| Date |
Title |
 30 Nov 2006 |
Satellites to keep track on turtles |
| Intro : The Orissa state forest department and Wildlife Institute of India have joined hands to closely monitor the path of one million Olive Ridley sea turtles. |
| 29 Nov 2006 |
Orissa turtle guards fall sick |
| Intro : State Forest Department patrols aimed at ensuring safe breeding of Olive Ridley Turtles suffer a setback as guards suffer sickness due to prolonged exposure to saline. |
| 29 Nov 2006 |
Satellite tracks turtles near Vietnamese island |
| Intro : A new satellite tracking programme to monitor green sea turtle populations in Viet Nam has been successfully launched at Con Dao Island. |
| 29 Nov 2006 |
Australia - Dam to undergo federal assessment |
| Intro : Australian government will require an assessment under federal environmental law of the impact on endangered species for the Traveston Crossing Dam in Queensland. |
| 28 Nov 2006 |
PNG: Locals lead Pacific year of turtle campaign |
| Intro : The Pacific Ocean Year of the Turtle campaign in Papua New Guinea was launched with traditional singing, demonstrating the cultural link between turtles and the local people. |
| 26 Nov 2006 |
Orissa officials seek more forces in sanctuary |
| Intro : The forest officers in Kendrapara have sought more armed forces to ensure the safe breeding of Olive Ridley sea turtles, after a fishermen was injured in a recent shooting. |
| 25 Nov 2006 |
One shot at for illegal fishing in Orissa |
| Intro : One person was hurt Saturday when patrolling staff opened fired at illegal fishermen in an Orissa sanctuary, said forest officials in Kendrapada (Orissa). |
| 24 Nov 2006 |
Philippino NGO implements turtle conservation project |
| Intro : The Save Davao Gulf Foundation, Inc. (SDGFI) implements an EcoGov-funded Project to protection and conservation of endangered pawikan in ten coastal barangays of Davao City. |
| 23 Nov 2006 |
Malaysia requests fishermen to stop using trawl nets |
| Intro : The state government has expressed its disappointment over the attitude of local fishermen who still prefer to use trawl nets which endangers marine life. |
| 23 Nov 2006 |
Endangered sea turtles and coral reefs of the Gulf |
| Intro : The Gulf provides habitat for five of the planet's seven marine turtle species, however, both turtles and reefs are as gravely threatened in the region, as they are the world over. |
| 23 Nov 2006 |
Warmer seas threaten tourism in poor countries |
| Intro : Recent report from Nairobi, Kenya indicates climate change is threatening the existence of migratory species such as rare green turtles. |
| 22 Nov 2006 |
Turtles give up their DNA for science |
| Intro : Scientists have conducted the first genetic census of endangered green turtles throughout southeast Asia and Australia, providing a conservation tool. |
| 22 Nov 2006 |
Olive Ridley turtles related to Kemps Ridley |
| Intro : Researchers in India have found that the Olive Ridley sea turtle are the closest relatives to the Kemps Ridley, an endangered species. |
| 21 Nov 2006 |
Orissa fishermen protest against ban on fishing |
| Intro : About five thousand fishermen converged in Bhubaneswar to protest against the seven-month ban on fishing imposed by the State Government to protect turtles. |
| 20 Nov 2006 |
Conservationists want sea walls demolished |
| Intro : Conservationists in Mombasa, Kenya, want the walls that are interfering with nesting along coastal beaches pulled down to save turtle species from extinction. |
| 20 Nov 2006 |
Philippines' Bataan holds festivities for marine turtles |
| Intro : The Bataan Tourism Council led a release of turtle hatchlings to the South China Sea in Nagbalayong, Morong as part of the "Pawikan Festival". |
| 17 Nov 2006 |
Australian sea turtle release success |
| Intro : A hawksbill turtle has been successfully released after a joint effort of University of Queensland's Moreton Bay Research Stn, QLD Parks and Wildlife Service and Australia Zoo. |
| 15 Nov 2006 |
Kuwait: Preserving beaches for our children |
| Intro : The Japanese embassy in cooperation with Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) will be holding a beach cleaning campaign on Friday, 17 November. |
| 14 Nov 2006 |
Oman giving high priority to healthy environment |
| Intro : Omanis accord high priority to the maintenance of a healthy environment and are concerned about their ecosystems and genetic diversity. |
| 14 Nov 2006 |
Orissa: New security plan for coastal fishery |
| Intro : In a bid to check infiltration in waterways and protect Olive Ridley Turtles, fishermen under the Orissa Coast Guard zone will be given identity cards. |
| 13 Nov 2006 |
WWF-Malaysia turtle plans mapped out |
| Intro : WWF-Malaysia will be spending RM150,000 (USD 40,000) on marine turtle conservation this year, its executive director Datuk Dr Mikaail Kavanagh Abdullah said. |
| 13 Nov 2006 |
Endangered turtles in trouble from warmer climate |
| Intro : While politicians around the world continue to argue about climate change, rising temperatures are already putting at risk the future of some animal species. |
| 12 Nov 2006 |
India: concern over building of Sethu canal |
| Intro : After 15 months of dredging near the Gulf of Mannar for the Sethusamudram canal, a new wave of environmental concerns is rising after a reportedly unprecedented spate of whale deaths. |
| 10 Nov 2006 |
ICI Pakistan conducts beach-cleaning activity |
| Intro : As a part of Marine Turtle Conservation Initiative, ICI Pakistan - WWF Pakistan beach cleaning activity was held at the Sandpit beach recently. |
| 9 Nov 2006 |
Pakistan's schoolchildren clean up the beach |
| Intro : In an event jointly organized by WWF and ICI Pakistan, children from different city schools took to the beach with garbage collection bags for turtle conservation. |
| 8 Nov 2006 |
Australian study focuses on turtle protection |
| Intro : In northern Western Australia, Eighty Mile Beach between Port Hedland and Broome will be the location for a major research project on turtles. |
| 8 Nov 2006 |
Malaysia: Pulau Upeh to be turned into turtle sanctuary |
| Intro : An island off the coast of Malacca has been bought by the Fisheries Department to be turned into a proper turtle sanctuary. |
| 7 Nov 2006 |
Australia: Turtle hopes rest with pig cull |
| Intro : More than 6000 feral pigs will be destroyed on Cape York Peninsula to protect the rookeries of endangered turtle species. |
| 1 Nov 2006 |
Tagged turtle arrives in Fiji |
| Intro : A female hawksbill turtle tagged in Samoa in March of this year to mark the launch of the 2006 Pacific Year of the Sea Turtle, has arrived in Fijian waters. |
| 1 Nov 2006 |
India: Fishermen suffer for turtles |
| Intro : The state government in Kendrapara, India imposed a six-month fishing ban in the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary with the onset of mass nesting by Olive Ridley turtles. |
