{{Short description|US non-profit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Sea Turtle Conservancy | formation = {{start date and age|1959||}} | abbreviation = STC | founder = Joshua B. Powers | type = Nonprofit | tax_id = 59-6151069 | status = 501(c)(3) | headquarters = Gainesville, Florida | website = {{URL|https://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'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Turtle Bogue: Afro-Caribbean life and culture in a Costa Rican village |last=Lefever |first=Harry G. |year=1992 |publisher=Susquehanna University Press |isbn=978-0-945636-23-6 |page=140}}</ref> in 1959 by Joshua B. Powers, who was inspired by ecologist Archie Carr's book ''The Windward Road'', which documented threats to sea turtles.<ref>{{cite book |title=The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology |last=Davis |first=Frederick Rowe |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press US |isbn=978-0-19-531077-1 |page=163}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present |last=Becher |first=Anne |year=2000 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-162-5 |page=150}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Biodiversity and the precautionary principle: risk and uncertainty in conservation and sustainable use |last=Dickson |first=Barney |author2=Rosie Cooney |year=2005 |publisher=Earthscan |isbn=978-1-84407-277-4 |page=118}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology |last=Davis |first=Frederick Rowe |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press US |isbn=978-0-19-531077-1 |page=260}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Policymaking for conservation in Latin America: national parks, reserves, and the environment |last=Hopkins |first=Jack W. |year=1995 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-95349-2 |page=42}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://conserveturtles.org/wp-content/uploads/Tortuguero%20Green%20Turtle%20Report%201999.pdf |title=Report on the 1999 Green Turtle Program at Tortuguero, Costa Rica |publisher=Caribbean Conservation Corporation and the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica |date=22 February 2000 |first1=Sebastian |last1=Troëng |first2=Jeff |last2=Mangel |first3=Sheleyla |last3=Kélez |first4=Andy |display-authors=etal |last4=Meyers |pages=11, 21–23, 29, 32 |access-date=27 November 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193718/https://conserveturtles.org/wp-content/uploads/Tortuguero%20Green%20Turtle%20Report%201999.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== See also == *''The Windward Road'' *Turtle walk *Tour de Turtles
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://conserveturtles.org/ Sea Turtle Conservancy] Website
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Category:Nature conservation organizations based in the United States Category:Organisations based in the Caribbean Category:Sea turtles Category:Environmental organizations based in Florida Category:1959 establishments in Florida Category:Organizations established in 1959 Category:Turtle conservation organizations
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