Programa Tatô is an international NGO based in Portugal, working towards the sea turtle conservation and sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems. Programa Tatô has been the key driver of sea turtle conservation in São Tomé Island and also operates in Guinea-Bissau in partnership with national organizations, consolidating sea turtle conservation through a wide range of domains such as research, monitoring and protection of critical sites, advocacy for efficient law enforcement, capacity building, environmental education and awareness and developing alternative livelihoods of former poachers and sea turtle by-products traders.