| Date |
Title |
| 3 Feb 2012 |
Warming boosts some coral growth
As coral growth rates decline around the world due to increases in temperature and atmospheric CO2, some reefs off the coast of Western Australia are trending in the opposite direction. |
| 3 Feb 2012 |
Olive Ridleys may delay nesting at Odisha beach
Endangered Olive Ridley turtles may delay their mass nesting at Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach, one of the world’s largest turtle nesting sites. The reason: climatic changes. |
| 2 Feb 2012 |
US supports Brunei’s biodiversity conservation efforts
US Ambassador visit the Turtle Conservation and Management Centre in Serasa to demonstrate US support and commitment to conservation. |
| 1 Feb 2012 |
Endangered hawksbill turtle rescued by lifeguard
An endangered hawksbill turtle has been rescued by a lifeguard after being washed up on the shores of Saadiyat Island’s Monte Carlo Beach Club. |
| 1 Feb 2012 |
Davao council urged to declare turtle-eaters
Mayor Sara Duterte urged the City Council to declare owner of a Korean vessel, its crew, and the Indonesian missionaries onboard as “persona non grata”. |
| 31 Jan 2012 |
CNMI sea turtles: A shared resource
Why do we need to conserve turtles when we see so many in the waters surrounding CNMI? This common question has an answer with assistance of NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office. |
| 31 Jan 2012 |
Turtles get a helping hand from volunteers
Green sea turtle and loggerhead turtles were taken to Naragebup Rockingham Regional Environment Centre to be rehabilitated after they were found washed up on beaches south of Perth. |
| 31 Jan 2012 |
India: Nesting sites turn turtle
This year, with nesting grounds not available yet, wildlife experts are apprehensive about mass nesting (arribada) occurring anytime soon. |
| 30 Jan 2012 |
Australia: Heron turtles come ashore
From November to March every year, a breeding population of turtles comes ashore on Heron Island to nest about three to seven times during a season. |
| 30 Jan 2012 |
Marine turtles make up for an early gender gap
Yet despite global warming, researchers studying green turtles in northern Cyprus report that males and females are breeding in nearly equal numbers. |
| 29 Jan 2012 |
Still no action from Environment agency on butchered turtle
Head of Task Force Pawikan of Davao City has already informed the Environment regional director about the butchered turtle. However, there is still no action from the agency. |
| 27 Jan 2012 |
Endangered sea turtles lay 1.44M eggs in Tawi-Tawi
It’s a baby boom in Turtle Islands as conservation efforts broke a 28-year record to produce 1.44 million green turtle eggs in a protected sanctuary in Tawi-Tawi, CI Philippines announced. |
| 26 Jan 2012 |
Philippines: Sea turtles finds home in Aklan town
Fishermen reported to DENR that they have sighted in separate instances sea turtles laying eggs in a beach in Barangay Camanci Norte in Numancia town. |
| 26 Jan 2012 |
Australia: Turtle baby boom
Environmental scientists volunteering at the Gnaraloo Turtle Conservation Program, 150km north of Carnarvon, say turtles started laying earlier than expected late last year. |
| 24 Jan 2012 |
15 fishermen arrested, four fishing vessel seized
Forest personnel in Bhitarkanika national Park have arrested 15 fishermen and seized four mechanized fishing vessels near Ekakula coast off the prohibited Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary. |
