Entanglement in Trinidad’s coastal gillnet fisheries is the largest source of mortality to leatherback sea turtles in the country, killing more turtles than all other factors combined and threatening to unravel several years of proactive conservation and management.. This strains fishers’ ability to operate economically, as nets damaged by sea turtles retain very little fish.

In July 2006, Zanzibar’s government passed bold legislation to outlaw the importation and use of plastic bags, which have noticeably polluted the marine and terrestrial environment of the archipelago in recent years.

Despite its popularity in some regions, sea turtle may cause negative health effects when consumed by humans. In Mexico, several organizations are now collaborating with public health professionals to make available information about the connection between sea turtle consumption and human health.

Wan Smolbag, a community theater group, has been bringing topical issues to the people of Vanuatu since 1989 in a medium that is accessible to everyone regardless of their age, language, or education. All the tools the group needs for its work are kept in “one small bag”— hence its name in the local dialect.

When Israeli and Hezbollah fighters went to war on July 12, 2006, the loggerhead nesting season in south Lebanon at Mansouri and Koliala beaches was in full swing. We had no plans to leave the beach, where we have conducted a monitoring program since 2000 with the help of the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles.