Students join in a demonstration on Marine Drive, Mumbai, urging people to 'Remember Bhopal' on the 19th anniversary of the tragedy.

Protect our Oceans

The SV Rainbow Warrior comes to the east coast of India in November.

The SV Rainbow warrior sailing on the high seas.

A warm welcome for the Warriors of Peace

Happy Diwali

Save our Olive Ridleys now!

Students visit the SV Rainbow Warrior at Paradip

Save our Olive Ridleys now!

Students from the Maritime Academy have a blast on board the Rainbow Warrior in Paradip.

Crocodile in Bhitarkanika

Traditional fishermen with their catch

Crocodile in Bhitarkanika

Traditional fishermen with their catch

drying fish in a traditional village

Dead Turtle on the beach

drying fish in a traditional village

Mangrove in Bhitarkanika

Mangrove in Bhitarkanika

Greenpeace India activists dressed up as turtles, confronted TATAs at Bombay House, Mumbai, demanding that they abandon their plans of setting up a port at Dhamra, Orissa.

Greenpeace India activists dressed up as turtles, confronted TATAs at Bombay House, Mumbai, demanding that they abandon their plans of setting up a port at Dhamra, Orissa.

Greenpeace India activists dressed up as turtles, confronted TATAs at Bombay House, Mumbai, demanding that they abandon their plans of setting up a port at Dhamra, Orissa.

Greenpeace India activists dressed up as turtles, confronted TATAs at Bombay House, Mumbai, demanding that they abandon their plans of setting up a port at Dhamra, Orissa.

A picture of a young fisher man at Balabhadrapur, one of the communities the team visited while at Chilika. The fisherman told the team that the new mouth was widening and that strange marine creatures found way into the lake, sometimes even...

A familiar sight on the beaches of coastal Orissa, carcasses of dead ridleys washed ashore. Over the last decade, over 100,000 dead turtles have been washed ashore.

A familiar sight on the beaches of coastal Orissa, carcasses of dead ridleys washed ashore. Over the last decade, over 100,000 dead turtles have been washed ashore.

Orissa Turtles News Letter January 2006

An Olive Ridley trapped in a trawling net. Over 100,00 dead Olive Ridleys have been found washed ashore in Orissa over the last decade.

Olive Ridley turtles mating off the coast of Orissa, India. Every year, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles congregate in these waters to mate and then nest in a perfectly synchronised arribada.

An Olive Ridley turtle up close and personal. Every year, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles congregate in these waters to mate and then nest in a perfectly synchronised arribada.

An Olive Ridley turtle up close and personal. Every year, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles congregate in these waters to mate and then nest in a perfectly synchronised arribada.

The Greenpeace Sugayatri at sail. The Sugayatri, once a fishing boat, will spend the next three months monitoring the mass nesting season of the Olive Ridley in Orissa, India.

A familiar sight on the beaches of Orissa : Olive Ridley Turtles caught in deathly nets. Mechanized fisheries and illegal trawling continually drive the Ridleys into the brinks of extinction.

A familiar sight on the beaches of Orissa : Olive Ridley Turtles caught in deathly nets. Mechanized fisheries and illegal trawling continually drive the Ridleys into the brinks of extinction.

Children from the fishing village of Dhamra join the Greenpeace Ocean Defenders in painting banners with marine creatures, as part of the Sugayatri's Boat Yatra in Orissa.

Olive Ridley females usually come ashore at night or early morning to lay their clutch of 100 to 150 eggs above the high tide line, which are then covered by sand. She then returns to the sea. The eggs hatch after seven to eight weeks.

In an early morning wake-up call to the Orissa Chief Minister, Greenpeace activists create a graveyard of Olive Ridley carcasses in New Delhi.

In an early morning wake-up call to the Orissa Chief Minister, Greenpeace activists create a graveyard of Olive Ridley carcasses in New Delhi.

In an early morning wake-up call to the Orissa Chief Minister, Greenpeace activists protest against the CM's failure to protect the Olive Ridley turtle.

Esperanza Arrives !

Greenpeace today called on the state Orissa assembly to allocate 11.21 crores to resolve the turtle fisheries conflict and protect the states turtle population.