Green turtle saved from the brink of extinction |

Описание: Subscribe and turn on notifications🔔 : https://buff.ly/3F6ZiLt | The green turtle has been saved from near extinction in what scientists have labelled one of the world’s greatest conservation success stories.

The green turtle has been listed as endangered since the 1980s after it was hunted to the brink of extinction for its meat, eggs, and decorative shell.

New research published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) revealed that the global population of green turtles has increased by 28% since the 1970s.

Roderic Mast, the co-chair of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission’s Marine Turtle Specialist Group, said that “The ongoing global recovery of the green turtle is a powerful example of what coordinated global conservation over decades can achieve to stabilise, and even restore, populations of long-lived marine species.”

Despite the news, scientists have warned that green turtle population numbers still remain significantly below their historical level, and that threats from habitat destruction, fishing, and climate change remain pressing.

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