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Environmentalists Focusing on Preservation of Kuwait Turtles

(From arabtimesonline.com) Kuwait-  International laws protecting turtles have been enforced due to a drop in their numbers, which is due to development projects and other constructions and activities along and within the waters. In this regard, Director of Live Resources at the Environment Public Authority (EPA), Mona Al-Faraj, told that sea turtles were included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). He said that the diving team had organized a national campaign for the protection of marine life to save them from what he termed as “death nets.”


(Source: Kuna)

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