Elvira Carrillo Trust

Abstract

THE head of Cuba's Sea Turtle Programme, Elvira Carrillo Cardenas, died in February this year. Elvira also headed Cuba's programme on the Cuban Crocodile for many years, which is a conservation success story in its own right. Elvira was simply a remarkable and unique person, who dedicated the last decade of her life to sea turtle conservation and to the welfare of the two local Cuban communities still involved with Cuba's traditional harvest.