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.

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 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...

Ridleys mating about 3-5 kms off the coast. The male is on top of the female, holding onto her with his claws. Prior to nesting, the Ridley turtles congregate in near coastal waters every season, to mate, starting in early November.

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.

Ridleys mating about 3-5 kms off the coast. The male is on top of the female, holding onto her with his claws. Prior to nesting, the Ridley turtles congregate in near coastal waters every season, to mate, starting in early November.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Baby turtles out in the sun.

Baby turtles out in the sun.

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.

The beaches of Orissa are one of three remaining mass nesting sites for the Olive Ridley sea turtle in the world. Every year, several hundred thousand turtles nest along the coast, mainly at the Gahirmatha, Devi River Mouth and Rushikulya River...

The beaches of Orissa are one of three remaining mass nesting sites for the Olive Ridley sea turtle in the world. Every year, several hundred thousand turtles nest along the coast, mainly at the Gahirmatha, Devi River Mouth and Rushikulya River...

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.

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.

A late night meeting at Chandini Pal in Orissa is lit up by vehicle headlights, while Greenpeace campaigners talk to fish-workers about conservation efforts, during the MV Sugayatri's Boat Yatra.

A late night meeting at Chandini Pal in Orissa is lit up by vehicle headlights, while Greenpeace campaigners talk to fish-workers about conservation efforts, during the MV Sugayatri's Boat Yatra.

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.

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 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 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.

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 !

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.

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.

Dr. S.K. Dutta, Principal Investigator of the Dhamra biodiversity assessment study and Ashish Fernandes, Oceans Campaigner address the media in Mumbai. Greenpeace, on behalf of Orissa's endangered turtles, is demanding that Tata Steel live up to...

Dr. S.K. Dutta, Principal Investigator of the Dhamra biodiversity assessment study and Ashish Fernandes, Oceans Campaigner address the media in Mumbai. Greenpeace, on behalf of Orissa's endangered turtles, is demanding that Tata Steel live up to...

Greenpeace activists and turtles urge Tata employees to ask Ratan Tata to keep his word and withdraw from the Dhamra port project.

Greenpeace activists and turtles urge Tata employees to ask Ratan Tata to keep his word and withdraw from the Dhamra port project.