Nominations to WIO Marine Turtle Task Force coming in

South Africa's IOSEA Focal Point, Mr. Alf Wills, has addressed a letter to his regional IOSEA counterparts, calling for nominations of experts to serve on the interim Western Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force (WIO-MTTF), to be chaired by Dr. Ronel Nel (pictured here). Responses have so far been received from Comoros, Kenya, Mauritius, and United Kingdom. More »

Sea Turtle Symposium: IOSEA side-meeting takes shape

A side-meeting for the IOSEA region is being held in conjunction with the 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (22-28 February 2007). The meeting will start at 1300 on the afternoon of Thursday, 23 February (the day before the opening STS plenary session). More »

IOSEA membership boosted by U.A.E. signature

H.E. Mr. Salim Issa Al Kattam Al Zaabi, the United Arab Emirates' Ambassador to Thailand has signed the IOSEA Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding in Bangkok on 18 January 2007. More »

David Jiles has returned to the Secretariat on a consultancy to upgrade the IOSEA online reporting system, as part of a wider UNEP-sponsored project on "knowledge management" in which various environmental conventions - including CMS, CBD and CITES - are participating. Welcome back, David!

Erika Carlsen who has generously volunteered her time to help maintain the IOSEA website over the past six months or so, has taken a leave of absence (at least temporarily) to start a challenging, new career... motherhood! Congratulations, Erika, on the exciting birth of your first child, and MANY thanks for your contributions over the past months.

As always, we welcome your contributions for new features and profiles - please drop us a line: iosea@un.org.

Australia: Help when things turn turtle (31 January)

Olive Ridley nesting season begins well (31 January)

Dogs sterilized to save endangered turtles (30 January)

Australia's Great Barrier Reef 'facing extinction' (29 January)

Indonesia province: only 1,000 leatherbacks left (29 January)

Ecologists want ridleys protected across coastal India
(29 January)

New Zealand longlines banned during day (29 January)

Pollution poses threat to Gulf ecosystem, corals (27 January)

Updated Map of Signatory States (26 January)

Rare leatherback turtle spotted in NZ waters (26 January)

South Africa: Lines to replace shark nets (26 January)

Indian government official promises help to fishermen
(25 January)

Updated IOSEA Fact Sheet (24 January)

India approves port construction in Orissa (24 January)

Ridleys back in death zone (22 January)

Pakistan turtle beaches an untapped treasure (22 January)

Campaign for Olive Ridleys on Puri beach (22 January)

Mechanised fishing turns Orissa into turtle graveyard
(22 January)

Australia almost certain to host 2009 Int'l Sea Turtle Symposium (19 January)

Turtle guards protest colleague’s arrest (18 January)

Fisherfolk urge developer to reconsider project (18 January)

Australia conducts feral pig cull to save turtles (17 January)

Stray dogs targeted as India bids to save turtles (17 January)

Philippine fisherfolks briefed on Wildlife Act (13 January)

Stray dog scare highlights problem with feral animals
(12 January)

Australia: Turtle tagging begins on Dirk Hartog Island
(12 January)

Added contact details of Bahrain Focal Point to membership list (10 January)

Updated 'Dates of Interest' Calendar in Electronic Library
(10 January)

Curiosity kills tiny turtle hatchlings at city beach (10 January)

Pakistani fisherfolk strike for the environment (10 January)

Exhibition enhances Seychelles' turtle awareness (8 January)

South Africa - Tourists disturb nesting turtle (7 January)

India: Another island lost to global warming (7 January)

Australia: Injured turtle washes up on shore at Coolum
(6 January)

New book on Orissa turtles due for release (4 January)

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