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IOSEA e-News - March 2006 (www.ioseaturtles.org)

SELECTED STORIES FEATURED ON THE IOSEA WEBSITE

IOSEA 'Year of the Turtle' begins!

The international ‘Year of the Turtle - 2006’ campaign was kicked off with a colourful launch at the Siam Ocean World aquarium in Bangkok. More »

Boatload of smuggled turtles stopped in Bali, Indonesia

Marine police in Bali seized a boat loaded with 158 sea turtles at Sanur beach. Local fishermen alerted police that a boat carrying Green turtles was attemptling to smuggle its live cargo to another country. More »

MONTHLY ROUND-UP: What you may have missed in February...

Five arrested for illegal fishing in Orissa, India (01 Feb)

Monthly Profile: Conservation at Nigaloo Reef, Australia (01 Feb)

Turtle eggs seized from fishing boat, Thailand (02 Feb)

Conservation Related Job Openings, Australia (02 Feb)

Fishing boats caught in Australian protected reef zone (03 Feb)

US team inspects turtle measures in Pakistan (05 Feb)

Viet Nam steps up sea turtle protection (15 Feb)

Olive Ridleys begin mass nesting in Orissa (20 Feb)

New coral reef discovered in Thailand needs protection (23 Feb)

Turtle lost at sea, Australia (25 Feb)

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PROFILE OF THE MONTH

Defending the Olive ridleys of Orissa: MV Sugayatri

YEAR OF THE TURTLE - 2006

A stunning YoT Poster has been developed to promote the campaign across the region. More »

Many of you have written in with your great ideas and plans for YoT activities in countries around the IOSEA region. Some events have already taken place. Share your activities through the Events Calendar today!

The Secretariat is reviewing proposals for funding small-scale YoT activities, and will contact the proponents soon after the SS4 Meeting.

See the YoT Webpage for more details.

SS4 MEETING UPDATE

The Fourth Meeting of the Signatory States to the IOSEA MoU (SS4) will be held in Muscat, Oman, from 11-14 March 2006. More »

Over 60 delegates expected to attend, from 30 countries across the IOSEA region. The meeting papers are available for downloading online.

Even if you are unable to attend the meeting, you may wish to read about the Review of implementation progress (Doc. 8.3) and the Leatherback-tsunami assessment (Doc. 9), by way of example.

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