Meet the 'Turtle Women' of Amazon: 7 Indigenous women are bringing vulnerable river turtles back from the brink after releasing 208 baby turtles into the wild

• Seven Indigenous Siekopai women in Ecuador’s Amazon are using ancestral knowledge, modern technology and community-led conservation to give vulnerable river turtles a better chance of survival.
• During the 2025-26 nesting season, the women collected 235 eggs and successfully hatched and released 208 you