NEWS

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	Tourism and sea turtle: Allies or competitors? 02/02/2012 It’s a fact that numerous peaceful and sandy beaches, which the sea turtles choose to nest for centuries now, are at the moment amongst the most popular touristic destinations. Inevitably, the relationship between tourism and sea turtles can at first level, be considered as competitive. However, tourism and sea turtles can become allies and coexist in harmony provided that some financial solutions shall be followed, based on the preparation of simple rules concerning the activities across the seaside.
	What turtles teach us 02/02/2012 And speaking of good news... The Sunday 29 January edition of the newspaper Ethnos Kyriakis had a two-page spread on ARCHELON and the Rescue Centre, including an interview with Centre Coordinator Pavlos Tsaros, and photos of the facilities, the volunteers and of course some of the turtles being cared for.
	Joanne, what’s new at the Rescue Centre? 30/01/2012 Our volunteer at the Rescue Centre Joanne Stournara updates us on the events of the week between 15th and 21st January 2012.
	Joanne, what’s new at the Rescue Centre? 24/01/2012 Our volunteer at the Rescue Centre Joanne Stournara updates us on the events of the week between 8th and 14th January 2012.
	Joanne, what’s new at the Rescue Centre? 16/01/2012 Our volunteer at the Rescue Centre Joanne Stournara updates us on the events of the week between 30th December and 7th January 2012.
	Joanne, what’s new at the Rescue Centre? 10/01/2012 Our volunteer at the Rescue Centre Joanne Stournara updates us on the events of the week between 21th December and 29th December 2011.
	Joanne, what’s new at the Rescue Centre? 05/01/2012 Our volunteer at the Rescue Centre Joanne Stournara updates us on the events of the week between 13th December and 17th December 2011.
	“Panagiota” & “Evangelia”: Two more happy farewell 20/12/2011 …It can take months sometimes for a turtle to eat independently, depending on the age of the individual and how serious the injury is… …Patience can wear away at times but when this happens, you know all the effort in the world is worthwhile and we must never give up…
	Joanne, what's new at the Rescue Centre? (5-12 to 12-12-11) 16/12/2011 This is the first in a series of weekly reports about happenings at the Rescue Center. The reports will be posted every Monday, but for this first time we’ll include some important news from the recent past as well.
	“Spot Off !” - the Turtles Are Coming! 15/12/2011 ...Some of my Greek friends told me, while they were swimming accidentally they had met large sea turtles. What a fantastic experience! To retain this possibility, and for many additional and less selfish reasons, I think indeed the work of initiatives like Archelon is indispensable. Here, species conservation very certainly makes a lot of sense – nevertheless our marine ecosystems must be better protected altogether...
	“Alexis” back home 13/12/2011 This sub adult loggerhead “Alexis” was rescued in Preveza on the 24th August 2011. He was released on the beach of Legrena at sunset on the 9th December 2011.
	Four “winter” releases 07/12/2011 “Artemis”, “Iraklis”, “Kanella”, ‘’Vicky”, We really need to thank all people involved from the rescue to the release making it possible to save these ancient mariners. If we add these latest 4 releases, we have been able to return to the wild a total number of 28 free turtles, during 2011!!.
	Goodbye Caretta “Dina”... 07/12/2011 We are referring to sea turtle “Dina”. Since her arrival on the 23rd August 2010 she received various courses of antibiotics. Over the last 15 months volunteers have spent time looking after her and treating her. Tubefeeding her was always a challenge and a burden at times. She hadn’t shown any positive improvements since her arrival.
	European Conference on Quality in Volunteering 29/11/2011 The 200 participants – representatives from many European volunteer organizations, governmental agencies and businesses with Corporate Social Responsibility programs – had the opportunity to share their experiences and the problems faced by their organizations as well as to learn from the experiences of other groups. Possible next steps to support volunteering in Europe were also explored. ARCHELON was represented by Theodoros Benos-Palmer, who coordinated the discussion group ‘Institutional Framework and Volunteers.’
	THEY MUST KEEP WARM AND YOU CAN HELP! 25/11/2011 APPEAL FOR HEATING OF TANKS IN THE NEW TREATMENT UNIT FOR INJURED SEA TURTLES AT THE ARCHELON RESCUE CENTRE IN GLYFADA
	“Lara”, “Lena” and “Nikolas”, free again!!! 25/11/2011 While winter approaches and the sea temperature drops below 18ο C, we do our best to return as many sea turtles as we can to their natural environment, instead of having them spend the rest of the cold season in the rehabilitation tanks of the Rescue Centre. So, a little before the end of November, three sea turtles who were saved by responsible citizens in different parts of the country, happily returned to their deep blue home.