| Date |
Title |
 31 Jan 2010 |
India: A study centre for visiting marine turtles |
| Intro : The first Marine Turtle Research, Conservation and Information Centre in Maharashtra was inaugurated at Velas in Ratnagiri — which is six hour’s drive from Mumbai. |
| 29 Jan 2010 |
Thailand: Dead sea turtle washes up at Saphan Hin |
| Intro : Marine biologists think a dead hawksbill sea turtle that washed ashore at Saphan Hin yesterday morning may have fallen victim to fishing equipment. |
| 28 Jan 2010 |
Endangered turtles released at Lord Howe Island |
| Intro : Two Loggerhead Turtles have been fitted with satellite trackers at Taronga Zoo and released off the shores of Lord Howe Island, Australia. |
| 28 Jan 2010 |
Thailand: Leatherbacks return to Phuket |
| Intro : Sirinat National Park and a local conservation organization have set up watches to protect leatherback turtles returning to lay eggs on Mai Khao Beach this nesting season. |
| 27 Jan 2010 |
1,000 endangered turtles found dead in Orissa beach |
| Intro : At least 1,000 endangered Olive Ridley turtles have been found dead in an Orissa beach since November, a senior state wildlife official said. |
| 26 Jan 2010 |
New Zealand: Dizzy back on song for long life |
| Intro : Kelly Tarlton Aquarium launched a marine wildlife trust on its 25th anniversary to ring-fence that money and raise funds for future marine creature rescues. |
| 26 Jan 2010 |
Fiji: Villagers to tag marine turtles |
| Intro : For the first time Fijian villagers will participate in turtle tagging in a conservation bid to sustain marine turtle numbers, as part of an exercise organised by WWF. |
| 26 Jan 2010 |
Australia: Fishing restrictions aid turtles’ recovery |
| Intro : Queensland marine researchers say restrictions imposed on the fishing industry have triggered a landmark nesting season for Bundaberg’s endangered sea turtles. |
| 26 Jan 2010 |
Brunei: Delegates Go ‘Green’ In Berakas Reserve |
| Intro : Foreign tourism ministers and National Tourism Organisation (NTO) officials had their chance to plant trees and afterwards to release sea turtles back into the wild. |
| 25 Jan 2010 |
India: Bio-diversity conservation top on ICZM agenda |
| Intro : The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project which is all set to be implemented in Orissa starting May has adopted a multi-pronged approach. |
| 25 Jan 2010 |
India: 15 held for fishing near famous turtle nesting site |
| Intro : At least 15 fishermen were arrested for fishing in the prohibited area of a world famous turtle nesting site in Orissa, an official said. |
| 24 Jan 2010 |
Microsoft staff in Oman reef clean up project |
| Intro : Employees of Microsoft Oman took part in a project to clean up Daymaniyat Islands, to help preserve and protect marine wildlife and the natural richness of the coral reefs. |
| 22 Jan 2010 |
Minister to lead pack in releasing turtles back to the sea |
| Intro : In accordance with the theme of “Heart of Green, 10 Destinations One Conservation Vision”, the Minister of MIPR, along with 16 other ministers will be releasing four turtles back to the sea. |
| 21 Jan 2010 |
India: Stalled Korean mining operations face fresh protests |
| Intro : The Indian government’s grant of the final environmental clearance to a Korean giant firm, allowing it to acquire 3,000 acres of ‘forest lands’ in the eastern state of Orissa. |
| 21 Jan 2010 |
Australia: Turtle tracks found along Coast |
| Intro : A beach walker discovered deep turtle tracks along the Capricorn Coast. They were confirmed to be green turtle tracks by government marine scientist Dr Col Limpus. |
| 21 Jan 2010 |
Australia: Turtles need a chance |
| Intro : The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) is urging all residents and holiday-makers to be on the lookout and take care – especially around nesting beaches. |
| 21 Jan 2010 |
831 Ridley turtle hatchlings released in to sea |
| Intro : As many as 831 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings were released into deep sea from an artificial hatchery at Kolavipalam in the District of Kerala this season. |
| 20 Jan 2010 |
Ban on Fiji sea turtle harvesting extended |
| Intro : The World Wildlife Fund says a moratorium on the harvesting of turtles in Fiji has been extended until 2018. The moratorium was initially introduced in 2004 to run until August last year. |
| 19 Jan 2010 |
Kuwait turtle nesting season low, bleak |
| Intro : The turtles did not come in high numbers. Nine pits of Hawksbill turtles were discovered in Umm Al-Maradim island from mid-May till the end of June. |
| 19 Jan 2010 |
India: Use of banned nets poses threat |
| Intro : The government has banned the use of some variety of nets, including drawl net and pair net, at sea. However, a group of fishermen are ignoring the ban. |
| 18 Jan 2010 |
Australia: A vision of turtles |
| Intro : Work has finished on the $1.2 million documentary Loggerheads: The Lost Years, and executive producer Larry Zetlin said the turtles really came out of their shells during filming. |
| 18 Jan 2010 |
Chennai beaches get cleaned for Ridley nesting season |
| Intro : Ahead of the peak Olive Ridley turtle nesting season, students and volunteers came together near the broken bridge behind the Theosophical Society to Neelankarai. |
| 18 Jan 2010 |
Coral Triangle summit to seek clearer path to sustainability |
| Intro : The first Coral Triangle Initiative Business Summit aims to identify frameworks and best practices, as well as secure a commitment from the private sector. |
| 17 Jan 2010 |
Brunei rallies with $3.3mil turtle centre |
| Intro : As the world fights global warming, Brunei has joined the rallying call to preserve the environment, beginning with a new $3.3 million, 5.218 hectare Turtle and Management Centre. |
| 17 Jan 2010 |
Fund delay puts sea-turtle, tamaraw projects at risk |
| Intro : Two successful wildlife-conservation projects of the government are threatened by the delay in the release of their 2009 budget worth a total of P40 million. |
| 15 Jan 2010 |
Australian sea turtles threatened by feral pigs |
| Intro : One of Australia’s most common species of sea turtles is under threat from feral pigs, which dig up and eat eggs laid by nesting flatback turtles. |
| 15 Jan 2010 |
Malaysia: Higher fences for baby turtles |
| Intro : Two layers of fencing will be put up at the hatching sites of the Pantai Kerachut Turtle Hatchery and Conservation Centre to prevent predators from harming newly hatched baby turtles. |
| 15 Jan 2010 |
Thailand: Glimmer of hope for Phuket sea turtles |
| Intro : In a rare positive development for the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle, an enormous female has laid a clutch of eggs at Mai Khao Beach. |
| 14 Jan 2010 |
‘Coral reefs falling victim to Navy’s target practice’ |
| Intro : While coral reefs around Charna Island proved to be resilient to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, they are being destroyed by Navy target practice, according to scuba divers. |
| 13 Jan 2010 |
Australia: Baby boom for turtles |
| Intro : Mon Repos turtle rookery is gearing for a boom of boys after recent rains cooled the sand, according to the Department of Environment and Resource Management chief scientist. |
| 13 Jan 2010 |
NGO hits Palace on budget for crucial conservation projects |
| Intro : Malacañang continued to keep the P40-million budget that Congress had allocated last year for conservation of the tamaraw and the pawikan. |
| 13 Jan 2010 |
Viet Nam: Fishing industry bids to cut bycatch |
| Intro : A programme to reduce marine turtle and other bycatch among Viet Nam’s longline tuna fleet has yielded positive results, providing new optimism for these fisheries. |
| 12 Jan 2010 |
Thailand: Sea turtle lays 321st egg |
| Intro : A 40-year-old leatherback turtle has returned for a third time to lay eggs on Thailand’s Andaman coast. This brings the number of eggs laid by this single turtle to 321. |
| 12 Jan 2010 |
Indonesia: Bringing the reefs back to life |
| Intro : Collaboration among NGOs, fishermen and the local Natural Resources Conservation Center have been paid off at Gili islands in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. |
| 11 Jan 2010 |
India: Breeding blight |
| Intro : Jayshree Chemicals in Orissa voluntarily decided to switch off its halogen lights along the coast during the nesting season to give the Olive Ridley turtles a better chance of survival. |
| 11 Jan 2010 |
GIS mapping of city’s beaches to save turtle habitat |
| Intro : Shehri-CBE in collaboration with WWF Pakistan would conduct the GIS mapping of Karachi’s beaches as well as carry out a GIS-based analysis of the turtle habitat. |
| 11 Jan 2010 |
World\'s biodiversity ‘crisis’ needs action, says UN |
| Intro : The UN has launched the International Year of Biodiversity, warning that the ongoing loss of species around the world is affecting human well-being. |
| 9 Jan 2010 |
India: Need for conserving Olive Ridleys |
| Intro : An awareness seminar on the need to conserve Oliver Ridley Turtles for the fisherfolk was organised in Nagapattinam jointly by the Forest Department and the Fisheries Department. |
| 7 Jan 2010 |
ProFauna Indonesia Annual Review 2009 |
| Intro : ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife protection organization in Indonesia, surveyed and found out that the illegal wildlife trade in the country in 2009 remained high. |
| 6 Jan 2010 |
‘Greater Phuket’ wins back a giant leatherback |
| Intro : A leatherback turtle weighing as much as 300 kg and stretching to 2m wide has been coming ashore in the past few weeks at one specific location in \'\'Greater Phuket\'\' to lay eggs. |
| 6 Jan 2010 |
New Year.. New life.. |
| Intro : The Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation held a turtle release to celebrate the New Year and to raise funds for the care of Sea turtles. |
| 5 Jan 2010 |
India: Turtles dying en masse on Odisha coast |
| Intro : The sighting of bloated and motionless bodies of Oilve Ridley sea turtles lends credence to belief that unlawful trawling operations are in full swing along the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary. |
| 5 Jan 2010 |
Vast protected area proposed for leatherbacks |
| Intro : The battle to save Pacific leatherback turtles from extinction prompted federal biologists to propose designating 70,000 square miles of ocean along the West Coast as critical habitat. |
| 5 Jan 2010 |
Malaysia: Mamutik Hawksbill joy |
| Intro : Excitement hit the roof when a Hawksbill turtle made a very rare landing at the beach of Pulau Mamutik in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park on Boxing Day (26 December) - to lay eggs. |
| 4 Jan 2010 |
Washed up flip-flops get underfoot on Africa’s coast |
| Intro : Piles of flip-flops on Kenya’s northern shoreline are preventing protected hawksbill and green turtles from leaving the sea to nest. |
| 4 Jan 2010 |
Sea turtles fitted with GPS in Phuket |
| Intro : Thai researchers have fastened GPS electronic tracking devices to the backs of eight young green turtles, which were released off the coast in Phang Nga. |
| 4 Jan 2010 |
The olive ridley tragedy washes up |
| Intro : Eleven Olive Ridley turtles have washed up on beaches in and around Chennai in the last 8 days. Conservationists are campaigning in fishing villages to sensitise villagers on the Olive Ridley\'s pligh |
| 2 Jan 2010 |
Turtle bites off guide’s finger |
| Intro : A volunteer at Mon Repos turtle rookery in Queensland underwent surgery on his finger after a loggerhead turtle bit the tip of it off in the early hours of New Year’s Day. |
| 1 Jan 2010 |
Wildlife wing monitoring impact of missile tests |
| Intro : As Orissa gears up for Olive Ridley turtles to mate and nest this season, the spate of missile testings by the Defence Research and Development Organisation has the Wildlife Wing watching closely. |
| 1 Jan 2010 |
India: DRDO called upon to mask Defence light |
| Intro : The forest department of Odisha government has called upon the Defence Research and Development Organisation to mask the high-power light at its intermediary test range centre. |
