Delegates from around 15 American countries, including Panama, meet this week in Manta, Ecuador, together with academics, scientific institutions, non-governmental organizations and international cooperation institutions to evaluate the state of sea turtle populations in the continent and agree on actions for protection and preservation. 

Representatives of the member countries that make up the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles such as Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, the islands of the Dutch Caribbean, Panama , Peru, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras will attend the meeting.  The United States, Belize, Mexico and Venezuela will also attend.  The Minister of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, Sade Fritschi, will lead the conversation and present the actions that Ecuador has implemented for the preservation of sea turtles, which has positioned the country as a pioneer in the conservation of these species in Latin America. 

The objective of the Convention is to have a current diagnosis of what is happening with these species, through the report of government representatives who are members of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, scientific, academic and other actors immersed in the achievement of political, economic and social actions that allow us to confront this problem.  The meeting will be supported by international organizations such as the German Cooperation (GIZ), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Conservation International (CI), WildAid and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).