The Future of Ridley Arribadas in Orissa: From Triple Waste to Triple Win?

By Nicholas Mrosovsky. Originally published in Kachhapa #5, on Sea Turtles of India. I am grateful to the editors of Kachhapa for their invitation to give an outside perspective on the arribadas of olive ridley turtles in India. From a distant viewpoint what I see is waste, waste, and waste. The first waste is that… Continue reading The Future of Ridley Arribadas in Orissa: From Triple Waste to Triple Win?

CITES and Commercial Fisheries Relationship between CITES and FAO and RMFOs

By J. Berney, IWMC World Conservation Trust. Foreword This paper has not been prepared as a contribution to the review of the CITES criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II. It is published relative to the broad discussion surrounding the potential listing of commercially-exploited marine resources and the related potential conflict between CITES and… Continue reading CITES and Commercial Fisheries Relationship between CITES and FAO and RMFOs