The other side of the Pacific along Central and South America has become the most important region in the entire world for the preservation of marine turtles, largely in response to the many fascinating prospects for research their unique physiology affords. This is possible because the turtle population in this region is robust, and Western scientists have gotten involved in their protection.
針對海龜身上許多有趣的研究議題，在太平洋另一側的中南美洲，由於海龜數量豐富，加上西方科學界的介入，已成為全世界海龜保護最重要的地區。