President's Report: 37th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 15-20 April 2017

Las Vegas is renowned for its resorts, shopping, dining, nightlife and serving as a leading cultural center for Southern Nevada, but it is also a city where over 1,000,000 people are supplied with 100% renewable energy every day from solar, wind and hydroelectric sources.[...]Las Vegas provided a go...

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Published inMarine turtle newsletter no. 154; pp. 17 - 19
Main Authors Paladino, Frank V, Yañez, Ingrid L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Swansea Seaturtle.org 01.07.2017
Subjects
Aquatic reptiles
Biology
Climate change
Committees
Renewable energy
Reptiles & amphibians
Turtles
Wildlife conservation
United States > US
Nevada
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Summary:Las Vegas is renowned for its resorts, shopping, dining, nightlife and serving as a leading cultural center for Southern Nevada, but it is also a city where over 1,000,000 people are supplied with 100% renewable energy every day from solar, wind and hydroelectric sources.[...]Las Vegas provided a good venue for the international sea turtle symposium, particularly taking into account that this year's symposium theme was Climate Change.[...]with the aim to promote networking and communication among students and other symposium participants, and also enhance their participation in the society, a Student Social Mixer was held the afternoon before the primary symposium sessions.[...]of the 2017 society's annual election, Ken Lohmann from North Carolina (USA) was elected President for symposium 2019, George Balazs as the new ISTS Treasurer, and Manjula Tiwari was re- elected ISTS Secretary.[...]the symposium's symbolic trowel was passed from the 37th ISTS President Dr. Frank Paladino (left) to the incoming 38th ISTS President Dr. Yoshimasa Matsuzawa (right).
ISSN:0839-7708
0839-7708