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Northern Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force Develops Regional Work Plan

Loggerhead Turtle © G R Hughes

Loggerhead Turtle © G R Hughes

The 2nd meeting of the Northern Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force (NIO-MTTF) established by the CMS IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU took place 29-30 January hosted by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka in Colombo. Opened by Secretary Douglas Nanayakkara of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, the meeting’s main aim was to reach agreement on concerted regional actions to conserve marine turtles.

30 January 2018

Funding Opportunity: USFWS Marine Turtle Conservation Fund Calls for Proposals by 22 January and 1 April 2018

Green turtle © Robert Van Dam

Green turtle © Robert Van Dam

Individuals and organizations engaged in marine turtle conservation work outside of the United States and its territories again have the opportunity to apply for a grant from the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (MTCF).

04 January 2018

Western Indian Ocean MTTF Discusses Sea Turtle Research, Conservation and Management

© Kelonia

© Kelonia

The 7th Meeting of the Task Force took place on 2 November 2017 in Dar es Salaam, as a Special Session of the WIOMSA Scientific Symposium. The morning session was an open session to share information on current sea turtle research, conservation and management initiatives in the WIO region. In the afternoon the 7th Meeting of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force (WIO MTTF) was held. Members from Comoros, Kenya, France, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as the Secretariat of the IOSEA MOU, attended.

09 November 2017

Marine Species Listing Proposals and Concerted Action Proposals at CMS COP12

Angel Shark © Carlos Suarez/Océanos de Fuego; Manta Ray © Guy Stevens, Manta Trust; Sperm Whale © Gabriel Barathieu; Blue Shark © Mark Conlin, NMFS; Humpback Whale © pixabay.com

The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) will be held in Manila, at the kind invitation of the Government of the Philippines, from 23 to 28 October 2017.

16 October 2017

Draft Resolutions and Decisions on Marine Topics at CMS COP12

Green Turtle © Gonzalo Araujo, Lamave.org; Bottlenose Dolphin © NASAs - http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=21807, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112006; Southern Right Whale © Oregon State University/flickr.com; Dugong © flickr.com; Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross © JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34776193; Whale Shark © Rob Stewart

The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) will be held in Manila, at the kind invitation of the Gov

13 September 2017

CMS’s Heidi Frisch-Nwakanma Wins Mandy McMath Award

Professor Hal Whitehead, last year's ESC award winner, handing over the award to Ms. Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma

Professor Hal Whitehead, last year's ESC award winner, handing over the award to Ms. Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma

At the recent annual conference of the European Cetacean Society in Middelfart, Denmark, CMS staff member Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma was honoured by being presented with the Mandy McMath ECS Conservation Award. The ECS Award, named after passionate Welsh conservationist Mandy McMath who passed away in 2012, is given for an outstanding contribution to the field of marine mammal conservation and/or welfare, with particular emphasis on contributions to environmental education and/or to conservation in practice.

09 May 2017

Farewell to Douglas Hykle

Douglas Hykle

Douglas Hykle

Douglas Hykle, erstwhile Deputy Executive Secretary of CMS and more recently Coordinator of the Indian Ocean-South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (IOSEA) has retired after 27 years’ service with UNEP.

31 October 2016

Capacity-building Workshop on Bycatch Held in Oman

Shark identification training for workshop participants at the fish market provided by Dr. Rima Jabado

Shark identification training for workshop participants at the fish market provided by Dr. Rima Jabado

A capacity building workshop to support the implementation of the Regional Observer Scheme of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) was organized by the IOTC Secretar

23 October 2015

Regional IOSEA Marine Turtle Meeting Held in Male

Marine Turtle © Hassan Hamid

Marine Turtle © Hassan Hamid

Upon the initiative and invitation of the Government of the Maldives, the five IOSEA Signatory States of the Northern Indian Ocean region (Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Paki

13 October 2015

Malaysia gears up to protect marine turtles - and other migratory species

turtle hatchlings at Chagar Hutang

Turtle hatchlings at Chagar Hutang

Efforts to conserve migratory species – and marine turtles in particular – in Malaysia seem likely to step up a gear if recommendations made at a seminar and workshop held at the Institute of Oceanography and Environment of the University Malaysia Terengganu are accepted.

09 September 2015