Photos from the festival
Here are some photos from the Turtle festival in Velas. Click on the photo to see a larger version.
Velas Turtle Festival 2010
Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, Chiplun organised the Turtle Festival from March 10 to April 15, 2010 at Velas, Taluka Mandangad, District Ratnagiri in coordination with Kasav Mitra Mandal - Velas, Gram Panchayat - Velas and the Forest Department.
Here is the current nesting status:
Turtle nesting - Current status
For up-to-the-minute updates, please check our blog at snmcpn.blogspot.com
| Location | Apr 9 |
Mar 5 |
Feb 20 |
Feb 12 |
Feb 5 |
Jan 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratnagiri District | ||||||
| Velas | 22 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 |
| Kelshi | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Anjarla | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kolthare | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dabhol | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Murud | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Raigad District | ||||||
| Dive agar | 19 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| Maral | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 74 | 60 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
What's new?
Photos from Maharashtra Pakshi Mitra Sammelan 2009
Prof. Madhavrao Gadgil being welcomed by Shri. Jayant Kanade, President of SNM |
A rapt audience at the Sammelan |
Bird watching in the morning |
Executive committee of Maharashtra Pakshi Mitra |
Turtle conservation report 2008-2009
Marine Turtle Conservation report for the year 2008-2009 is now available.
You can view/download it by clicking the link below.
Marine turtle conservation report 2008-2009 (PDF)
September 2009
Colourful brochures of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra and the recently launched
Nature Conservation Fund have just been published. So is the annual report
for the year 2008-2009. Click on the images below to view
or download the PDF versions.
Welcome to SAHYADRI!
Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra (SNM) is a leading non-government organization (NGO) in India, engaged in conservation of, education about and research on nature. In the year 1992, SNM started its work in the pristine region of Konkan on the western coast of Maharashtra state in India.
SNM has successfully organized various projects in nature conservation, protection and education with its limited resources.
Our current major projects include:
- Conservation of Marine Turtle
- Study of Whiterumped Vulture (Gyps bengalenses)
- Conservation of Indian Swiftlet (Collocalia unicolor)
- Study and conservation of Whitebellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
- Breeding biology of some bird species