A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LITERATURE ON SEA TURTLES IN ORISSA, INDIA

BASUDEV TRIPATHY2, MEERA ANNA OOMMEN1, BIVASH PANDAV2 AND KARTIK SHANKER1

1-Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
659, 5th A Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560024. India
2- Wildlife Institute of India
PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001. India

Email: tripathyb@atree.org

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The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court of India visited Orissa to evaluate the implementation of its orders with regard to the protection of the olive ridley turtle in Orissa