Green Turtles project: How You Can Help

The turtles need you!

You can help, right from where you are sitting now, or you can take a hop and a jump and make your way to Ma'Daerah.

Adopt a turtle
Help save Ma'Daerah's turtles by adopting one. For only RM 150.00, you will not only become the proud parent of a green turtle, you will also receive a turtle adoption certificate, information about your protégé, and a specially designed Ma' Daerah Turtle Sanctuary t-shirt. If you adopt 5 or more turtles, you get a beautiful brass turtle carved by a renowned Terengganu craftsman.

Adopt a nest
Take a whole family under your wing and adopt a nest for only RM 100.00. In return for your support, you will be informed about the development of your adopted nest(s), receive a certificate of adoption and a specially designed t-shirt.

You will also be invited to come to Ma'Daerah to witness your hatchlings heading for the surf. If you adopt 10 or more nests, you will receive a beautiful brass turtle carved by a renowned Terengganu craftsman.

For more details on adoption schemes, please contact:

WWF-Malaysia,
Petaling Jaya (MY) Main Office
49 Jalan SS23/15 47400 Petaling Jaya Selangor
Malaysia
+60 3 7803 3772
+60 3 7803 5157
http://www.wwfmalaysia.org/

Direct donations
If you are simply interested in providing funds for turtle conservation in Malaysia, donate directly using the details below, without specifying if you are adopting a nest or a turtle. The trust fund is set up to support all WWF activities at Ma'Daerah.

Donations can be made by Cheque/Postal Order/Bank Draft or Credit Card to:

"WWF Malaysia A/C No. 4"
(A/c no. 302-037270-004)
49, Jalan SS 23/15
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia

Please include your name and contact details with your donations to enable the issue of tax-deductible receipts. All money collected is for the Ma' Daerah Turtle Conservation Trust Fund. The Fund was set up jointly with the Department of Fisheries Malaysia, BP Petronas Acetyls and WWF Malaysia to help save turtles.

Volunteer on the beach
Volunteers help the Department of Fisheries staff to monitor nesting female turtles, manage the hatchery and carry out research. At night, they patrol the beach to deter poachers and find both nests and females. They tag and measure mothers after they finish laying their eggs, and relocate the nests to the Sanctuary.

During hatching season, volunteers monitor babies and collect un-hatched eggs. Daytime activities include cleaning up the beach and replanting native vegetation. To volunteer, contact Rahayu Zulkifli.

Partners in conservation
All the work involving the community interest group carried out by WWF Malaysia is done in partnership with the Department of Fisheries, Malaysia, with the support of British Petroleum Amoco. Maybe your company would also like to link arms with WWF and further conservation in your country and around the globe.

Find out more!

Spread the word
Now you know that turtles are in danger of extinction, tell your entourage. No matter which country you are in right now, there is a fair chance that people do not realise the damage they do if by throwing rubbish into the ocean or buying curios or food made from turtles. You do, so tell your friends!