| Date |
Title |
 30 Jul 2010 |
Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice |
| Intro : In Turtle Islands, eggs theft is common. But in this Tawi-Tawi municipality, most, if not all, wildlife crimes are unsolved or simply settled out of court. |
| 28 Jul 2010 |
Australia: Torres the turtle goes back to the wild |
| Intro : Torres, who had been at the hospital for five years, was fitted with electronic tracker to monitor the activity for research purposes. |
| 28 Jul 2010 |
ArcelorMittal joins race for Orissa’s Barunei port |
| Intro : ArcelorMittal, the world’s top steel maker, will compete with Gujarat’s Adani Group and three other companies for Barunei port site in Orissa’s Kendrapara district. |
| 27 Jul 2010 |
Turtle feeding habitats unaffected by coral bleaching |
| Intro : The coral bleaching phenomenon which poses a threat to coral reefs in peninsular Malaysia does not affect the turtle feeding habitats, Dr Juanita Joseph said. |
| 27 Jul 2010 |
Tata suit: HC grants time to Greenpeace |
| Intro : The Delhi High Court granted Greenpeace India 10 days time to file a written reply in the defamation and trademark infringement suit filed by Tata & Sons. |
| 27 Jul 2010 |
Leatherback turtles, Maluku’s marine eco-tourism icon |
| Intro : WWF together with local government authorities, will launches sea turtle conservation program through tourism, to save leatherback turtle in the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
UAE: Trackers establish turtle preferences |
| Intro : The movement of 20 Hawksbill turtles in the big blue sea tracked by satellite has revealed their preference for swimming rather than resting in the Arabian Gulf. |
| 25 Jul 2010 |
Addiction to plastic is fuelling marine disaster |
| Intro : The UN Environment Program estimates that plastic debris causes the deaths of more than 1 million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals every year. |
| 25 Jul 2010 |
Turtles teach life-changing values like patience |
| Intro : On July 23, ecotourism guidelines were approved in principle by majority of the members of the Protected Area Management Board of the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary. |
| 24 Jul 2010 |
Fiji: Different experience for Yadua islanders |
| Intro : An island came together in a conservation experience to tag Adi Laveti Yadua, the first loggerhead turtle to be tagged in Fiji. |
| 24 Jul 2010 |
Maravanthe beach is all set to study Olive Ridley turtles |
| Intro : The Maravanthe beach is now a site where valuable education about the conservation of Olive Ridley turtles will be demonstrated. |
| 23 Jul 2010 |
Authorities to protect coral reef in Tamil Nadu |
| Intro : Authorities at the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park in the Indian Ocean will set up sea buoys to demarcate the national park, and protect coral reefs and marine life. |
| 23 Jul 2010 |
TATA tries to silence critics, takes Greenpeace to court |
| Intro : Claiming defamation and trademark infringement, TATA Sons has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace in the Delhi High Court, asking for Rs. 10 crore in damages. |
| 23 Jul 2010 |
Entrepreneurs sponsor marine conservation projects |
| Intro : The Taiwan chapter of a Chinese non-profit environmental protection group donated NT$2.1 million to fund a survey of coral reef health and a squid conservation project. |
| 22 Jul 2010 |
Oman to build $1.5 bln bridge to turtle island |
| Intro : Oman plans to build a $1.5 billion bridge to an island turtle habitat off the Gulf Arab state’s east coast to boost tourist numbers, a finance ministry official said. |
| 22 Jul 2010 |
Local authorities won’t press charges vs 13 dynamite fishers |
| Intro : Local authorities will not press charges against 13 fishermen caught illegally fishing in the protected waters of this southern municipality in Tawi-Tawi, police said. |
| 22 Jul 2010 |
Indonesia demands compensation for Timor Sea spill |
| Intro : Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono demanded compensation for an oil spill off northwestern Australia that campaigners say destroyed fishermen’s livelihoods. |
| 21 Jul 2010 |
Pakistan: Seashells and a dead turtle... what’s next? |
| Intro : The body of a large green turtle washed ashore at the Clifton beach, only days after a large number of seashells were also found at the beach, alarming nature conservationists. |
| 21 Jul 2010 |
RP adopts SEA action plan for marine conservation |
| Intro : The Philippines has adopted an action plan to protect the Sulu-Sulawesi seascape, considered the world’s center of marine biodiversity. |
| 18 Jul 2010 |
India: Tatas sue NGO over turtle game |
| Intro : The Tatas filed a defamation suit against the international environmental NGO, Greenpeace, in the Delhi High Court for promoting an online video game called Turtle vs Tata. |
| 18 Jul 2010 |
Coral reefs suffer mass bleaching |
| Intro : Coral reefs are suffering widespread damage in what is set to be one of the worst years ever for the delicate and beautiful habitats. |
| 17 Jul 2010 |
Qatar: Tracking turtles in the Gulf |
| Intro : A three-year satellite tracking programme has been launched to help identify the migration routes and near-shore habitats favoured by turtles in the Gulf. |
| 16 Jul 2010 |
Australia: Action urged to protect Bribie’s turtles |
| Intro : Another turtle death has led to renewed calls for boating “go-slow areas for turtle and dugong” areas in Pumicestone Passage to protect wildlife. |
| 15 Jul 2010 |
China makes great efforts to the protection of sea turtles |
| Intro : The Chinese government begins to establish the protected areas, and list sea turtles as the second-class protected animals, to implement a special protection. |
| 15 Jul 2010 |
New clean-up bid to save Bahrain coral reef |
| Intro : The monthly initiative aims to remove the rubbish from the coral reef and seabed and help support the rehabilitation of Bahrain’s marine life. The second one will be held at the Coral Beach Club. |
| 15 Jul 2010 |
Kenyan conservation groups work to save sea turtles |
| Intro : The conservation groups Watamu Turtle Watch and Funzi Island Turtle Club are striving to protect endangered turtles in Kenya. |
| 9 Jul 2010 |
Turtle recall: Keeping track of threatened creatures |
| Intro : The data of movements of 20 hawksbill turtles, which were fitted with satellite transmitters on beaches in Iran, UAE, Oman and Qatar, provides fascinating insight into their habits. |
| 8 Jul 2010 |
Philippines: 2 sea turtles find sanctuary in Virac |
| Intro : A juvenile Hawksbill turtle was released back to the sea in Virac, two days after a barangay tanod found a green sea turtle nesting on the shore of a fishing village in the capital town. |
| 6 Jul 2010 |
Expert helps Indonesia turtle project |
| Intro : A UAE-based expert is helping a sea turtle conservation project in Indonesia. He has trained staff in satellite tagging protocol and to assist them in the tagging of two sea turtles. |
| 6 Jul 2010 |
‘Unplanned beach uplift poses threat to turtles’ |
| Intro : Huts along the Hawkesbay and Sandspit beaches pose a serious threat to the turtle nesting habitat that might be lost if the government remains reluctant to implement projects. |
