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Sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait and supported by The Voluntary Work Center, The Scientific Center and the Kuwaiti Coast Guard, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP) studied sea turtles and their habitat in the southern...
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...
In front of a crowd of hundreds of onlookers in Dubai, 100 endangered hawksbill turtles were released back into the wild on Friday, April 22 to celebrate Earth Day.
The sea turtles were rehabilitated by the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP), which is a collaboration between the Wildlife...
More than 210 sick or injured marine turtles have been received at the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP) since December, with up to 45 turtles on one day alone in January — the largest number of turtles by far that the project has received in any one season, due to the cold and...
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
They are silent and discreet. Unless looked for, they may easily be missed, despite their sheer size of up to 1,60m from head to tail and their weight of up to 250 kg. Yet they emerge from their natural element, the sea, and dig deep, sometimes for two hours. Laying their...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
Masirah Island, tucked neatly against the eastern shore of Oman and the biggest island off the sultanate, is a wonder of nature. This Indian Ocean jewel hosts a number of fabulous sandy beaches where four species of sea turtles nest every year. Over 400 species of birds...
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...
The 1st Oman Sustainable Urbanisation Conference which will be held on the 30th - 31st of May 2011 at the Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat aims to gather government, non-government organizations, urban professionals, academics, and local authorities, regional and international organizations...
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...
