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‘Ghost nets’ turn deadly for endangered turtles [1]

KOZHIKODE: Abandoned fishing nets floating freely in the waters off the Kerala coast, referred to as 'ghost nets' for their deadly impact on various marine life, are posing a big threat to the enda

Publication Date: 
10/09/2015
K R Rajeev [2]
Times Of India (Kozhikode) [3]
Tags:
Kerala [4], Turtles [5], Endangered Species [6], NGO [7], WWF [8], Wildlife [9]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-r-rajeev
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-kozhikode
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wwf
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife