, Denpasar, Bali , Indonesia

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Contact : +62 81 338 490357


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