Aussies donate hundreds of tortoiseshell items to help stop illegal trade
The hawksbill turtle conservation project Surrender Your Shell, which urged Australians to hand in their tortoiseshell products, has been a success with 328...
16 June 2022
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New campaign urges Australians to give up tortoiseshell to save the hawksbill turtle
Australians are being urged to surrender their tortoiseshell products, such as jewellery, combs and sunglasses and other trinkets, as part of a groundbreaking...
4 December 2020
WWF statement on CITES' decision on illegal marine turtle trade
This is a win for marine turtle conservation. It is now up to governments to effectively implement these decisions.
26 August 2019
Scientists extract DNA from hawksbill turtle products to help save species
Scientists have developed a test to extract DNA from hawksbill turtle products including tortoiseshell jewellery. It’s a breakthrough that could help save the...
20 August 2019
Coral Sea is a “hawksbill highway” for critically endangered turtles
New satellite tracking has confirmed that critically endangered hawksbill turtles use the Coral Sea as their highway to travel from Papua New Guinea to the...
30 May 2018
Another Queensland turtle joins the endangered list
This month the Queensland Government officially up listed the hawksbill turtle from vulnerable to endangered.
23 May 2017
Hundreds of new species discovered in the fragile Eastern Himalayan region
Over 200 new species have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to a new report by WWF.
5 October 2015