{{Short description|Brazilian non-profit organisation aiming to protect sea turtles}} [[Image:Tataruga.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Sea Turtle at Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil.]]
The '''Projeto TAMAR''' (Portuguese for TAMAR Project, with TAMAR being an abbreviation of '''Ta'''rtarugas '''Mar'''inhas, the [[Sea Turtles]]) is a Brazilian [[non-profit organization]] owned by the [[Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation]].<ref name="ICMBio">[http://www.icmbio.gov.br/ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade]</ref> The main objective of the project is to protect sea turtles from [[extinction]] in the Brazilian coastline.
== History == The TAMAR project was officially created in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=História |url=https://www.tamar.org.br/interna.php?cod=64 |website=Projeto Tamar |access-date=14 October 2025}}</ref> The first activities were not centered on the preservation of the turtles, but on the identification of them, their [[Spawn (biology)|spawn]] sites and seasons, and the main problems caused by [[poaching]]. When the first preservation actions began, TAMAR took the first Brazilian pictures of a sea turtle spawning.
In 1983, the oceanographers searched for [[Petrobras]], to ask for support on the project. The company analyzed all the actions of the project and decided to support it, by providing fuel to their jeeps.
By 2008, TAMAR managed to release more than 8 million turtles in the sea.<ref>[http://www.tamar.org.br/t_hist.asp História] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329080003/http://www.tamar.org.br/t_hist.asp |date=2008-03-29 }}</ref>
== Objective == Although the initial purpose was to protect sea turtles only, the project grew and became concerned with [[shark]]s and all the sea wildlife, as they are part of the environment in which the sea turtles live. All actions by the project intend to preserve wildlife, concern people about environment, and create sustainable places for the procreation of the species protected by TAMAR.
== Bases == There are currently 22 bases of the project, spread all over the country coastline, covering a range of more than 1000 kilometers. *[[Rio Grande do Norte]] **[[Atol das Rocas]] **[[Tibau do Sul|Pipa]] *[[Pernambuco]] **[[Fernando de Noronha]] *[[Sergipe]] **Ponta dos Mangues – [[Pacatuba, Sergipe|Pacatuba]] **[[Pirambu]] **Oceanário – [[Aracaju]], **Abais – [[Itaporanga d'Ajuda]] *[[Bahia]] **Ponta dos Mangues - [[Jandaíra]] **Sítio do Conde – [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] **Costa do sauípe - Salvador **Praia do Forte – Salvador **Arembepe - Salvador *[[Espírito Santo]] **Itaúnas – [[Conceição da Barra]], **Guiriri – [[São Mateus, Espírito Santo|São Mateus]] **Pontal do Ipiranga/Povoação – [[Linhares]] **Regência - Linhares ([[Comboios Biological Reserve]]) **Trindade - Linhares **Vitória **[[Anchieta, Espírito Santo|Anchieta]] *[[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] **Bacia de Campos – [[Campos dos Goytacazes]] *[[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] **[[Ubatuba]] *[[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]] **[[Florianópolis]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.tamar.org.br/}} {{in lang|pt|en|es}}
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