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AS poaching, pollution and climate change impact biodiversity across the continent, World Sea Turtle Day highlights the importance of sea turtles in our marine ecosystems and the ways we can help our ancient ocean ally.
Sea turtles have survived for more than 200 million years. However, they face grave threats from loss of nesting sites because of coastal development to entanglement and drowning in fishing nets or abandoned fishing gear. They also frequently ingest