satellite tracking
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou, Biodiversity East, KTCP managerFirst published in the Arab Times June 25, 2012
She was fitted with a satellite transmitter on her carapace on a stormy night in Umm Al-Maradim on the night of 24 May 2010. She rode a small wave, which landed her softly on the pristine sand...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
They are here once again. The Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP), sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait and in cooperation with the Voluntary Work Center Kuwait and The Scientific Center Kuwait, was on Umm Al-Maradim island on the 4th of May 2010...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
Masirah Island, Oman, hosts four species of nesting turtles, Logger-heads, Greens, Hawksbills and Olive Ridleys. The Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting population is the only important one in the Arabian Peninsula. Mainly due to the difficult access to their...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
Masirah hosts four species of nesting turtles. Some have been studied better than others and the Masirah Turtle Conservation Project, sponsored by TOTAL Corporate Foundation for Biodiversity and the Sea and TOTAL Oman with the cooperation of the Ministry of Environment...
