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 They lived with dinosaurs [1]

Sea turtles have inspired far-reaching conservation programmes. Pity, they are still in peril

Sea turtles are magical animals, all the more mystifying because of our ignorance about them. For millions of years, they have wandered the oceans. But today, they are threatened by habitat loss, lighting on beaches, which disorients hatchlings and prevents them from finding the ocean, pollution and consumption of adults and eggs. Fishing-related mortality has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of turtles worldwide

Down to Earth [2]
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems [3], Wildlife [4], Turtles [5], Special Economic Zones (SEZ) [6], India [7], Coastal Regulations [8]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/they-lived-dinosaurs

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/they-lived-dinosaurs
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/special-economic-zones-sez
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-regulations