Qaru
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou (photos by Aris Vidalis)First published in the Arab Times July 18, 2011
During its three years of research on sea turtles as well as their underwater and beach habitats, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project(KTCP) has not been indifferent to the bird population of islets...
By Dareen Almojil and Nancy PapathanasopoulouFirst published in the Arab Times July 6, 2011
Wrapping up its work inAugust 2011 and sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP) wason islands Qaru and Umm Al-Maradim for three full years, mon-itoring...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
They are here once again. The Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP), sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait and in cooperation with the Voluntary Work Center Kuwait and The Scientific Center Kuwait, was on Umm Al-Maradim island on the 4th of May 2010...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
They are silent and discreet. Unless looked for, they may easily be missed, despite their sheer size of up to 1,60m from head to tail and their weight of up to 250 kg. Yet they emerge from their natural element, the sea, and dig deep, sometimes for two hours. Laying their...
