[1][3][6] In 1987, a planned hotel development on İztuzu Beach in southwestern Turkey was going to threaten breeding grounds for the loggerhead sea turtle.
Several conservationists, including June Haimoff, David Bellamy, Peter Günther, Nergis Yazgan, Lily Venizelos and Keith Corbett, achieved that a moratorium was called.
[7] Beginning in 1983, Venizelos founded the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles (MEDASSET), established in the United Kingdom in 1988 and in Greece in 1993.
It is a partner to the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, and a Permanent Observer-Member to the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Council of Europe.
[13] Venizelos was a scientific consultant for the documentary TV series Universum for the episode Greece – Garden of the Gods, which aired in 2005.