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Turtle
Dives, Medasset Newsletter, August 2006 (1987 Laureate)
If you can't properly see the newsletter please visit http://www.medasset.org/newsletter02.htm
Issue 2, August 2006
Turtle Dives... Since May our Zakynthos National Marine Park campaign
has escalated to crisis point, with enough illegalities and political
games to make your jaw drop! We hope reading about our campaigns
will impassion you to write to your local media or a tour operator
that sends tourists to Zakynthos. At this challenging time we
need your support more than ever so please consider contributing
to MEDASSET
for this worthwhile campaign. The last few months have been interesting
as our much-loved Stella returned to her English roots and a new
Australian edition, Prue Robinson has taken over as International
Communications Officer and Editor of Turtle Dives!
Hope you enjoy our 2nd edition and we would love to hear your
feedback. Send us your comments or suggestions about what you'd
like to read about in our next edition to: medasset@medasset.org
Lily Venizelos
President GREECE: ZAKYNTHOS NATIONAL MARINE PARK (ZNMP)
"Anything goes" to avoid European Court of Justice
Fine! After years of conflict, controversy and illegalities,
the situation on the 'Strictly Protected' nesting beach of Daphne,
has reached an unprecedented crisis. Serious mismanagement and
major legal violations have been the result of the President of
ZNMP, supported by the Greek Minister of Environment, attempts
to save Greece from a major European Court of Justice fine (ECJ),
following the court ruling of 2002. read more...CAYMAN
ISLAND TURTLE FARM
UNDER FIRE BY CONSERVATIONISTS A diverse coalition of international
NGOs from the USA and Europe, initiated by Caribbean Conservation
Corporation and MEDASSET, are condemning the UK government for
approving a contentious shipment of 20 endangered green sea turtles
from the Cayman Island Turtle Farm to Sea Life Centres in England..
read more...IUCN
CHANGES STATUS OF "MEDITERRANEAN" GREEN TURTLE The
IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG) has recently changed
the IUCN Red list (World Conservation Union) status of the green
turtle in the Mediterranean from a regional critically endangered
status, to only an endangered global listing. MEDASSET considers
that this devalued status could potentially jeopardize conservation
efforts in the region. read more...New
Publications
'MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE MEDITERREAN: POPULATION
STATUS AND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES ON SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES
IN SOUTH LEBANON, 2005'
By Cross, H., Rizk, C., Khalil, M. and Venizelos, L.,
Has just been made public! The coastal nesting survey and habitat
monitoring was conducted in 2005 on the Southern Lebanese beaches,
part of MEDASSET's ongoing research and conservation programme
in the Mediterranean. read more...The
26th Annual International Sea Turtle Symposium in Crete
A Success! On April 2-8th, the Hotel Capsis in Heraklion, Crete
was besieged by 700 participants of the 26th Annual International
Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology from 76 countries
around the globe. Marine turtle specialists, NGOs, students, volunteers,
ecologists, together with Government representatives and members
of the local Government, all journeyed to Crete to talk turtles.
read more... New
Tourism Website And Educational Text Book Zakynthos National Marine
Park is to become a case study in a new Travel and Tourism
for an OCR textbook! MEDASSET
also features in the newly created Kefalonia travel guide website.
read more...Fundraising
News
An enchanting candle lit buffet dinner, was held on June 14th
at the very suave Yacht Club of Greece, over-looking the Saronic
Gulf, under a full moon. read more...'Hand-woven
Japanese SAORI turtles'
Summer Gifts Have you seen the new additions to our fundraising
Gift shop? Not only divine hand-woven turtles from Japan, but
also hip new turquoise summer jewelry! read more... http://www.medasset.org/td02_5.htm#3
Did you know... ...that the nest of a Leatherback differs from
that of other turtles species in that instead of being rounded
at the bottom, it is almost rectangular in shape!? For information
on this and other fascinating turtle facts visit the Euroturtle
website http://www.euroturtle.org
Loggerhead Turtle Greek Postage Stamp
Buy
online
"I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down
at the bottom we, too, should have rights"
"Yertle the Turtle & Other Stories"
Dr. Seuss
'THE MEDITERRANEAN, A SOURCE OF LIFE' MEDASSETS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION KIT:
After the success of our Greek, English and Arabic Kits, plans
to produce the Kit in Hebrew are currently underway!
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Founded in 1988, MEDASSET
is an international NGO registered as a charity in the UK and
a Non Profit Organisation in Greece working for the study and
conservation of sea turtles and their habitats throughout the
Mediterranean, through scientific research, environmental education,
political lobbying and raising public awareness. The organisation
is a Partner to the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) of UNEP and
has been a Permanent Observer-member of the Bern Convention at
the Council of Europe since 1988.
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London W1J 7DD, UK.
Tel./Fax: +44 (020) 76290654
E-mail: medasset@medasset.org
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