IOSEA e-News for August 2006 (www.ioseaturtles.org)
 
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Report of 4th IOSEA meetingNew IOSEA Publications

The Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of a number of new publications on activities conducted under the IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU - including the Report of the Fourth Meeting of the IOSEA Signatory States, and a region-wide assessment of leatherback turtle conservation status. More »
TUI logoIOSEA partnership with TUI helps to inform holiday-makers

TUI, the international travel group, is lending its support to the Year of the Turtle campaign by distributing the official YoT poster via its vast travel network across the IOSEA region. More »

Bycatch WorkshopWestern Indian Ocean By-Catch Workshop Annnouncement

INCIDENTAL CATCH OF NON-TARGETED MARINE SPECIES: PROBLEMS AND MITIGATION MEASURES: 13-15 November 2006, Mayotte (France) More »
MONTHLY ROUND-UP: What you may have missed in July...


Monthly Profile: Sultanate of Oman: a haven for wandering sea turtles (01 July)

Feature: Tracking the loggerhead turtles of Masirah Island, Oman (01 July)

Turtle smugglers sentenced in Viet Nam (01 July)

Persian Gulf wildlife threatened (03 July)

Message Board: Meeting of the IOTC Working Party on Bycatch: 31 July - 1 Aug (03 July)

Berau regency goes extra mile on environment (04 July)

Green turtles of the Derawan Islands (05 July)

Dhamra port construction to start after monsoon (06 July)

Feature: Indonesian resort helps to spread conservation message (07 July)

Old ships to help promote coral growth? (10 July)

Concern in Australia over marine debris (12 July)

Malaysia: RM5 Million for turtle management (13 July)

Message Board: Bycatch Communication Network (BCN) Newsletter (13 July)

India: Gujarat's green sea turtles facing threat (15 July)

Coral's black plague (18 July)

Australia: Coral disease outbreak on GBR preventable (18 July)

Indian Minister releases book on marine turtles (18 July)

Australia Targets Feral Pig Predators on Cape York (19 July)

What's New: Updated 'Secretariat' page (19 July)

Feature: Climate Change Threat to Pacific Ocean Mangroves: Coping Strategies Outlined in New Report (20 July)

What's new: Posted consolidated version of the Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Signatory States (20 July)

What's New: Added projects to 'Projects Database' (24 July)

Myanmar conducts marine turtle research on Coco Island (25 July)

Pakistan: Hingol National Park at risk (26 July)

Malaysia: Lay off Sipadan (27 July)

Hawksbill turtle nests poached in Palau (28 July)

11 endangered turtles to be released, tracked (28 July)

 
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN...?

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