South Asia Mini Symposium
Unique to the 2010 Symposium is a special mini-symposium convening turtle conservation groups and others from within the region. Sea turtle conservation in the region has come a long way and there are many individuals and organisations working in the region, towards turtle conservation. Now there is a need to initiate integrated and coordinated conservation actions, and an opportunity to share and learn from each other. It is most apt that sea turtles, which transcend all political and cultural boundaries, unite us all.
The objective of the South Asia regional symposium is to provide a platform for sea turtle biologists and conservationists from South Asia to meet, share and network. The symposium will also explore possibilities towards a collaborative response for the conservation of the turtles.
Date: 26th April 2010
Venue: The Kala Academy, Panaji, Goa
South Asia Mini-Symposium Organising Committee
Thushan Kapurusinghe, Turtle Conservation Project – Sri Lanka
Ahmad Khan, WWF-Pakistan – Pakistan
Hussein Zahir, Marine Research Centre – Maldives
S.M.A. Rashid, Centre for Advanced Research in Natural Resources and Management (CARINAM) – Bangladesh
Naveen Namboothri, Dakshin Foundation – India
