Olive Ridley sea turtles
Data & research
What the official figures and independent studies tell us about Olive Ridley nesting around Honavar.
Source: Honavar Forest Division, Karnataka Forest Department. The department reports Tonka together with Karki, Pavinakurve and Haldipur rather than separately.
Official data
Research and reports
Gauging the impacts of port and ancillary construction on the ecology and the fishing community in the Sharavathi River Estuary. Aman Gupta, Amulya M, Rudre Malik and Sarayu Sharma, students of ATREE, Bengaluru. Download PDF
A Port on a Sandspit. A fact-finding report on the reprisals faced by fisherfolk of Kasarkod opposing the port project. Download PDF ↗
A student's study. In 2024 Deepsika Srinivas, a Class 9 student from Bengaluru, presented her study of Tonka's sea turtles at a national science workshop.
Research in Honavar
Planning research or field work around Honavar? Honavar Foundation can help with information and local contacts. Write to foundation [at] honavar [dot] com.
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