The 2013 Naucrates Annual Meeting will be held in uk, in Brighton, on Saturday 19 October at 14:00. Objectives: Presentation of activities conducted during the year 2012/13 Presentation on the Naucrates Conservation Project, Thailand Approval of the annual balance of the year 2012/13 Presentation of future plans Discussion of new member ideas Nominate the winners [...]
The culinary delights of Thailand can only be described as something many may only discover in their dreams. This is why whenever dreams are brought into reality and the Naucrates team/ volunteers get to experience the process behind this mystifying magic the amount of hands in the air is never surprising. This was the case [...]
Koh Phra Thong island. 5 am. Lifting up the mosquito net to reach the alarm clock, you slowly regain consciousness. In the pitch black of the night you gather some clothes, some shoes and some other stuff you might need. Just don’t forget the water, that’s the main thing. You set out to the meeting [...]
The day started with the usual 5.30am side car drive to Mr Chui’s where I would leave motorized vehicles behind and rely on my legs to monitor the beaches for turtle nesting activity. My morning walk contained the same beautiful routine of walking a kilometre along beach 2 and then the first 5 km of [...]
After time traveling through 12 different time zones and finishing with a cumulative 42 hours worth of traveling time I find myself half way around the world from a place I call home. This is the first time I have been to Asia and I have come because of my love of sea turtles, passion [...]
Koh Phra Thong Island is listed as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Bird Life International. Main reasoning for the listing is that Koh Pra Thong is the last remaining site in Thailand known to support a significant breeding population of the globally threatened Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus). Over half of the total number of [...]
Naucrates Annual Meeting 2012 On the 7 October 2012, a group of Naucrates members met in Italy, to share ideas, future plans and approve the financial annual prospectus. ……Maxi (Finland) field leader in Thailand, Nikki (UK) assistant in Thailand, Max (Italy-UK), volunteer-photographer, Hans (Finland) volunteer, Ray (Malta-UK) a long term volunteer, Leslie or Maria (UK) [...]
The first weekend of October of each year we meet in Italy. The 11th annual meeting of Naucrates will be held 6th of October 2012 in Cori (LT) Italy. Join a weekend of fun outdoors activities, great Italian food and excellent opportunity to meet with Thailand sea turtle project staff and volunteers from many different [...]
