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TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
How an IIT grad became 'Turtle Walker': Walked 4000 km of India's coastline to map sea turtle nesting sites without even a GPSOn World Environment Day 2026, it is only rightful to remember Satish Bhaskar who dedicated decades of his life to understanding and protec...- From Odisha to Maharashtra: Olive Ridley turtle 03233 travels 3,500 km from east to west, surprising scientistsOlive Ridley turtle '03233' journeyed 3,500km from Odisha to Maharashtra. This challenges previous assumptions about turtle nesting sites. ...
- Indian Coast Guard engage aircraft in 'Operation Oliva'In joint coordination with the state forest department, the turtle conservation programme is in full swing to keep watch and vigil on illeg...
- US tightens two norms on import of shrimpsIndia’s seafood export rose 22% on year to $7.1 billion in 2017-18 with frozen shrimp and frozen fish being the prime items.
- Coast Guard launches 'Operation Oliva' to intercept unlawful trawling along Odisha coastThe Coast Guard had pressed into service an improvised ship, besides a dronier aircraft to keep a tab on illegal fishing in the Gahirmatha ...
- Odisha gears up for nesting season of Olive Ridley turtlesThe preparations for safe nesting of the rare marine species have been reviewed by the government officials and the departments of forest, ...
- Centre approves setting up a turtle sanctuary in Allahabad
- Young turtles in safe hands on southern coastYoung turtles nesting on the beaches of Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts needn't fear about predators as local fishermen an...
- Govt pursuing plan for Galgibaga turtle conservation reserveIf all goes well, the state will soon have its first turtle conservation reserve at Galgibaga in south Goa, as the government is moving ahe...
- Coast Guard launches 'Operation Oliver' to save rare turtlesAs part of its annual mission to ensure the safe mid-sea sojourn of breeding Olive Ridley sea turtles in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary area o...
- Coast Guard launches 'Operation Oliver' to save rare turtlesThe CG patrol in turtle congregation sites would remain in force till the marine turtles finish laying eggs on nesting beaches
- Rare species of turtles to be released in SunderbansA bale of a rare species of Northern River Terrapin or Sunderbans Batagur turtles, which is considered critically endangered across the glo...
- Few turtles keep date with nesting on Goa's beachesOnly three Olive Ridley turtles landed during the October-March period at Morjim, once considered a turtle haven and the pioneering spot fo...
- Extinct turtle species of Seychelles never existedReports of its death appear to be exaggerated. A type of mud turtle that was thought to have been driven to extinction a century ago by hum...
- Gujarat move to preserve its wildlife gets IUCN supportInternational Union for Conservation of Nature, the world’s oldest and the largest global environmental organization, has joined hands with...
- Coast Guard to intercept illegal trawlers to ensure safe sojourn of breeding Olive Ridley sea turtlesThe state government agencies had sought our services in the turtle conservation programme, coast guard commandant Ashutosh Behera said.
- Rare Vietnamese box turtle born in British zooThe tiny seven-week-old Vietnamese box turtle is so precious that it is being kept in a climate-controlled room at Bristol Zoo Gardens and ...
- Turtle protectors have an insecure futureThey watch the flippered visitors lay their eggs, and baby sit the young hatchlings till they can move to sea. But their own future is not ...
- Crocodile Bank breeds rare, painted roof turtleThe Madras Crocodile Bank Trust has taken another important step forward in turtle conservation with the captive breeding of another batch ...
- Turtle Walk stretches to MahabsThe forest department will extend 'Turtle Walk', the programme to save eggs and hatchlings of turtles that come to nest on Chennai's beache...
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