The new IOSEA educational DVD has arrived!

IOSEA is ringing in the New Year with a brand new DVD entitled: “Sea Turtles – Our Ocean Ambassadors”.

An educational video, subtitled in English, explains how sea turtles are valued around the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia, describes some of the threats they face, and outlines practical measures that can be taken to help conserve them. An abbreviated one-minute version touches on these same themes, but in a more concise package that is well suited for use as a Public Service Announcement (PSA) on television. More »

Turtles released to honour Thailand's King Bhumibol

On 1 December 2007, a special celebration of turtles was held at the Sea Turtle Conservation Station on Koh Mannai (Mannai Island) in honour of the 80th birthday (on 5 December) of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, the world’s longest reigning monarch. More »

We hope that the IOSEA website has continued to serve as a useful vehicle for exchanging information about efforts to conserve marine turtles in the Indian Ocean – South-East Asia region.

Indeed, the 300+ news headlines published in 2007 are indicative of another busy year in the field of turtle conservation. There is no way to adequately summarise all regional developments in this limited space; but the IOSEA website’s Headline Archive and Search Facility offer a reasonable overview of newsworthy events.

For those of you who are interested in some highlights and reflections from the Secretariat's perspective, you are most welcome to read the longer editorial that appears on the website or as a 3-page MS-Word file available for downloading (45KB).

Best wishes for a prosperous and happy 2008!

Endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles rescued (29 Dec)

Scientists see poaching risk at coral reef (27 Dec)

Bangladesh: Protecting the beauty of Saint Martin (26 Dec)

Efforts for safe sojourn of Olive Ridleys (25 Dec)

Good news for green turtles (24 Dec)

Barrier Reef's future clouded (14 Dec)

Coral reefs threatened by rising CO2 levels: study (14 Dec )

Indonesia: turtles released to raise awareness (14 Dec)

Scale of reef destruction deemed 'irrelevant' (14 Dec)

Hundreds of dead turtles litter Orissa beach (13 Dec)

Bali's fishermen adapt to climate change (12 Dec)

Hawksbill turtle is focus of climate change study (11 Dec)

''Government agencies bent rules to favour Posco'' (11 Dec)

Serangan villagers work to restore coral reefs (10 Dec)

Canberra to help Asia in heritage list (10 Dec)

India: Stiff security for sea turtles (10 Dec)

Conserving Sri Lanka's turtle population (9 Dec)

India: Olive ridley turtles start mating (9 Dec)

Asia-Pacific countries to push coral reef into Kyoto (7 Dec )

Indian jellyfish trade spells trouble for turtles (5 Dec)

USAID impressed by Davao City's turtle efforts (5 Dec)

Bali coral reefs revived by electricity (4 Dec)

Orissa coast littered with dead sea turtles (3 Dec)

Sea turtles face threat from Indian ports plan (3 Dec)

Turtle protection gets Defence support in Orissa (2 Dec)

Pakistan briefing highlights turtle conservation (2 Dec)