Green turtle bounces off the edge in preserving ‘victory’

The green turtle is saved from the edge of extinction in what scientists call a great victory victory.

Once they were intensively fished for turtle soup, eggs as a delicacy and decorative shells, ancient Mariner saw his numbers scoring and are listed as endangered since the 1980s.

Now, thanks to the decades of global efforts to preserve – from egg protection and the release of beach exit, to a reduction in accidental capture in fishing networks – new data show that green turtle populations are bounced.

“We need to use this victory as a catalyst to achieve numerous other victories,” said Dr. Nicolas Pilcher of the Navy Research Foundation, a non -profit organization with headquarters in Sabah, Malaysia.

Green turtles are one of the largest species of marine turtles, named after the greenish color of its body fat, which comes from their herbal diet.

They are one of seven living species of marine turtles, two of which are critically endangered.

Professor Brendan Godley, a preservation scientist at the University of Exeter, said that green turtles populations in many parts of the world show signs of recovery for preservation for the last five decades, and although this work must continue in the years to come, this is a reason for optimism.

“Sea turtles are iconic and charismatic species … they inspire people,” he said. “Hundreds of thousands of people have worked and cared for these creatures for decades, and it has undoubtedly had an impact.”

The efforts on preserving include the patrol of the beaches, the protection of females and their eggs at nesting sites, release of outputs into the sea, education and consciousness to reduce turtles killed due to meat and eggs, and use measures to stop turtles in fishing networks.

The last red list of endangered species was discovered at the IUCN World Congress (International Union for Nature Preservation) in Abu Dabi.

The independent list now includes 172,620 species, of which 48,646 are threatening extinction.

Types are moved between categories when new data show changes in their population, habitat or threat.

If the species becomes more threatened – for example, its number of decline or habitat is damaged – it can be moved to a higher risk category, such as endangered; If it recovers thanks to the efforts of preservation, it can switch to a lower risk category such as threatening or the least concern.

The green turtle was demolished from the endangered at least concern. However, despite recent gains, green turtles are still far below their historic number because of past excessive exploitation and liquid threats such as fishing, loss of habitat and climate change.

In places like Raine Island in Australia, fewer children’s turtles, showing that the efforts to preserve are still urgent.

The update on the endangered list has brought bad news for other species, including Arctic seals, approaching extinction because marine ice is lost in climate change.

The hooded seal was moved from vulnerable to endangered, while the beard and seals are now threatened with a decrease in sea ice.

Arctic seals depend on marine ice for growing, resting and feeding – and loss of ice puts their survival in danger.