Zero contact
Identify turtles from images without adding another tag
Every turtle’s story startswith recognition
AdaPenyu helps identify individual sea turtles through their unique facial patterns
The Story Behind It
Turtles are being
traded illegally
Traded as individuals,
counted as a species.
Without individual identification,
we can’t trace where a turtle came from
Flipper tags fall off
Require handling and can fall off
Satellite tracking
is also expensive
How AdaPenyu works?
Three steps only
Photograph
Take a photo of one or both sides of the sea turtle’s head
Read the pattern
The app detects the unique pattern
Match
AI compares the pattern with previous records to find a possible match
Turtle ID does NOT replace tags or satellites
It complements them with something every turtle is already wearing
What it does?
Shared catalogue
Every sighting builds a shared turtle record
Evidence trail
Keep photos and observations together for future reference
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Current progress
Working prototype
and promising result
>90%model accuracy
Recognising patterns across sightings
Our prototype compares facial patterns to suggest potential matches for review
About Us
Citizens of the Sea
Where we come from
Apple Developer Academy Bali
Ways to contribute
Interviews
Share how you monitor and identify turtles today
Practitioner feedback
Review our flow and tell us what's missing
Photos
Contribute turtle photos for development and evaluation
Field testing
Try the prototype with your team on site
Contact
Start a conversation!
Researcher, conservationist, or potential collaborator, we’d love to hear from you!