APPENDIX 2: SELECTED LINKS REFERENCED IN PART II
Legislation, management and enforcement measures
163. TRAFFIC: Hands-on training for enforcement officers in Myanmar
164. DENR orders Rainforest Park to release endangered species
165. 13 Vietnamese held for sea turtle poaching
166. Two Malaysian fishers nabbed in Palawan
167. Malaysia: Marine cops praised for seizing turtle eggs
168. Malaysia: 3 hawksbill shells smuggled by air passengers
169. Sabah: more needs to be done to curb turtle egg trading
170. Indonesia: Some 2,000 smuggled turtle eggs seized in Balikpapan
171. India: Six gang members arrested for poaching Olive Ridley
172. India: dead leatherback found in Crawford market raid
173. Australia: foreign fishing boat with hawksbill turtles stopped
174. Australia: fines tripled for dugong and turtle killers
175. Sri Lanka: Albino sea turtle worth million of rupees stolen
176. Maldives: Police assist with sea turtle rescue
177. Report of widespread ‘secret’ slaughter of sea turtles in Maldives
178. Philippines: Why save the sea turtles?
179. Philippines: villagers butcher 300kg leatherback
180. California and Indonesia in pact to protect leatherbacks
181. Pacific leatherback migration from Indonesia to California
182. TRAFFIC: China\'s marine turtle trade highlighted
183. Marine Stewardship Council activities of relevance to marine turtle conservation in the Indian Ocean
184. Trawling ban in Hong Kong waters hopes to increase fish numbers
185. US: 2013 report to Congress identifying nations for IUU fishing
186. USA: Bordallo reintroduces Coral Reef, IUU Fishing bills
187. WWF: Fisheries policy and institutional reforms in the SW Indian Ocean
188. Better coral reef protection seen in Zambales
189. Philippines: ‘Rescued’ sea turtle dies of gov’t neglect?
190. Odisha imposes 7-month fishing ban for turtle nesting
191. India: Ban on fishing - Fishermen demand alternative jobs
192. India: Fishermen back on voyage as ban ends
193. India: Government scheme fails to cheer fishermen
194. Seven fishermen held in restricted zone in Odisha
195. Odisha: Coast Guard launches ‘Operation Oliver’
196. India: action plan to save Ridley turtles in Andhra Pradesh
197. India: device to save turtles rejected
198. Adaptation to Climate Change for Marine Turtles (ACT
199. Thai islands named as vital wetlands
200. Phuket opinion: Draining Phuket turtle power
201. Phuket Biologist Urges Thai Government Action on Reef
202. IUCN - The high seas call for more transparency
203. Brunei: Fishing nets damaging corals
204. Oman: Panel set up for turtle protection
205. India: Turtle conservation plan for Gulf of Mannar in the offing
206. U.S. task force pushes for better management of coral reefs
Conservation activities, including stakeholder involvement
207. India: APOWA Activities Report 2012-2013
208. Ghost Nets Australia 2012 Annual Report Just Released
209. GhostNets Australia Data Summary Report 2010 - 2012
210. India: Saving Olive Ridley Turtles
211. Naucrates Thailand: Upcoming Annual Meeting 2013 in Brighton
212. Projects in the IOSEA region receiving MTCF grants from 2005-2012
213. Indonesia: Hatching turtle surprises beach visitors
214. Thailand: Green turtle working overtime to save her species
215. Sri Lanka: Reptile in trouble
216. La Reunion: Les tortues Slim et Arnaud retrouvent le large
217. UAE: Hawksbill turtles protected at Emal beach
218. New Gaya Island Resort Marine Centre launches in Borneo
219. Australia: look out for nesting turtles in Mackay
220. India: Marine turtle conservation boosted up in Odisha
221. Baby turtle found amongst barges saved by boatie
222. Australia: Tiny Leroy celebrates turtle day in Qld
223. Australia: Green turtle rescued far up Bermagui River
224. Australia: Miracle moment as a turtle is released
225. Australia: sick turtle finds temporary home in bathtub
226. Australia: Diamond the lost sea turtle recovering well
227. Australia: 'Mussels' the flatback back to sea after AQWA rehab
228. Australia: rescue too late for giant loggerhead turtle
229. Australia: sick hawksbill turtle rescued in NSW
230. Update: Peta the turtle dies despite day-long operation
231. Philippines: Army unit facilitates release of sea turtle in Castilla
232. India: Rescued turtle returns home after 7 months
233. India: Rescued Olive Ridley makes waves
234. Thailand: Famed vet nursing sick turtle back to health
235. Kundapur: Three-legged turtle sighted at Padukere
236. Hawksbill turtles released back into Dubai waters
237. South Africa: A turtle tale: diver comes to the rescue
238. Thailand: Phuket sea turtle on the hook – saved
239. Philippines: Giant turtle lays eggs on Legazpi City shore
240. Leatherback turtle swims across globe to lay eggs in Albay
241. Philippines: Rare sea turtle eggs under Navy custody
242. Philippines: Leatherback turtle’s eggs in Albay fail to hatch
243. South Africa: NSRI Durban try to save a sea turtle
244. China: Restaurateur saves endangered turtle from pot
245. Hong Kong: Rescued sea turtle dies after check
246. Green turtle rescued in Kuwait city
247. China: Superman releases turtle after plastic ingestion
248. Oman: baby green turtle rescued during sailing race
249. Turtle lover seeks permanent solution to mass casualties
250. Petition against development of Green turtle nesting site in Malaysia
251. Indonesia: Bali urged to stop turtle slaughter
252. Philippines: Sea turtle set free thanks to citizen's petition
253. SPREP: Tagged turtles need your help
254. Monitoring Nesting Turtles in the Barren Isles, Madagascar
255. Indonesia: Bengkulu targets hatching of 1,500 turtle eggs this year
256. Indonesia: Keeping a clean beach for turtles to lay eggs
257. Indonesia: Hunters turn into turtle protectors
258. India: 25 Years of student volunteering
259. India: Students’ Olive Ridley mission!
260. India: Green Partners in conservation
261. Marine turtles have economic impact
262. Wine tasters raise 200,000 baht to protect sea turtles
263. Thailand: Funds raised to help Phuket turtles
264. Thailand: charity night to support the big blue
265. Thailand: Phuket divers mount reef rescue
266. Sponsors urged to save turtle rookery on Qld’s Cape York
267. Australia: New Indigenous rangers to help boost turtle protection
268. Cape York Rangers keen to use new turtle stretchers
269. UAE: Making way for the Hawksbills
Scientific research developments
270. Scientists gathering to discuss sea turtle conservation
271. International sea turtle symposium touches down in chilly Baltimore
272. 34th Sea Turtle Symposium: Registration open
273. IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch meets in La Réunion
274. Southeast Asian meeting on foraging habitats concludes regional sea turtle project
275. WIOMSA Scientific Symposium draws “Team IOSEA” together in Maputo
276. Lost fishing nets threatening marine biodiversity
277. Duke scientists assess accidental turtle catching
278. Study maps sea turtle deaths
279. Mediterranean study: impacts of longline fishing on turtles
280. Study: the moon influences loggerhead turtle bycatch
281. Ultraviolet nets significantly reduce sea turtle bycatch
282. UV-emitting diodes help keep sea turtles out of gillnets
283. IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch meets in La Réunion
284. Green sea turtles eat more plastic than ever - study
285. Sea turtle populations plummet due to plastic pollution
286. Australia: Saving turtles from debris
287. Sea turtle's DNA records human exploitation
288. Health risks from contact with captive sea turtles
289. Are Coastal Protected Areas Always Effective in Achieving Population Recovery for Nesting Sea Turtles?
290. Big picture: a sea turtle in a wind tunnel
291. DNA reveals mating patterns of hawksbill turtle
292. Leatherback sea turtle could be extinct within 20 years
293. Malaysia: Saving sea turtles from extinction
294. New Publication: Marine Turtles along the Indian Coast
295. Leatherback turtle no longer Critically Endangered
296. IUCN Red List: new Leatherback Assessments
297. Australia: nesting season to track health of green turtles
298. Australia: Loggerhead comeback queen returns again
299. A loggerhead turtle unlocks some of the mysteries
300. Australia: Matilda the turtle all set to hit the sea
301. Sea turtle mysteries to be revealed via satellite
302. Australia: Phillip flippers to freedom
303. Australia: 'Mussels' the flatback back to sea after AQWA rehab
304. Connectivity of the Loggerhead turtle in the Western Indian Ocean
305. French Polynesia: Loggerhead turtle’s epic Pacific journey
306. Fiji: Turtle’s remarkable Pacific swim
307. Tagged Tahiti sea turtle nears Wallis and Futuna
308. Malaysia: Perak tracking sea turtles
309. Fiji: Uni releases turtles into sea
310. Western Australia: Key loggerhead turtle discovery
311. Reason behind reversal of female sea turtles
312. Turtles watch for, snack on gelatinous prey while swimming
313. Sea turtle tagged on Mexico coast in 2005 lands on Yakushima
314. Pakistan: threats to turtle nesting sites
315. Robot & baby sea turtles reveal principles of motion
316. Genome analysis sheds light on origin of turtles
317. UGA gets $1.3 million grant for loggerhead research
318. International sea turtle symposium touches down in chilly Baltimore
319. Climate change limits turtle’s nests
320. Saving sea turtles from extinction
321. Climate change pushing sea turtles toward the poles
322. Warmer beaches influence sex ratios of loggerhead hatchlings
323. Loggerhead nesting activity driven by recent climate
324. Pacific Islands Marine Turtle Recovery Program grant opportunity
325. Japan spends millions of yen on sea turtle research
326. Grant competition: 2014 Pacific Islands Turtle Recovery
327. Madagascar: ‘Wicked’ problems devastate pristine Coral Reef
328. India: Serious threat to coral reef, mangroves in Palk Bay
329. ‘Un-Mappable’ Great Barrier Reef Finally Mapped
330. Air Pollution Is Hampering Coral Reef Growth
331. WWF report looks at 15 years of shipping incidents
332. Indonesia has a lot to lose by losing its coral reefs
333. Researchers say steel supports could revitalize reefs
334. Coral thriving at The World after 18km underwater move
335. Seychelles: Nursing Indian Ocean coral reefs back to life
336. Sabah islands set to become marine research centre
337. New coral reef ecosystem monitoring system in Okinawa
338. First ‘sex-on-the-reef’ recorded on India’s only coral atolls
339. Resilience of marine turtle regional management units to climate change
340. Australia: Reef recovers from bleaching faster than expected
341. Indonesia: Coastal Erosion Threatens Life on Derawan Island
342. Maldives’ reefs threatened: study
343. Secrets of world’s richest marine area revealed
344. Coral reef bleaching attributed to climate change
345. Coral reef corrosion is worse than we thought
346. Australia reef shallows may cross “damage threshold”
347. Scientists study reef remnants to understand climate change
348. Study finds climate change action needed to save Barrier Reef
349. Can corals adapt to climate change?
Public education and awareness-raising activities
350. Z’infos Marines (L’actualité environnementale de la Réunion côté marin) n° 6
351. Zwazo Magazine - Nature and Ecosystem Services (Nature Seychelles)
352. Latest Sea Turtle Foundation newsletter is now available
353. Sea Turtle Foundation’s April/May newsletter is now available
354. Turtle Foundation Newsletter May 2013 is available
355. SeaSense Newsletter Issue 18 July - September 2013
356. Marine Turtle Newsletter 136 now available online
357. 17th issue of the Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter is now available online
358. Current Conservation Online is now available
359. Turtle Foundation Newsletter - December 2013
360. UNEP News Centre for reports on environmental issues
361. Save sea creatures through WWF’s EnviroPop App!
362. TRAFFIC: China\'s marine turtle trade highlighted
363. Antenne Reunion Decouverte - émission du 28/07/2013
364. Leatherback rescue video - Mozambique
365. Malaysia: Turtles returning to Setiu
366. Goa to set up first interpretation centre on turtle beach
367. Duke Uni Marine Lab - Global Fellowships Summer 2014
368. Philippines: Leatherback turtle freed
369. Philippines: DENR release sea turtle at a hidden resort
370. Philippines: CEZA rescues captured 100kg green sea turtle
371. Philippines: Sea turtles released back to the sea
372. Philippines: Captured marine turtle released back to sea in Surigao
373. Philippines: Rare green pawikan captured, released in Odiongan
374. Philippines: Trapped sea turtle released from captivity in Aklan shore
375. Philippines: Rare Leatherback Turtle released to sea
376. Hong Kong: Rescued green turtle returned to the sea
377. Michelle Yeoh names turtle hatcheries after family members
378. UAE: Endangered hawksbill sea turtles released into the sea
379. Australia: Turtley “aww”-inspiring start to life’s journey
380. Australia: flatback turtles emerge from Darwin sand
381. UAE turtles in race to increase awareness of their plight
382. ProFauna: Airkuning Beach Releases Sea Turtle Hatchlings
383. Australia: Rock star send-off as Helga the turtle returns to sea
384. Indonesia: Baby turtle release, potent tourist attraction
385. In Bali, a campaign to raise ecological awareness
386. Golf Tournament Scores Big with Turtle Conservation in China
387. China: Superman releases turtle after plastic ingestion
388. Thailand: The plight of the hawksbill
389. 171 sea turtle hatchlings released on Riau Islands
390. Sri Lanka hotel aids in release of 1000 baby turtles
391. Green sea turtles to be released by Tokyo aquarium
392. Indonesia: Hatching turtle surprises beach visitors
393. Malaysia: Poignant goodbye and hello
394. Japan: Green turtles off Izu Peninsula thrill divers
395. First turtles of the season make their way to Mon Repos
396. Oman: Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve prepares for nesting season
397. Indonesia celebrates 2013 Coral Triangle Day
398. Celebrating Sea Turtles
399. Tanzania: &Beyond celebrates World Turtle Day
400. Celebrating Sea Turtles
401. India: Sindhudurg beaches beckon nature lovers
402. India: upcoming Timi-Kurm/Whale-Turtle Fest 2013
403. Marine turtle conservation in Viet Nam – more is needed!
404. Malaysia: Schools help to create awareness
405. Australia: Turtle nests gone at Mon Repos
406. Australia: Turtle caught in discarded fishing trap
407. Brunei: Fishing nets damaging corals
408. Malaysia: SFC’s growing chorus on reef ball strategy