Jurnal Medik Veteriner DOI: 10.20473/jmv.vol4.iss2.2021.256-268 Oktober 2021, Vol.4 No.2, 256-268 online pada https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JMV J Med Vet 2021, 4(2):256-268. pISSN 2615-7497; eISSN 2581-012X | 256 Status, Trends, and Potentials of Turtle Conservation in Bali: A Mini Review Yesha Ainesis El Gracianita Pelupessy 1 , Putu Angga Wiradana 1 *, I Wayan Rosiana 1 , I Gede Widhiantara 1 1 Study Program of Biology, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Universitas Dhyana Pura, Jalan Raya Padangluwih, North Kuta, Badung, Bali, Indonesia. *Corresponding author: angga.wiradana@undhirabali.ac.id Abstract Sea turtles in Bali has been exploited excessively, which caused decrease in population, and this issue has placed sea turtles threatened to extinction. This review article aimed to provide information regarding the status, trends, and potential of sea turtles in Bali. Information given in this article is vital to ensure reliable knowledge not to only understand our current situation, but also to increase efficiency in reliant to the problem sea turtles face. The literature study method is used to write this review paper, namely by accessing a number of research paper published nationally and internationally. It was explained that the status of sea turtles is known to be endangered and law enforcement is not sufficient overcoming the problem. Conservation trends such as nurturing hatchlings have shown to not only help restore the population of sea turtles, but also to bring economic benefits to the conservation sites and the people. Potentials of ecotourism and DNA Barcoding has shown to be effective to benefit the people economically and increase the efficiency of law enforcement and conservation. Solutions and methods of improvement such as ecotourism and DNA Barcoding explained in this article is practical for Bali to adapt, so that sea turtle conservation is capable to overcome its status and incline to its potential. Keywords: conservation, sea turtles, ecotourism, DNA barcoding, Bali Received: 27 Juni 2021 Revised: 15 Agustus 2021 Accepted: 16 September 2021 INTRODUCTION Indonesia is a tropical country that consists of more than 17,500 islands along the equator with a sea area exceeding 360 million hectares. Indonesia also lies between the isothermal 20ºLU / LS, which indicates an ideal location to support the growth of various biodiversities, one of which is sea turtles. Sea turtles are marine reptiles that are capable of migrating long distances along the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia(Luschi, 2013). It is known that there are 7 types of sea turtles around the world (Robinson & Paladino, 2013) and 6 of them are in Indonesia (Ario et al., 2016). The last few decades have shown a continuous decrease regarding the population of sea turtles which caused it to be endagered (Mazaris et al., 2017). Therefore, sea turtles have become one of the most protected fauna globally. There are several threats sea turtles face, biological and human threats (Hamann et al., 2010). Biologically, wild hatchlings have faced death threats from predatory animals such as crabs, birds and other reptiles. Regardless of the biological threat, humans are the main reason responsible for the population downturn of sea turtles (Guebert et al., 2013). Human threats such as, over-development of coastal areas (Hill et al., 2019), waste dump (Rice et al., 2021), illegal catching of turtle eggs (Williams, 2021), meat and shells for years have caused sea turtles to become endangered (Espinoza et al., 2021). Due to the situation given, humans are moved to implement wildlife conservation programs. These programes are expected to prevent and stop the mass extinction of wild sea turtles, its habitat, and the use of turtles for commercial purposes such as selling eggs, meat and shells. Conservation programs are educational regarding the purpose of the program itself and the importance of sea turtles (Mazaris et al., 2017). Protecting turtle eggs have become one of the main conservation