The Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) has successfully conducted an art competition on marine & coastal resources of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Wijaya Newspapers Ltd. The aim of this art competition was to create awareness and interest on coastal conservation among the school children.  Thousands of entries from all provinces including north and east reflected the enthusiasm in school children for this competition and also entries showed various aspects of the coastal beauty including sea turtles, mangroves, coral reefs and golden sandy beaches etc. 

The award ceremony will be held on the 24th of July 2010 at the Colombo Public Library Auditorium at 09.00 am. The proposed chief guest will be the Honorable Minister of Economic Development Mr. Basil Rajapakse.